Family Burlesque Poems

Hitler, the artist

It is Christmas Eve, and the TV has nothing to offer
but sentimental tunes and the endless stories of how
a rich man became nice...

Read More

There was a time when cherry picking was a family affair,
An excuse to get everyone out in the fresh air,
No matter what they chose to...

Read More

We all knew Jack or someone like him,
But we thought time had passed by him,
We even sang the odd hymn,
To mark the passing on of...

Read More

Here some few jokes to crack your ribs:

I remember how my sister discovered her jogging talent, when she was chased by the fierce dogs, she...

Read More

Love’s tragedy

Once I loved a dolphin and kept her in the swimming pool
I wore a frogman suit we spent hours splashing about
but noticed she was...

Read More

To make this one easy to spread,
You will need.

At least one high profile celebrity,
Or Politician.
You could substitute any person who is in a high position...

Read More

Ghostly 
I sold my house to a Moldavian family
the drawback was they had two small children
the house came with two ghosts
as everyone knows, only children...

Read More

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...

Read More

I see them most days now in the street,
Neanderthal look-a-likes,
Who only grunt when I give them a hearty good day,
Bent double over their phone,
Gripping it...

Read More

Can I borrow your pliers?
As I really want to rid myself of  this ring in my nose,
How it got there nobody knows.

I am being...

Read More

Ya boo and fiddlesticks
to the thorns of life and all that pricks.
Ya boo, too, ye  plutocrats
who treat the rest like worthless rats.
Fiddlesticks to ...

Read More

Animals were saved two by two
Yet humans destroyed
Except for one man and his family.

I like them, animals that is, but humans 
I can mostly do...

Read More

An old Ethiopian veteran of the love wars 
once told a newlywed Kenyan kid:
If you want the infant marriage to survive,
make it to the golden...

Read More

With a 7-Eleven Big Cup eulogy slurp
And a McDonalds Big Mac pall bearer burp,
it’s Big Boy Slim Jim holiday mourning time
Take a family reunion picnic...

Read More

What is worng with you?
I really dont know what went wrong with you
You got our mothers love and our fathers devotion
So what is wrong with...

Read More