Funny Free Verse Poems

I went to drink 
coffee at one of those 
cute little coffee-drinking 
places, and I couldn’t 
help but think of 
you. 

I tried 
not to....

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My monocle, please,
or if you please,
my spectacles so
I
can attempt to eye
a book with both irises
and which book
to attack first:
the gigantic book of fashion;
it’s
not a lap...

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I stare at the girl through my looking glass.
In her smile, self-deprecation sighs.
Voices in her head whisper chaos,
as she screams internally for attention,
begging any deity...

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Wait. To you, she's “La Lopez”. To me, “Jen”, always.
Doyenne of “Anaconda”. A date, indeed!
You’d have me narrate the gravamen,
say how it was? She was...

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How I hate it when they call me a clown,
Yet I can't help but make people laugh.
It comes unbidden, needing no invitation —
As though a...

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PEACE OF MIND

left hurt and wounded by my own actions,
yeah you started it but i didnt have to go there,
i shouldve just minded my business,
ignored...

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This feeling is complacent,
it just doesn't feel adjacent, 
too much or to little, 
reciprocation is unrealistic, 
your stupid but unforgettable, 
unattainable and unavailable, 
there's a...

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The Missing Ouija Board  
An Unholy Whodunnit in Verse  

I summoned ghosts at midnight’s glare,  
At Cemetery Gate—with snacks to spare. ...

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(Playful girl in Western Tibet)

Humanity’s Shine

There are lots of things that distinguish humanity;
Speech, intelligence, civilization, kindness
Etc. etc., blah, blah, blah…

But the real thing that makes...

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Why is my face split in two?

A twin I call her
Confident and beautiful 
Funny and entertaining 
Her smiles light up every room.
A life of the...

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My husband is like a ripening pumpkin
Loves to lie down inert on the ground, most of the time.
Lack of exercises has made his belly bloat,
Like...

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You joined the Navy.
I joined the circus. 
I was always a clown, 
and you were always 
so serious.
...

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My brother and I,
while choosing a name for my nephew,
tried hard to think of something unique—
something with variety and charm.
“Tractor” was the first choice,
then came...

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I have this little Ginger Cat.
Lord knows what he sees
in me! – cutest adoring eyes
I don’t deserve; purrs in 
reserve, as he settles to cuddle
and...

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     Funny how a room dies

        First it’s off to college
   ...

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