Best Pome Poems

God bless the counter tenor
King of Kings, Lord of Lords
Member of my divine Parliament
Halos abounding and sounding
Of Celestial bliss and perfectude.
\Pitching pulchritudinous pitches,
Pushing me to...

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I wanted to be famous,
So I thought I'd write a pome.
Somethin' reely spiritchul,
With touching undertones.

Somethin' folks would reed about,
When I'm dead and gone,
And call me...

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Pome du jour

Rudderless and leaderless we will traverse

The seas and the trails 

Of meter, rhyme schemes and tropes

(If we please)

And land on Moot Point -...

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I learnt a long time ago.....art depends on how the person
experiencing your work perceives it...........so please don't
get upset...........how someone............judges your poetry
it is but the perception...

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Lady Godiva- rode naked on her horse;
That’s OK… her steed was naked too, of course!





Nov.02.2019
Pithy Pome Poetry 
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy

N/A...for contest...

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EPITAPH TO A CAT

Here lies our cat,
At peace no doubt.
Survived eight times,
Then his luck ran out

4th November 2019
Pithy Pome contest
Sponsor - Maureen McGreavy...

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Here lies the Count of Monte Cristo
Who got to settle a few scores
With stevedores and commodores
Before stretching out below



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on February 20,...

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After winter’s cold, Apple Blossoms unfold.
Bright, fresh spring brings Bluebells to behold.
Cheery Cherry Blossoms burst then dance to ground.
Delightful Dahlias bloom spring all around.
Eastern Redbuds...

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Roses is red; a dollar are green.
Dough wuz the grandest thang Bubba'd done seen.
He had a bad wreck and ruptured his spleen.
His surgery wuz in...

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Oi be nowt but an auld country hick,
we a liddle bit of gall, an a lotta stick.
Oi baint niver afeared to speak me mind,
nor critizise...

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WRITER'S BLOCK

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"This 'pome' don't make NO sense! What junk!"
the scowling students muttered.
"Two roads in the woods!" one hissed. "Such bunk"--
opinions rudely uttered.

I quelled the urge to...

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Long ago,
when we were all
primordial slime
creeping about
in the grime,
awaiting our
time,
we decided:
poetry must rhyme
 
wars passed,
throats slashed
swords clashed
faces gashed
and smashed
before children aghast
in retaliation
against rhymeless trash.
 
the...

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I thought I'd write a word or two,
Like all them famous poets do,
And then mayhap I would be known,
And folks would ask me to intone,

The...

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I could cry or let the world get me down
But that would let it win I am to strong for that
I think I will go...

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