Best Absurdity Poems
Below are the all-time best Absurdity poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of absurdity poems written by PoetrySoup members
SoldThere is no difference,
the saints whisper and every enemy and ally
wake to forever’s difference,
that neither knee nor tongue will deny.
Doubt bit into Innocence and sold
the...
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Categories:
absurdity, bible, christian, corruption, god,
Form:
Didactic
The Shrew's RantI’m your eldest daughter, but I ‘m not for sale
Stop lying about my temperament and telling other tales
Father, this tradition is archaic and no longer...
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Categories:
absurdity, father daughter, marriage, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
Garden of GracesGrowing older is a garden of graces . . .
disgraces, wild goose chases, closed in places.
It is an imperceptible tottering of time on a
conveyer belt,...
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Categories:
absurdity, meaningful,
Form:
Blank verse
The Air We BreatheThe Air We Breathe
Whatever death hides in the dark forest?
The Man attentive to death-defying chances
with sinister low sweeping branches, strong
confused as to the hierarchical level
upon...
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Categories:
absurdity, devotion, discrimination, god, hope,
Form:
Verse
Sonnet For the SillySONNET FOR THE SILLY
A blessing on all kinds of action silly
Let our God not be a solemn old curmudgeon
The folly that belies the serious dark...
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Categories:
absurdity, humor,
Form:
Sonnet
Unmasking the ScriptIn borrowed plumes, a masquerade we stage,
Thoughts echo doctrines, passions preordained.
From broken families, where fractured spirits weep,
Mothers of sorrow,
With eyes that never sleep.
We inherit...
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Categories:
absurdity, journey, life, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Basketball Is For Everybody
Telling blacks not to come to a basketball game.
That is such a racist remark and a shame.
Making such a comment is an absurdity.
In the professional...
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Categories:
absurdity, basketball, racism,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Time When the Heart Beat Slows
“In the time when the heart beat slows”
In the time when
the heart beat slows
I close my eyes
and meet you there
that place of...
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Categories:
absurdity, dream, heart, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
NeurosisI go by myself walking
I hear myself talking;
Then as I deliberate
On the direction of fate
That leaves me so anxious
With illusions atrocious
Invading my privacy
With the blight...
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Categories:
absurdity, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
About That Certain Thing Called NonsenseAbout That Certain Thing Called Nonsense
Nonsense is that certain symbolic communication form
that oft pervades our human space with its absurdity!
All of us from time-to-time have...
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Categories:
absurdity, allegory, deep, image, life,
Form:
Couplet
Nude Is CrudeI think I shall never see the beauty
In absurdity of human bareness.
The aide in whom God entrusted duty
Of our design was quite inept, I’d guess.
The...
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Categories:
absurdity, people,
Form:
Dizain
The Usurper King"My Kingdom will rise above all others. I'll always put it first."
He spoke with the devil perched upon his left shoulder,
but no angel sat on...
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Categories:
absurdity, identity, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Sleeping ChildThat child is like a washing machine
when tucked within her bed,
Arms and legs flail everywhere
No chance you’ll find a head.
I expect that's hiding somewhere down
where...
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Categories:
absurdity, child, funny, humor, sleep,
Form:
Rhyme
The Music BoxIs it simply just a wooden music box?
Charming the human soul, with its melodic undertone,
What a hypnotic melody it so plays, enticing the listener
With its...
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Categories:
absurdity, adventure, beauty, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Tears From a ClownOnce again, he dresses himself
with flour- powdered face, neck -ruffles,
and over-sized shoes: all these for kids
...
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Categories:
absurdity, irony, loss,
Form:
Free verse