Best Retorted Poems
Death My Pal...Death,
An old friend, as old as life,
We met soon after my birth
He liked to play games with me
“Be ready,” he said. “I am coming for you.”
I waited, was all ready to go,
no fear,
no agony......
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Categories:
retorted, death, fear, life,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Of Road Rage and the Poetrysoup Profanity Policy...As Joe was biking down the side of the road
He ran across a chap with a dearth of driving skills.
Or more accurately, the driver almost ran over Joe;
'Twas one of life’s unwanted thrills.
A ......
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Categories:
retorted, anger, conflict, culture, funny,
Form:
Light Verse
Defying Predictability...With hair ablaze
a jester unconfined.
I scoffed at the mundane
its life declined.
My wardrobe
a riot
a rhapsody bold.
Mismatched socks my standard
stories untold.
In classrooms of tediu......
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Categories:
retorted, angst, character, conflict, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Lingering Winter...
Autumn doesn't mind if summer lingers for a while
Summer doesn't mind if spring lingers longer with her smile
But Spring does mind when winter stays too long
When her time comes she wants to......
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Categories:
retorted, spring, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
Ahoy There - Out of My Way...'Twas a dark and stormy night on that dark and stormy night!
HMS Blunderbuss plied the billowing seas just off the Isle of Wight!
Able Seaman Steer manned the helm when dead ahead he saw the light!......
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Categories:
retorted, dark, funny, light,
Form:
Rhyme
Dueling Would Be Violins...The vegetable orchestra was about to play
Fred and Ted had to have their way
Both the same, stubborn twins
These two dueling string bean violins
“I’m the lead violin” said Fred
“N......
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Categories:
retorted, kids, funny, humorous, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Witch and Warlock...
The warlock said to the witch,
Man, ain't it grand living large like Oz,
being bigly Emerald City rich
The witch crowed back,
I get paid good for giving speeches
that have no policy......
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Categories:
retorted, funny, humor, humorous, political,
Form:
Light Verse
Limericks Vi - Religion...Limericks VI - Religion
Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he felt like a clod
......
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Categories:
retorted, christian, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Limerick
I Am My Father's Son...They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the table......
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Categories:
retorted, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Coworkers...I was writing that last poem
with my car door open
right after work
In the parking lot
And my coworkers
stopped to chat
"Im just writing a quick poem" I told them
Joann said "just now"
Cassi......
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Categories:
retorted, crazy, friendship, poetess, drug,
Form:
Free verse
The Book - the Narrative Style...~The Book~
( Narrative / Short Story)
Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...
Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some o......
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Categories:
retorted, beautiful, books, fantasy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween...
~In Halloween’s moonlight as fog lifted,
the maiden of gloom appeared on her broom.
Lilura revealed as the fog drifted,
her broom made eerie sounds of murky vroom.
~The maiden of gloom ......
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Categories:
retorted, holiday, halloween,
Form:
Pantoum
The Mountain of Knowledge:...In my opinion, one goal in life is to reach the summit of the mountain of knowledge.
But we all seem to be in a rush to attain this, and all following the same path that has been laid down for centu......
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Categories:
retorted, analogy, bird, mountains,
Form:
Narrative
Akula...AKULA
Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly Shipyard to face the wrath alone. The next few hell ......
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Categories:
retorted, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Speaking In Tongues In Malaysia...Ho, ho, ho!
There is this well written article, the link which I gladly give down below,
It is a most beautifully written anecdote of a traveler's tale for well it showed...
A funny side of Mal......
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Categories:
retorted, beauty, community, confusion, crazy,
Form:
Free verse