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Irony Poems | Examples of Irony Poetry

Irony Poems - Examples of all types of irony poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for irony.
Premium Member Orchid Woman
Oh 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...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, imagery, irony, power,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Changing Hearts on Campus
The world is wrong 'We' are right Bang go our drums day and night: 'Intifada Revolution Free Palestine solution'... ...Read the rest...
Categories: change, education, heart, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey, 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,...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, humor, imagery, irony,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member The Word of the day: A-I
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, analogy, appreciation, bible, blessing,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member So Stupid and Foolish
Hamas and Jill Stein perpetrate great crimes co-promote genocide, these two against all Christians and Jews... Jill Stein...Read the rest...
Categories: hate, irony, jewish, political,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Life
Luminous Images From Eternity...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, allusion, analogy, death, image,
Form: Acrostic
Knots of thought
Where 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...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, drink, fear, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Revolution
A myriad of steps we will take to correct our predecessors’ mistakes... So busy will we be our own foibles we’ll not...Read the rest...
Categories: change, history, irony, satire,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, education, irony, political,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Dave's Lab and Grill
Come 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...Read the rest...
Categories: food, humor, irony, sick,
Form: Couplet
The Official Comedy
Maybe 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...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, feelings, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sequencing simultaneously
It's The simultaneity Of it all.. Sequencing expected Is no more.. Yet Astonishingly And not so Sequencing shows up Simultaneously.. Not 2..a story... ...Read the rest...
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...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sisters
Sisters 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...Read the rest...
Categories: best friend, family, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, education, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Narrative

Specific Types of Irony Poems

Definition | What is Irony in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs