Best Dunce Poems
so look at us, the princess and her fool
this painted jester - just a silly clown
we frolic nonchalant and coolly cruel
the joker, begging for his lady's crown ...
a humble tear hides coy within your eye
and trickles with the batting of your lid
such damp and dour attempts to justify
the furtive pretext of the crimes you hid ...
devouring whole my feigned ascetic life
you press a pulse within me and without
compelled to grip your goodbye like a knife
to perforate my veins and bleed you out ...
so, should you need your martyr to deplore
he clots ... in shallow pools upon the floor.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Your Best Sonnet This Year So Far" Poetry Contest, John Hamilton, Judge & Sponsor.
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."--Einstein
"what's time," asked the tyke
"just pick any time you like
since they all happen at once"
as knows any horological dunce
and dickory up my clock and strike
I need an act of heroism
To defeat the terrorism
That's been in my world and soul
I've been broken, never whole
Torn to shreds by horrid lies
Handed to me by sly guys
Each one took another slice
I willingly fave for a price
A high cost that I have paid
Lesson learned, I will not trade
My hearts affections anymore
I need to even up the score
Letting my heart win for once
I was stupid and a dunce
Smarter the next time around
My heart starts to wind around
Sweet smiles or smooth maneuvers
By love lusted evil doers
I'll look for signs that have been
Problematic way back when
Passing by love criminals
Waiting till my soul reveals
The sign I've been looking for
Shaking me right to the core
With alarms, whistles, and bells
Flowing in my mind to tell
My heart its safe to say hello
Green light love ready to grow
The Dunce of the Class
By Elton Camp
Alas, the poor dunce of the class
He was just barely able to pass
Couldn’t read until third grade
Not many brains in that haid
About math let’s not discuss
For he rode on the short bus
But football he managed to play
That was where his hope lay
To state college he took a trip
Thanks to athletic scholarship
The dunce finally eked a degree
As a physical ed major you see
It was a coach that he then became
Director of a violent child’s game
For a few seasons, he could win
But then he couldn’t do it again
But once a coach has been hired
Very rarely is he simply fired
To the school’s lasting shame,
It was principal that he became
He still struggles to read or write
Secretary keeps him out of a tight
Academics have gone down the drain
As long as principal he does remain
dancing on a cloud with the stars I am dancing
a crescent moon smiling at me I am dancing
the dunce left below i am dancing dancing
not wearing the hat I dance myself in a corner
JUST ONCE DOPE'S DUNCE
Come on girl
Just a bit
Come on woman
Just one little hit
I stick it in
ain’t no sin
I push the plunger down
And thusly dissipates your frown
I just want you to try it today
Tomorrow you’ll have the power to throw it away
But at least let me give you one little shot
I promise not to cook you up and shoot a whole lot
Come on girl
Hold your arm as straight as a branch and sit still
This is better than any liquid, capsule or pill
I’ll just tie this belt around your arm
And Lord knows, just once can’t do you no harm
Yeah that’s a good girl with very good veins
AND ONE FOXY MAN AND THE SINCERITY HE FEIGHNS
And so he took the needle from her arm he had dubbed a branch
Listen, little lady, you did it because to consider, reflect and imagine he never gave you a
chance
Miss fancy and frilly from the upper class
No one’s rich when dope owns their ass
And that’s why the guy said “come on honey, just one
And believe me when we need money she won’t fake being a nun”
And so another hooker is born and owned by my street
That’s how she and he came to meet
She was so sweet but acrid be his soul
Now she’s a huge cube and am unable to roll
She did it, she dug it, now she craves a lot more
And feeding right into Mr. Wrong’s plan he made her a whore
“So just once girl that’s all I ask”
And after that she couldn’t decline any sexual task
His every command would go heeded lest he get enraged
Poor little society sweetheart now locked in a cage
© 2011.…Phreepoetree
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He looked like a muttonhead, yet he was no dunce
Correct on trivia, and only answered once
Sort of a know-it-all, most women stayed away
Okay by him; his computer played trivia all day.
Three quarters of the time,
I am able to rhyme,
but you won't be gleaning
a whole lot of meaning.
It's all because this dunce
can't do two things at once.