Water Burlesque Poems
These Water Burlesque poems are examples of Burlesque poems about Water. These are the best examples of Burlesque Water poems written by international poets.
Why those best suited to high office never get electedThey are,
Still in touch with reality
They Value logistics over statistics,
They ask the right questions.
They don't believe in a totally cashless society,
Their vision for the...
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Categories:
care, character, city, community,
The state of the fourth estateNo estate should be able to turn away health inspectors,
No estate should be able to turn away ambulances,
while bleeding internally,
No estate should need...
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Categories:
abuse, assonance, bereavement, betrayal,
What To Do About the State of the ClimateOnce upon a time in land far far away,
The citizens were demanding their president find a way,
While he still held sway,
For climate to have less...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, analogy, blue,
Water Water EverywhereWater, water everywhere,
Yet people don't think,
Tank.
Water, water everywhere,
Yet people's thoughts stay,
Blank,
Water, water everywhere,
Yet people still sit on the ,
Bank.
Water, water everywhere,
Yet many people don't...
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Categories:
appreciation, baptism, beauty, care,
Laughing Into 2023Laughter is the shortest distance between the joker and the listener:
My friend got robbed today, they took away his girlfriend Valentine's gift. Now, he rehearsing...
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Categories:
education, feelings, humorous,
BreakupI recall the day, my ex sent me a breakup message,
and mum asked me what I was reading,
Then I told her" tips on how to...
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Categories:
betrayal, break up, heartbreak,
Who You Are“Insults are like the flow of
water, you get many
from your parents when
you became a poet
or an author.”
“Try to do what you...
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Categories:
funny, self,
Coimetrophobia and SuchI
All sorts of fears
A place of tears
And all these years
I thought these letters
Strung together for a collector?
No, far from such
C O I M...
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Categories:
africa, america, conflict, culture,
Resurrection Polka Musical ChairsWater is uniquely ancient, yet it hasn’t aged a day.
It’s older than Dr. Leakey’s bones.
Older than Olduvai Gorge.
Water is older than life itself,
Unaltered by...
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Categories:
allegory, america, life,
LoveLord abhiseyka
My lady do you know when I colse
My door of heart I am suffering from obsessed feeling love
of desert at least...
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Categories:
absence, age, first love,
In 2050 If I Am Still AliveIn 2050,
If I am still alive,
Oh what pleasure will I derive,
From living in a world that has zero waste,
Zero carbon for me to taste,
And how...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, anniversary, bereavement,
Whiskey After WorkA week away from Ground Hog Day
And my water heater’s sore.
It spat at my clumsy plumbing,
Took a leak on the basement floor.
That triggered my elderly...
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Categories:
allegory, home,
Pre-SurgeryPre-Surgery
A green long-leaved plant on the table
she says doesn’t need water for the next fortnight.
Does the plant bear flower?
No, she says it is supposed...
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Categories:
angst, animal,
Wake and BakeI sprinkled dry yeast in warm water
And watched it bubble up,
Then cracked open a fresh laid egg
On the edge of a measuring cup.
I dumped in...
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Categories:
allegory, morning,
Happy EndingA 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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Categories:
africa, courage,