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Best Guffaw Poems

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


Premium Member Things That Seemed Poetic
Things that seemed poetic were always sad,
though I yearned for sparkle
and my dad's guffaw, which never came.
Familiar things were always drear --
repeated motions in the...

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Categories: guffaw, angst, childhood, death, depression,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I shall find a way or make one
(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the...

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Categories: guffaw, dark, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Big Fat Cousin's Wedding
My favorite cousin named Marge
is almost as big as a barge.
So one would assume, 
not knowing the groom,
the guy would most likely be large.

But he...

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Categories: guffaw, funny, dance, fire, dance,
Form: Limerick
Guardian Gemini
I feel your anxious pivot to create
We flow the same irresolute way,
Often in raging storms
And sometimes in playful gallops
We see ahead 
That path onto the...

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Categories: guffaw, anxiety, best friend, confidence,
Form: Ode
Premium Member sweet poison, mine -
'I love you' moistens on your lips
          I watch it, breathless, as it drips
  ...

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Categories: guffaw, desire, irony, love hurts,
Form: Rubaiyat



Premium Member Might As Well Have a Good Laugh
When you are in trouble
and start seeing double
you might as well have a good laugh

Cause sorrow and crying
and excessive sighing
can shorten your lifespan by half

If...

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Categories: guffaw, encouraging, funny, humorous, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Phantom At the Foot of the Bed
Normally, I'm not one to be alarmed by things that go bump in the night,
But the other night I saw something that gave me a...

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Categories: guffaw, funny, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Markle Sparkle
The sweet Megan Markle had that bright sparkle
for she landed herself a true prince
Our dear handsome Harry, was never contrary
But the Queen he had to...

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Categories: guffaw, celebration, princess, wedding,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Silent Friend
SO or Silent One who is known to all
Our British connection, a mysterious butterball
Calls me Benny Hill
A connection if you will
Along with Python, made us...

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Categories: guffaw, dedication,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Leap of Faith
Stood on the roof of the Empire State
Two American men and their new English mate
It’s true that a bourbon or two had been had
Perhaps that’s...

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Categories: guffaw, america, hero, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Best Medicine
These days I feel as if I'm being consumed 
by worry and uncertainty.
Unsure of exactly what to do or whom to see
regarding issues of my...

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Categories: guffaw, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fear Frenzy Makers

While we sit with our coffee and poetry,
The Fear Frenzy Makers burn the midnight oil.
Digging up lies, just anything man!
To stuff up your brain like...

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Categories: guffaw, abortion, america, anger, perspective,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Silly Sack
You’ve got to have a certain knack
when opening your Silly Sack;
the beasts within will soon attack
with no hold barred, no turning back.

Now these are not...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guffaw, children, nonsense, silly,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Is Seeing Believing
Is Seeing Believing?
Written: by Miracle Man
7/17/2017

Those things I know, to these, I readily attest,
And thought repetition hasn’t made them so.
Sometimes others may ponder if true...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: guffaw, god, health, inspirational,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Minichu On Laughter
Don’t stifle laughter.
Many great things such as happiness or relief
come after.

Enjoy a gaffe!
It can even lessen your grief
to laugh.

Guffaw
for some relief.
HA.

Don’t stifle laughter.
It can lessen...

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Categories: guffaw, light,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs