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Orchid WomanOh you know the type—
the orchid woman
a cosmopolitan who cosmo sips
between snips of gist
her charisma a starship —collides
with your star-full eyes
supernova for Casanova
her pouty lips knit a magazine smile
rows of sugar-white pearls
strung shiny straight
behind wet-red...
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Categories:
beautiful, imagery, irony, power,
Form: Free verse
Changing Hearts on Campus
The world is wrong
'We' are right
Bang go our drums
day and night:
'Intifada Revolution
Free Palestine solution'...
...
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Categories:
change, education, heart, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Hey Diddle DiddleHey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon--had no fiddle,
The little dog laughed, got smashed as a Poodle,
the cow laughed a little, and found the fiddle,
The cat played to Nero,...
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Categories:
fantasy, humor, imagery, irony,
Form: Ghazal
The Word of the day: A-II thought it'd be a blessing
to reminisce
knowing I, the conveyer
A-I took over
as I spoke what ought
A-I did naught
it typed out its choice
none was my voice
as I watched the monitor
do its my detour
of every word...
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Categories:
irony, analogy, appreciation, bible, blessing,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
So Stupid and Foolish
Hamas and Jill Stein
perpetrate great crimes
co-promote genocide, these two
against all Christians and Jews...
Jill Stein...
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Categories:
hate, irony, jewish, political,
Form: Rhyme
Life
Categories:
irony, allusion, analogy, death, image,
Form: Acrostic
Knots of thoughtWhere to run?
There's nowhere to go
Where to hide?
I can't go below
I cry, I cry
I sigh, I sigh
The world's a mess
As am I
So when I'm stressed
I look to the sky
Why, oh, why was I put...
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Categories:
anxiety, drink, fear, irony,
Form: Free verse
Revolution
A myriad of steps we will take
to correct our predecessors’ mistakes...
So busy will we be
our own foibles we’ll not...
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Categories:
change, history, irony, satire,
Form: Couplet
Lapdog
Preaching ‘constructive dialog’
Rule-breakers mock her
Minouche Shafik is in whole-hog
Puppet of Progressives ~ the left’s lapdog
__________________
Minouche Shafik is the current President
of Columbia...
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Categories:
analogy, education, irony, political,
Form: Rubai
Dave's Lab and GrillCome join us tonight people where the bright lights illumine.
Be sure to pick up a free multi-colored balloomin
While I showcase my special double self-lobotomy
Performed by just me in my new labero-totomy.
With a...
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Categories:
food, humor, irony, sick,
Form: Couplet
The Official ComedyMaybe I walk in your shoes,
Perhaps you sleep like my loops,
Probably, this is an unimaginable satire,
Inside your head, I can never born again and be a disaster.
Perhaps I am only your necessity,
Probably, I walk on...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, feelings, irony,
Form: Free verse
Sequencing simultaneouslyIt's
The simultaneity
Of it all..
Sequencing expected
Is no more..
Yet
Astonishingly
And not so
Sequencing shows up
Simultaneously..
Not 2..a story...
...
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Categories:
i am, irony, words,
Form: Light Verse
Try That!Try That!
Try That
You Loser!
AI Really Can
Write Better Poetry
Than Me.
F#$%
That
S#$%.
-Gray Squirrel
04-27-2024...
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Categories:
irony,
Form: Free verse
SistersSisters
My best friend
And worst enemy
Just leave me alone
Always there for me
I steal her clothes
We share everything
She buys me things
That she needs
Envious again
Competing beauty
They say we look like twins
She's prettier than me
Too long without a...
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Categories:
best friend, family, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Too Stoned to Care, circa 1969
Too stoned to care
wild eyes and hair
My friend and I dare
to order four pizzas
Where are your...
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Categories:
irony, education, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Irony Poems
Definition | What is Irony in Poetry?
Poems Related to Irony
twist, paradox, wit, humor, satire, criticism, repartee, quip, mockery, taunt, banter, ridicule, incongruity, burlesque, jibe, contrariness, raillery, reproach, derision, contempt, mordancy, sardonicism,