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Humorous Poems | Examples of Humorous Poetry

Premium Member I'm That House
I'm that house who has been on the block for years Who have seen many parties and lots of tears I'm hearing rumors that I might be put up for sell Different types of notices coming in through the mail If only I can make the decision or be given an option I don't want people fighting over me at...

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Categories: home, humorous, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hyperbole
Poets poised pens pulsating poetry. Writing wonderful words with wisdom. Making muses manipulate marvelous minds. Setting suitable selected scribing schemes. Regulating reasonably reliable required rhyme. Also adding acceptable allocated alliterations. Notable nonsense not necessarily needed. However haphazard humorous hyperbole happens. ...

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Categories: humorous, hyperbole,
Form: Alliteration



How Now Slough
Although it’s a hard row to hoe a rough furrow to harrow and a tough trench to plough there’s many a meadow to mow I hereby avow and tho' it may be news to you farmers have the need to sow their seeds where milkmaids milk the cows swineherds feed their sows and shepherds have their pie and eat it too in Slough now ...

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Categories: animal, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited Upteenth instance where yours truly experienced assault upon hindquarters. A worse hellish fate than perdition and the closest in the throes of agonizing death scene rendition stabbing sphincter muscle spasms wrench yours truly analogous to contortionist, who presents convincing torturous scenario even absent primal screams readers or eavesdroppers envisioning his twisting and writhing as if body frankly...

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Categories: humorous, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Wellington - 1769-1852 And Bonaparte - 1769-1821
'England is a nation of shopkeepers' was never said by Bonaparte but it was those self-same tradesmen who kicked Napoleon’s **** and when at Waterloo they met as he won the day to give it a positive spin one may only say, "Wellington put the boot in!" ...

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Categories: celebrity, england, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member You can’t say that dad!
They say my dad’s humor is dry, but after some pints by and by, he gets lubricated and jokes unabated says things make you wish you could die!...

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Categories: father, humorous,
Form: Limerick
kernel crisis
sun's too hot to bear— he just wanted a tan but became a snack fast....

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Categories: humorous, fun, funny, hilarious, humor,
Form: Haiku
Toupee
Toupee, or not toupee, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler on the head to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous alopecia or to take wigs against a sea of baldness, wear them as a buffer, the whips and scorns stem, and by opposing end them. Ay, that's the nub. With apologies to William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) ...

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Categories: fun, hair, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
A Name By Any Other Arose
Native Americans call me 'Paleface' 'Roundeye' say the Chinese race to a Scot I'm a 'Sassenach' 'Boyo' to those in Wales altho' a 'Limey' in New York I answer to none such hails once a 'Gweilo' in Hong Kong Down Under was a 'Pom' you may give a dog a bad name (and/or a bone) he may even be your (best) 'Pal'...

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Categories: humorous, fun, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Shaggy Dog Story
Friends, humans, country bumpkins, bend me your ears; 'tis too true a tale I tell thee here... Once upon a time, knew a girl who owned a mutt but she did exclaim, 'It's the cutest pup you ever did see,' all the same, it seems to be asinine to give a dog a bad name but it's not the worst her canine could receive, it wasn't cursed when...

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Categories: animal, dog, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Inspiration
Somewhere between when sleep overtakes and then when I'm not really awake as if on a film running through my head the reel unrolls a story unfolds and I never lose the thread tho' the plot may be somewhat bizarre from whence I know not yet never forgot I find words appear in my mind from way over yonder out of the blue and...

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Categories: film, humorous, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Heavenly Host
Fading away as the days dwindle down to a dismal few I'm still grinning what more can I do my head's spinning eyes dimming hair thinning but if the devil's in the details he drives a hard bargain and if heaven's like a five-star hotel with 'Welcome' on the mat remember when beginning your final innings there'll be no winning when you're up at bat ...

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Categories: humorous, age, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Corny At The Beach
The Cornelius's were bathing in the sun The husband said, I am cornier than you, Hun She said, try to butter me up, my dear And whisper "I love you" into my ear But if you pop up on the beach again- we're done ...

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Categories: humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member On a Loop or In a Loop?
Lost in a fog chasing a clue This riddle’s got me feeling askew My brain took a stroll then slipped Now my logic’s completely flipped Still nowhere near a clue...

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Categories: humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Pam Scam
I met my perfect partner in the gym, He gently catered to my wildest whim. My every mood He understood - Turned out I wed transgender Pam, not Tim. But by the time the fluid truth sank in, He/She/They, Me were bonded skin to skin. Pam, I love you, #Hashtag Me Too - Happily Ever After lies...

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Categories: humorous,
Form: Limerick

Specific Types of Humorous Poems

Read wonderful humorous poetry on the following sub-topics: adults, birthday, christmas, death, friends, friendship, graduation, kids, life, love, middle school, rhyme, school, silly, teachers and more.

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