Best Wisecrack Poems

Oh where could one sweet person go
          Who craves a phrase to ebb and flow
               Or meanings' depths as oceans know
 ...

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Near my house in the back,
bit lost on a sidetrack,
along the grassy track.

Turned a bit to backtrack,
closer is the right tack,
near my house in the back.

Yet things went out of whack,
more lost was a setback,
along the grassy track.

I put on a soundtrack,
and I thought to...

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The crack of dawn
   The crack of the bat...
A crack in the pavement
   Fall through the cracks...

Crack cocaine
   A crack fighter pilot...
A clever wisecrack
   That cracked me up...

Crack your knuckles
   Jimmy crack corn
Crack a smile
...

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When Will Anyone Ever Learn

Have learned while going out on a limb;
We may become suspicious of her or him,
Wondering what next they soon may say;
Separate sand boxes when sexes play.

Mind may have made a cruel wisecrack;
If anyone is black must ride in the back,
And also...

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Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Can’t take back a wisecrack
If you wanna be a crackerjack
Earn a greenback from blackjack

Gotta buyback your backpack
Need to blister pack your flapjacks
Evident ebbing of drawbacks
Raises the bar for the sad sacks

The good life, so Kodak
So long as you don’t sidetrack
Selfie people hide...

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HRC and You and Me

Bill retired and did ride off into the dust
Return again we always knew he must
With Hillary wo happened to be trusty
Even though great shape not very busty.

Many experiences Hillary had been through
Yet still firm not changing point of view
With voice we...

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Based on my consulting this year’s almanac    
June 30th being the best possible day for a BBQ out back
I sent out invitations to everyone, I didn’t hold back

There was the lumberjack, the nymphomaniac
The humpback, the hunchback and the hypochondriac
The kleptomaniac, the hemophiliac...

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Watched All of My Belongings

Some say of liberalism sure was to smack
Which is what I had said in my wisecrack
There were also other people who said
They think I should have dropped dead.

Lacked any ability of being eloquent
Even said I sounded like an elephant
Budding behavior was...

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who should be used

sin seems to be like some sediment
ending up becoming an impediment
in life that will try to hold you back
when you were making a wisecrack

it could be cunning cutting remark
to a forest fire soon sets the spark
a big one and is roaring and...

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These last few years I have witnessed many changes in my being,
Some were expected but others I had no way of foreseeing.

If someone would have said I’d be writing poetry a few years back,
I probably would of laughed and made some silly wisecrack.

But now I’m...

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White House Possibly in the Future

When my wife had looked at her clock
She was in a complete state of shock
Seemed like the usual same old song
I again had been sleeping all day long.

After I finally found myself wide awake
Another nice nap I did decide to...

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These are the best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part II

The Locker
by Michael R. Burch

All the dull hollow clamor has died
and what was contained,
removed,
reproved
adulation or sentiment,
left with the pungent darkness
as remembered as the sudden light.



Me?
Whee!
(I stole this poem
from Muhammad Ali.)
—Michael R. Burch



superstar(stuporstar) 
by Michael...

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He’s a broken leg performer with a crooked second act.
Went from Brooklyn to Las Vegas with his sarcasm intact.
Does a Smith and Wesson stand-up, voice as sweet as antifreeze.
Tells you how he lost his cherry to some hooker overseas.

They call him Mr. Sunshine.
He’s as salty...

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I took my bike on Amtrak, got off at Charlottesville.
Climbed up to the Blue Ridge parkway, the first of many a hill.
I met a Canadian Carpenter as I got closer to N.C.
He was cycling alone; his wife would meet him in Miami.

We shared some jokes...

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Asked to write a poem
  about Ancient Greece and Rome
The witty student said he would
  but he really didn't know 'em

Not one to be outdone
  the wily prof shot back ~
Plus a five-page paper
  analyzing your wisecrack...

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