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Courage Burlesque Poems

These Courage Burlesque poems are examples of Burlesque poems about Courage. These are the best examples of Burlesque Courage poems written by international poets.


What the situation in Gaza has confirmed for me
Faults on both sides,
That outsiders have widened,
With money for tunnels provided,
No due diligence accounted for,
Rocked me to the core,
With no one held to account,
For any...

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Categories: age, analogy, appreciation, children,



Note To Self
Self help does not always help self,
Self indulgence could be hazardous to self,
Self advertising can create ego too big for self. 

Self awareness comes before...

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, art, care,

The Complex Melody of a Captivating Soul
Pretty cunning how she captivates hearts of many,
Eyes of many, attention of many but acts like a maniac,
One glance of her makes many sleepless, not...

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Categories: beauty, courage, life,

No Visits No Clue
They sit in their office with no clue,
About what to do,
About those who are blue,
When they should be putting on more than one shoe,
And going...

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Categories: absence, age, analogy, autumn,

The New Generation of Wanna Be High Flyers
When I was young I thought I thought I could Fly,
Off the roof of the garage without a jet pack.
Life experience taught me different.

But even...

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Categories: age, allusion, baptism, bible,



A Tirade
A tirade

It is nearing my birthday, and I hate the thought
my wife asks me what I want, and suggests an electric bike
with three wheels: she...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: courage, humanity, humor,

Death From Above
Death from above 1953

My uncle
Was seaman
Died in Marseilles
A pig on a balcony
Fell on him.
Mother said
He died at sea
When a mine
Struck his ship.
A likely explanation
That served
His...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: courage, faith, funny,

Happy Ending
A happy ending?

A camel and a dog
Tired of performing
Every night
At a circus.
Escaped.
The camel walked
On top of it
Sat the dog
guiding the camel.
They found the valley
Seen on...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: africa, courage,

When You Have To
When you have to

On a coach from Lisbon to Porto
the loo was locked, for safety reasons
the driver had the key.
 It takes a modest soul...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, birthday, feelings,

Taking Away Children's Rights 1 By 1
When I was growing up parents were becoming aware,
Of children's right to chose what they should wear,
Though life was not always fair,
For those who did...

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Categories: appreciation, baptism, care, character,

Buy Rubbish and Trash the Planet
Buy Rubbish, 
Trash the planet.
Don't buy rubbish,
Save the planet.

Save money,
Save the planet,
Waste money,
Waste the planet.

Share what you have,
Save the planet,
Don't share what you have,
Don't save...

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, best friend,

Red Tape and You
If you care to look in your cupboards,
You might doubt being out of bed,
As all you will see is red.

If you rush to the bathroom...

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Categories: addiction, appreciation, baptism, care,

In a Moment of Weakness
In a moment of weakness I was ready to be chipped. 
I thought I might as well have the operation, 
And get it over with.

No...

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Categories: age, analogy, autumn, care,

Whose Party
Grace to the feet that frees
the nose that sniffs 
and the eyes that sees.
Banquet, is it?
Bet the foods are free
Trust, they come in three;
Chocolate cakes,...

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Categories: celebration, courage, food, fun,

A Trip Intersteller Spacecraft
Fiery I canst me be a man of the 50 feet spacecraft, he ask is he or rampant bugger me skipper
Ask not oh mister jakin,...

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Categories: addiction, adventure, america, angel,


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