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Best Wise Guy Poems

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I Shall Never See You Again
you are aware of it
even I'm aware of it
that parallel are going to be our ways
we might never see each other again
but getting away from...

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Categories: wise guy, break up, emotions, fear,
Form: Romanticism



The Redline
My room at the Hyatt 
Smelled like my ex-wife
She didn't have oodles of class
Or wasn't overly fancy
So, it must be that aroma of 
Almost masking...

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Categories: wise guy, baseball, chicago, humorous, sports,
Form: Free verse
The Life of a Poet
For me the whole universe is a stage
The past, the present, the future, every people, every age
I ride on the wings of my imaginations and...

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Categories: wise guy, dream, imagery, world,
Form: Rhyme
Diets
Can you imagine my surprise 
When I woke up with thunder thighs

I looked in my mirror and
It gave me back a knowing grin

Hard and heavy...

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Categories: wise guy, funny, humor,
Form: Free verse
I Just Don'T Get English
It is pointless to write with dull pencils
When a pen keeps the sheep safe at night.

And water can flow from a hole in the ground
As...

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© Dean Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wise guy, funny, humor,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Footle-Love Match
one try


wise guy...

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Categories: wise guy, love, wife
Form: Light Verse
The Foreign Student
The Foreign Student

By Elton Camp

Ahamed’s command of English wasn’t so good
But to make a fine impression, he did all he could

He walked up to one...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wise guy, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Kid Who Knew Squat About Christmas
“So tell me,” I asked the young boy,
“to whom does one owe Christmas joy?”
But the lad looked at me
and just said, “Can’t you see?
It means...

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Categories: wise guy, christmas,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Beware Dragon Eggs
Dragon came into my life as Grandpa Troll, gave me a little egg and praise.
He said that only a special few, could deal with a...

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Categories: wise guy, adventure, caregiving, crazy, fantasy,
Form: Light Verse
Captcha Character Preview Slurs
-------*To be read in true Italian Mafia voice....--------

I wanna meet the wise guy.
You know, the pai·san gettin' cute with the Soup!

Cuz' the CAPTCHA preview characters...

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Categories: wise guy, funny, on writing and
Form: Light Verse
The Art of the Con
Listen to the chumps,
listen to the rubes,
screaming that democracy
is going down the tubes

But every wise guy knows
when the fix is in
To put all their money...

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Categories: wise guy, corruption, parody, political, satire,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Satire-Humorous Brooklynism
I'm driving down Eighteent' Avenoo in Bensonhoist,
I am having a wallear for a hero; I jeet
nothin' yet, and metballs sound great
but I don't wanna wait...

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Categories: wise guy, funny, people, places, satire,
Form: Narrative
The Wise Villager
The Wise Villager
A villager got atop a tall tree
And couldn't get down
He shouted for help 
and villagers soon arrived
They looked at each other and asked
'does...

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Categories: wise guy, hero, judgement, philosophy, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Instead It Vies
All I am saying is you have to try
Not only will it help you get by
But truly indeed it will help you fly
Under a new...

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Categories: wise guy, love, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Friends For Dinner
We're having friends for dinner on Saturday
Well we're not actually having them for dinner!
That statement implies that we're cannibalistic
And our list of friends would get...

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Categories: wise guy, humorous,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Reflection on the Important Things