Nonsense Poems | Examples of Nonsense Poetry

Can I be what I never been being as I am Could be could be could be Did I see what I never saw seeing it again Could be could be could be Perhaps the world is getting small but driving through Texas I recall the vastness of space and time world feels big at certain times. I wish...

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Don't judge a book by the size of its mouth. If you drink with a gift horse, you'll discover you can take him to water, but he'll go South and take another lover. ...

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We found the calico box crab man with leathery skin and a deep, dark tan. He gave us soup that was filled with nails, squirrel bones and catfish entrails. As he told his tale and we heard him speak, the sky would cry, and the ceiling, leak....

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I heard the calico box crab theme as I nestled warmly by a trout-filled stream. I saw the hare and tortoise dance, and wondered if it was romance, or just an addled dream....

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Call me what you will altho' my name's not 'Bill' no don't even be so silly as to think I am a 'Willy' tho' you may say “Here's what's his name' to me it's all one and the same yet as I'm losing too much weight have the need to feed and don't dare be much thinner I have one task to ask of you please don't...

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We are what we eat— yet the bread on our tables has turned to ash in the mouth. Once, the poor were the healthiest of us all, nourished by fields that knew no poison, fed by rivers that flowed without a price. The earth gave freely, and our bodies sang with light. But then came the merchants— Western capitalism draped in silver lies, turning soil...

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Deep in contemplation, or was it cogitation, call it 'intuition', Alice aforethought had a premonition, something's round the corner, and she's come to warn yer, doing all she can, before it hits the fan, for she has seen a vision, more than a vague suspicion, it's a strong affirmation of a predetermination, and believe me when I say, "Whatever omen she thought she...

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As a young boy when not very old I did enjoy being told grisly bedtime stories by my Mother the favourite was none other than altho' I was just a nipper Whitechapel Fishmonger Murders perpetrated by Jack the Kipper ...

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As so many shoppers consistently doing all manner of wrong fail to return their trolleys from whence they came to where they belong it really irks when I leave work drive my hybrid to the supermarket circle the car park for what seems hours and can't find a place to park it the question may seem odd to some and yet I have to...

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When the wind chimes high when the wind chimes low through the links in his kilt he'll go all the lassies say hello Donald where's your troosers? A slimy heel slippery eel tho' no feared he'd take the fall(s) he lost his breeks on the course where caddies dropped (all) his ball(s) With apologies to Andy Stewart (1933 – 1993) ...

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I have often wondered if they blundered or if there's any truth to the advertising within the words written on me a simple clothing label advising a promise a guarantee 100% Cotton but does it refer to the garment or myself the mere material it is printed on a paradox perhaps all of which goes to show it's a dilemma the answer to which this enquiring...

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'Nothing works faster' the advertisement read 'Nothing works better' the adman said I don't know about you but if that's true it's Nothing for me Nothing's a keeper not only that it's also cheaper ...

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If a conflicted carrot based on its looks could feel it's a parsnip it would be a turnip for the books and should confused chard on corn do a number lettuce hope the offspring isn't a baby cucumber some plants are quite confounded in my garden bed sadly the rhubarb is convinced it's celery badly sun-burned red ...

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The spirit of Dream Megala man Scratching that itch Not that of a lower level man Can wipe out a universe In the moment The moment of a twitch Too ra loo ra loo ral Too ra loo ra li The healthy of lean Le fat the tip of hooray Falling sideways What is the writing drug Why do poppies eat promise Trying to keep up Even...

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(A Reflection on Polarity and the Balance of Nature) I come not to be adored, But to sit with Truth beneath the weight of stars— That sacred silence where the cosmos speaks And whispers laws older than breath. In the temple of nature, polarity reigns— Day bows to night, fire yields to water, Sun seeks the moon in longing dance. Nothing stands alone...

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