Best Groucho Poems
An Evening At the Home
...Written: March 5, 2012
Updated: March 11, 2012
Listen to nurse's report including the news
that Joe and Wilma like each other.
Check all rooms and find that Roger is out of his bed
and down on th......
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Categories:
groucho, caregiving, life, people, light,
Form:
List
Hey Poetrysoup Folks-
...I picked "cinqku" because I don't know
what form that is, and I'm too lazy to
look it up; but if you've ever read any
of my poetry you should know I don't
want to lead anyone down a particular
......
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Categories:
groucho, age,
Form:
Cinqku
Monoku Monday - Feb 2021
..."Book Worms" Posted 1 Feb 2021
i'm reading a book about anti-gravity I can't put it down
that bio of Led Zeppelin's guitarist is a real Page turner
don't ......
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Categories:
groucho, humor,
Form:
Monoku
The Marx 'Brothers'
...Karl Marx was a historian and scholar
Groucho Marx whooped it up and hollered
Both of them were starved for attention
Neither of them honorable menschen *
__________________......
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Categories:
groucho, history, perspective,
Form:
Clerihew
Father's Day Tribute To My Grandfather
...Father’s Day Tribute to My Grandfather
Written on June 2, 2012
Updated on June 11, 2014
Resembling Groucho Marx as you aged,
I often found you dozing in
your favorite chair.
Perhaps, dreaming of ......
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Categories:
groucho, appreciation, father, grandfather, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
Portrait of My Grandfather
...Written by Gail DeBole on January 26, 2013
Whiskers and wisdom all in one.
Generously and gently protecting us.
Every grandchild thought they were your favorite.
You in your long johns at night.
Jo......
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Categories:
groucho, dedication, grandfather, grandchild,
Form:
Free verse
The Penelope Squad
...
“The Penelope Squad”
A line of bluebirds
tittering on a line
swaying on the winds
like comedian pageboys
having a good time
poop in the pe......
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Categories:
groucho, giggle, humor, muse, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
What a Revolting Development
...What A Revolting Development
(Not by Groucho or Karl Marx)
Bernie with bent back grudges does carry
Decided to become another Revolutionary
Always knowing exactly what he meant
By this being a......
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Categories:
groucho, allegory, analogy, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Tapora
...Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to the fires of perdi......
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Categories:
groucho, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Misanthrope
...MISANTHROPE
For Mel, my wordsmith
I miss you my misanthropos
My groucho cynic hermit
But I’m glad you left my life
For now I love a man called Phil
And he loves all th......
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Categories:
groucho, break up, dedication, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
Heres Why My CV Needs Work
...NAME: Phil Latio.
QUALIFICATIONS: LLB (Law) PhD (Medicine) & FSC (Federation Starfleet
Commander).
POSITION: Head job.
AGE: pass.
SEX: I don’t like bei......
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Categories:
groucho, humorous,
Form:
List
Dialect Tickle Matt Arial Hiz Im
...Courtesy of Marx (albeit Zeppo, Harpo, Groucho, and Chico)
whose acts brought generations of laughter to Vaudeville and
then the Silver Screen adlibbed, linkedin, and ransacked skits
zoid mater......
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Categories:
groucho, adventure, celebrity, class, day,
Form:
Free verse
Monoku Monday - Apr 2021
..."Some Grave Humor for Monday Mourning" Posted 5 Apr 2021
take note: if you don't go to your friend's funerals they won't go to yours
some think our cemetery is nice......
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Categories:
groucho, grave, humor,
Form:
Monoku
Ode To My Lori
...Your torrid feminine allure stoked my desire,
Like an ancient dragon breathing on Hell’s fire,
Our spirits began to dance,
A sultry minuet,
Spiraling higher than we could ever expect,
A univer......
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Categories:
groucho, i love you,
Form:
Light Verse
The Howling Winds of March
...The howling winds of March
Furious gusts of air
mightily blow bestirring anchored poet
sitting comfortably numb
securely strapped in his hard to maneuver
easy bath chair
while all around him ......
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Categories:
groucho, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme