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Best Humbug Poems

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


Premium Member Bah Humbug
Bah! Humbug!  It’s that time of year;
I can’t understand the reason
why everyone is so full of cheer
just because it’s the Christmas season.

The traffic on...

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Categories: humbug, christmas, humorous, loneliness, sad,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Valentine's Day Humbug
Love’s better when you’re a beginner.
On Valentine’s Day, you’re a winner.
For the old married gal
It’s a day usual.
And you’re lucky to get a free dinner!


(For...

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Categories: humbug, holidayday,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member My Humbug Melts Away
Here we go again,
I’ll have to count to ten,
It’s Christmas time once more,
Christmas songs ‘n every store.

It’s bound to cost a mint
It’s gunna make me...

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Categories: humbug, christmas, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Bah, Humbug
Ah, the glorious damned winter
and the inviting  
gray chill in the air.
I meander 
ever 
so
slowly 
past lawns
strewn 
with a cluttered array
of pagan snow zombies...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: humbug, introspectionchristmas, snow, christmas, snow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bah Humbug
A Grinch in a hamlet of Whovilles

Stole credit cards, ringing up big bills

     Without checking price tags

    ...

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Categories: humbug, christmas, humor,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Bah-Humbug
Ah yes, the joys of Christmas
Excuse me if, I seem a little listless
Just thinking about, all of the work
Turns my smile into a smirk

Carrying boxes,...

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Categories: humbug, christmas, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eulogy For God
Oh, Lord! Lest one is asleep,
the purge to kill you,yet again,
is quite deep.
Some, who read your word in
the Bible, re-create it, with myths
that are long...

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Categories: humbug, abortion, faith, god, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Roses Are Red Collab-26
These Limericks were written by many different PS poets who are all remaining anonymous.  If you would like to add one of your own...

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Categories: humbug, anti bullying,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Christmas City
windows smile in Christmas City
humbug with no place to go...

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Categories: humbug, happiness,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Traumgottin: the Heart Is a Crater
"In musical notation, a bar (or measure) is a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented...

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Categories: humbug, dark, hurt, love, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ebenezer Scrooge - Clerihew
Ebenezer Scrooge
a miserly stooge
To him Christmas was just a humbug
Until three ghosts gave him a hug...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: humbug, christmas,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Loose Magic
Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: humbug, angel, anniversary, beauty, bible,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Christmas Dinner
A most festive time of year
I surely can not wait
The anticipation is so great
I smell the turkey in the oven
The Christmas lights shining bright
Snow is...

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Categories: humbug, christmas, memory,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Big Mouth Trump Collaboration With Sonny Roper
The mouth of Donald Trump 	
is bigger than his rump!		
Both  pump  hot smelly air	
which is hard to bare, 
responsible for  prolonged slump.
	

If...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: humbug, allegory,
Form: Limerick
The Ghost of Christmas Future
Marley’s Warning

Much to do with shadow and ghastly renown,
Showing us all where we end up in the ground.
Rusty hinges, let swing old cemetery gates.
Their screeching...

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Categories: humbug, old, me, old,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs