Black Humour Poems

Legionnaire

...Just a quick notification that
A new resident was on his way
Giving  us enough time to get 
A room ready for him to stay
Not our usual type of client
A Veteran French Legionnaire
It was beyond ...
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Categories: black humour, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme

Fit For Work

...Nine years he served his country
Then nursed in Mental Health
None of his professions being
Much good for his wealth.
Physical ill health
Brought work to an end
Very little hope that 
His cond...
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Categories: black humour, anger, angst, depression, hope,
Form: Rhyme


Veterans Breakfast Meet

...There‘ll be black humour today,
Gentle ribbing, banter and jokes, 
Stripping away of egos, repartee
Among our mixed group of folks.
Bruising conversations maybe,
But in a non malicious way.
No ...
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Categories: black humour, courage, emotions, friend, hope,
Form: Rhyme

Of Morbid Humour

...Laughed at a cartoon dog killing cartoon rabbit. Smothering it. 
Called it "morbid humour". 

Dark.

Deep. 

A hole without visible bottom that you smile at, knowing if you just set one foot f...
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Categories: black humour, community, death, humanity, money,
Form: Prose Poetry

The Funny Bloke

...I had a mate who had an unusual sense of humour
They call it black humour for what it is
We were putting a suicide in the morgue
It was a fatal gunshot wound to the head
As I looked through to hi...
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Categories: black humour, how i feel,
Form: Free verse


Armageddon

...ARMAGEDDON

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A disaster called armageddon
It is on its way no kid on
In an asteroid so big
A hole they must dig
Or we'll all end up like fried bacon

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Categories: black humour, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Black Humour

...The Laughing Matter
We laughed and laughed it was raining heavy we didn`t see we were 
off road and flew, still laughing- over
a precipice and landed in an opening in the forest 
where rabbit con...
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Categories: black humour, addiction, evil, farewell, film,
Form: Blank verse

David Osborne's Funeral: Scrubbing Up Well

...We have said farewell to David
How we wish he had been there
To see how much we loved the s*d
And how we did our hair
He would have loved the eulogy
In which he got a mention
For David always l...
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Categories: black humour, appreciation, eulogy, family, friendship,
Form: Epitaph

Black Humour

...Black Humour

The day tragedy struck, a misfortune that also held in 
It´s  grasp a tendency to giggle, a black sort of humour
when laughter threatens to replace sorrow.
 My little cabin is buil...
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Categories: black humour, animal, dog, smile,
Form: Kyrielle

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
...
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Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

No Alone

...emotions searching wayout

hibernation compels the stage next for deep rooted revelations

black holes gave company
when walls around were black

laterally came tinge to smile......

escape velocity ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: black humour, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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