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Best Gimmick Poems

Below are the all-time best Gimmick poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of gimmick poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member R I P - Santa
~Do you Believe~ 

Here's the little twist in my parents home
Spreading fairy dust since I was 3 years old
The prancing and dancing before Christmas Eve
Made...

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Categories: gimmick, celebration, christmas, december, holiday,
Form: Free verse



The Itch
I've a growing b-tch 
of a persistent itch
plaguing a part down under
in a well-hidden spot
sweaty and hot
tearing my sanity asunder

I long for a table
legs sturdy...

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Categories: gimmick, funny
Form: Rhyme
Coronavirus a Germaphobe's Nightmare
Recently, my ears have heard
Some news that sounds quite absurd
My eyes can’t believe what they have seen
Is this for real, an outright global panic
Regarding the...

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Categories: gimmick, humorous, stress, world,
Form: Rhyme
The Definition of Innocence Part 2
(continued from part 1)

What is innocence
that little boy
whose pulling his toy 
with it’s broken wheel
Do you think he doesn’t know that the price of that...

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Categories: gimmick, life, sad, slamtime, ,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member In Times Like These
The farther we move the closer we get,
The distance between is a measure of love,
Bad memories of the past, you two forget,
New memories to create...

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Categories: gimmick, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Rhyme



My Super Superpowers
My powers have few limits.
My powers are no gimmick.
Three blinks, blinked fast,
Grants my powers most vast.
If my wish is to fly,
I can Peter Pan the...

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Categories: gimmick, fantasy, hero,
Form: Rhyme
Not That Deep
People love to over dramatize everything but it's not that deep
Acting like they're big time gangsters, but they're not that street
Running their mouths but they...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gimmick, deep, discrimination, fun, funny,
Form: Free verse
A Lepid Swan
Gigantic gimmick a political gentlemen.
Genuflected genre mathematician gild fan.
Mirific misemploy a flamboyance rolling can.
Doxology douceur dormouse examplar excavator,
Agitator moisture nodulation a lepid swan....

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Categories: gimmick, epic
Form: Haiku
Establish
Once there was a man called Frank Benhance,
Believes writing for contest certainly enhances.
Enhance by stunt & gimmick-doubt!
Enhance by magic & trick – doubt!
Bloody, sustainable establishment...

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Categories: gimmick,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member A Million Dollar Bill
Have a million dollar bill in my hot little hands
When I present it to cashiers, they poop in their pants
A promotional gimmick
But ever so realistic...

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Categories: gimmick, fun,
Form: Limerick
Why Me
Why Me?


It was such a great day as he held me & said I love you
The clouds a white fleece & the sky such a...

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Categories: gimmick, abuse, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Vile Creature
You're a creature so vile.
At your mere sight
I have to choke back the bile.

I'm getting wise to your gimmick,
You're astride with every step of mine.
Everything...

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Categories: gimmick, confusion, fear, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Neighbor Is a Pirate
My neighbor is a pirate of fame
	        Who sailed and pillaged from Maine to Spain.

		   ...

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Categories: gimmick, imagination,
Form: Couplet
The Changed Man
the “changed man”

have you seen the face of the “changed man?”
you know, the one who lost the girl but
wants to get her back---
so he converts...

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Categories: gimmick, life, lost, lost, together,
Form: Free verse
Scenematic 1
Movie in the making, viewer discretion
Keep your mouth shut, forget witness protection
Better keep it discreet, avoid detection
Complete the play, can't afford a deflection
This the real...

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Categories: gimmick, character, humorous, life, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs