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Best Black Humour Poems

Below are the all-time best Black Humour poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of black humour poems written by PoetrySoup members


Black Humour
The Laughing Matter
We laughed and laughed it was raining heavy we didn`t see we were 
off road and flew, still laughing- over
a precipice and landed...

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Categories: black humour, addiction, evil, farewell, film,
Form: Blank verse



Black Humour
Black Humour

The day tragedy struck, a misfortune that also held in 
It´s  grasp a tendency to giggle, a black sort of humour
when laughter threatens...

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Categories: black humour, animal, dog, smile,
Form: Kyrielle
David Osborne's Funeral: Scrubbing Up Well
We have said farewell to David
How we wish he had been there
To see how much we loved the s*d
And how we did our hair
He would...

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Categories: black humour, appreciation, eulogy, family, friendship,
Form: Epitaph
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Veterans Breakfast Meet
There‘ll be black humour today,
Gentle ribbing, banter and jokes, 
Stripping away of egos, repartee
Among our mixed group of folks.
Bruising conversations maybe,
But in a non malicious...

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Categories: black humour, courage, emotions, friend, hope,
Form: Rhyme



Sandanista
Waltzing on bracken and shingle,
Dirt scuffed and spun in the air,
As the blood and the dust devils mingle,
Drying, infused with despair.
The crackling twigs in the...

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Categories: black humour, death, history, life, sad,
Form: Verse
Fit For Work
Nine years he served his country
Then nursed in Mental Health
None of his professions being
Much good for his wealth.
Physical ill health
Brought work to an end
Very little...

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Categories: black humour, anger, angst, depression, hope,
Form: Rhyme
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Armageddon
ARMAGEDDON

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A disaster called armageddon
It is on its way no kid on
In an asteroid so big
A hole they must dig
Or we'll all end up like fried...

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Categories: black humour, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Funny Bloke
I had a mate who had an unusual sense of humour
They call it black humour for what it is
We were putting a suicide in the...

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Categories: black humour, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

Read more of this work...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
No Alone
emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity taking black...

Read more of this work...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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