Best Slumming Poems
PS Male Poets: Six Years Later
6 years ago, I wrote limericks about 5 PS poets. Today, I've posted
about another 5 and will continue to add more... before 6 years.
I tickled funny bones of five Souper men
So, I gave thought to trying it once again
In the order they replied
My sarcasm...
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Categories:
slumming, how i feel, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Tickling a Man's Funny Bone: a Tribute In SpoofI tickled funny bones of five Souper men
So I gave thought to trying it once again
In the order they replied
My sarcasm was applied
As I gently heckled them with ink and pen
First, Tom Cunningham, who "liked my collection"
To femme limericks he had no objection
But now it's...
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Categories:
slumming, parody,
Form:
Limerick
The ScreamAwake in a nightmare dream,
reality can't keep pace.
And like Munch's painting, "The Scream,"
anxiety warps my face.
Rank smells announce my coming;
roaming the land of the blind.
For folks reduced to slumming,
stink of sweat and piss; combined.
Draped in garbage-bin fashion;
I strut about ten feet tall.
And yet, dirty and...
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Categories:
slumming, abuse, angst, depression, imagery,
Form:
Quatrain
Victorian Poverty In LondonVictorian Poverty In London.
.
Slumming it in adverse poverty
In Victorian London’s
Limehouse White Chapel and Bethnal Green
Dingy doss houses packed to the brim
Narrow dirty streets with cobbles
And loud cartwheel din
.
Large families sharing one room
Overcrowded Cold and damp
Many children to one bed
Lit by candle...
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Categories:
slumming, community, conflict, poverty,
Form:
Let's Talk, TurkeyWhile a roaming in the gloaming
many years ago,
with steps so jerky I met a turkey
swaying to and fro.
Now being lonely and awfully homely
I hoped that by a chance
my new found friend might help me end
my lowly social stance.
I looked at him so sleek and slim
and...
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Categories:
slumming, animals, funny, holidayfriend, heart,
Form:
Ballad
Message To a Pharmaceuticals KingYou’re such a nasty bugger,
You slumming, scheming lout,
No conscience or misgiving,
No arguing about!
And when next time I see you,
Sucking on the poor, I’ll give to
You no quarter, you shameless
Writhing whore.
To you people are just profits,
You stinking rotten rat,
I’d love to squash your laurels
With...
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Categories:
slumming, anger, humanity, humor, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
The Villanelle Story of Junebug and TatenA Villanelle by Jelsr
Junebug couldn't stop thinking about the hood the house
It was just so slumming and urban
Never had he known anything so robust
That morning, Junebug was shocked by loss
He had to calm himself with a cross
Andy couldn't stop thinking about the house
Later, Taten was...
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Categories:
slumming, analogy, anxiety, funny, hope,
Form:
Villanelle
Joy In WeaknessAnd here you had me thinking
That I was the scum of the earth
That you were the Queen of the Night
And that you had everything all figured out
And here you had me dreaming
Of turning back the clock night after night
Hating myself more and more
Wishing I was...
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Categories:
slumming, abuse, farewell, joy, moving
Form:
Free verse
Blossom's Christmas FearOn dogs phony antlers are tied
So unhappy Blossom will hide
When she sees them coming
She’d rather go slumming
At landfills she spends the Yuletide
And she’s not alone in her fear
Surrounded by many a peer
...
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Categories:
slumming, animal, christmas, humor,
Form:
Limerick
She Don'T Really Need YaYou're stone cold in your heart man
Hard as solid steel.
And the love she has for you man
Is on the spinning wheel.
Cause you've been bumming around, slumming around,
You've thrown her love down on the ground,
...
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Categories:
slumming, angst, emotions, feelings, for
Form:
Rhyme
Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen WordsHe is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again
"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's possible, you know?
I'm just saying I can see a path?"
Is this kid joking?
He's a...
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Categories:
slumming, discrimination, lost love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Baskets and CartsBaskets and Carts/Respect the Homeless 2013
By Allen Hackett
Once I had a house with lights and a...
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Categories:
slumming, social,
Form:
Verse
the days of our livesO’er March 14 pie crusts we kissed
On 4/20 joints we could twist
It’s hardly slumming
When your date's coming
May the 4th be with you for this tryst...
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Categories:
slumming, appreciation, blessing, day, dream,
Form:
Limerick
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 4Steve: This sounds like the traditional Hindu caste system. I get it; all that Kama Sutra stuff.
John: You mean Kama Sutra IPA? It’s a local brew. Not bad.
Steve: Douche bag say wha?
John: Wha?
Steve: Please continue, Dr. Hollywood.
Mitchell: A Class B shedoo would be an average...
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Categories:
slumming, allegory, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Not Really a PoemI wish I could let you see how empty I feel.
I don't hate myself, I hate the way I don't like myself.
This has not been an exclusive experience.
You could start a club.
I have been living the same pattern for years.
Everything and nothing changes.
I don't think...
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Categories:
slumming, atheist,
Form:
Blitz