Thor's Toaster Troubles
Thor, chief of thunder, so grand,
Tried to fix a small toaster by hand.
With Mjolnir's great might,
He blew out the light,
"This 'appliance'," he boomed, "I don't understand!"
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Categories:
fun, funny, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Pisces
She's two fish swimming
in opposite directions
and physically incapable
of answering my questions
always on the stick's wrong end
yet not to harp or carp
but I'm forever on the opposite
that which is pointed sharp
would I enquire of the right one
it's the left natator who replies
with something unrelated
from out of yonder wild blue skies
and not knowing which will respond
altho' I...
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Categories:
confusion, fish, fun, how
Form: Rhyme
Untitled
Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)
They say a picture may paint a thousand words
but I can't read what he wrote
household paint poured onto a horizontal surface
ain't what I call works of note
splashed with no pre-planned end-result
for art's sake to me does not art make
known for his 'drip technique'
yes he was a drip and no mistake
yet a...
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Categories:
art, fun, how i
Form: Rhyme
Quandary Resolved
The wheels fell off my thingamajig
as a thingy
came loose in the whachamacallit
or perhaps it was the doodad
on the wotsit
which was the cause to stall it
and it'll take a few odds 'n' sods
plus a new doodah
and some hoo-ha
to make the gizmo
or doohickey
go again so
not to take the mickey
but prep the whole whoop-de-do
to look like new
I'll probably...
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Categories:
fun, humor, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Balls
When first I went ten-pin bowling
was in a league of my own
tho' hot to trot my score was shot
splits and gutterballs set the tone
my opponent bowled professionally
outclassed before I'd begun
she demonstrated then remonstrated
“It's not 'only a game' to some!”
tho' bet my set I'd met my match
when playing each frame for a round
looked like I'm paying...
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Categories:
fun, games, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
JUNE IN AMERICAHappy June, America, we made it out of the doom and gloom.
We enter into the fun and sun, and to the outdoor sounds.
Sounds of laughter and joy, children playing in the yard.
Sounds of birds singing in the tree giving us the feeling of a warm, happy day.
The green all around us makes...
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Categories:
fun, america, beautiful, life, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Thank God, It's Friday
I'm on an island
marooned
a lonely castaway
beached at the waterline
launching bottles out to sea
abandoned
high and dry
my boat went down
it ran aground
but wait
what's that I see
can it be
a footprint in the sand
someone to lend a hand
my ship's come in
it's at the quay
no more sending signals
from the shore
the weekend's here
to rescue me
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Categories:
fun, humor, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
National, Not Tribal
As some Indians
(dot, not feather)
go to great lengths
to ingratiate themselves
by obsequious behaviour
(bob your head if you agree with me)
could it be the origin
of the expression,
'To curry favour'?
Tho' hunger knows no bounds
forget the fatted calf
despite the nation suffering
from starvation by more than half
they'll curry a horse
but not a cow
those bovine ungulates
are holier than thou
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Categories:
animal, food, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Lumbered
Early in a damp woodsman's camp
seeing sawyers from a logging town
to stop the conversation bogging down
as asked my age among other things
I replied, 'Cut off my head and count the rings,'
then had to be quick-witted and fast-footed
made a bee-line through the trees
so as not to lose my noggin
when a burly lumberjack grabbed his axe
I ducked...
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Categories:
fun, humor, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Bad Habit
"Holey all over,
seen better days,
worn out and threadbare,
can't mend its ways,
with drink spills and food stains,
rips, rents and tears,
not worth keeping,
a sad state of affairs,
its time has come,
over and done,
that's one bad habit,”
so said the nun.
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Categories:
fun, humor, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Stark in Glacier ParkWe planned for cycling in Northern Montana
Me, Marvin, Louis, and Anna
I had doubts about them, though they were healthy
For Anna could never resist a selfie
Marvin couldn't plan, Louis attracted disaster
Mainly because he always had to go faster.
Me, my only problem was I'm slightly bats
and guiding these guys was like herding cats.
We flew in with our...
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Categories:
friend, fun, hilarious, humor,
Form: Lyric
Utter Nonsense
Allow me to introduce
the hermit Hugh
who
I do deduce
felt it within himself
to eschew
an embrace
yet
being obtuse
when on a wild chase
did goose a moose
in the caboose
then a disgrace
but such behaviour
did induce
Bruce
another recluse
to pick up the pace
when playing footsie
under the table
fast and loose
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Categories:
animal, bird, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Tea Time
It's almost half past three
time to cosy up for tea
kettle's on the boil to brew
tea for two me and you
with egg and cress or
cucumber sandwiches
with nary a single crust
(they were all donated
to the National Trust)
it's after forty to four
shall I be Mother and pour
I know you know Pekoe
the table's set quite daintily
two for tea you...
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Categories:
drink, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Mercury's Requiem
There was a young man named Fred
(the tooth fairy lived in dread)
a wild flamboyant from afar
the spice island Zanzibar
a singer he'd been
and sang a good song
with four-octave range
in the band called Queen
tho' considered 'strange'
with plus four in the upper jaw
he had more teeth than most
once nicely depraved
now dead and gone
when he gave up the ghost
shuffled...
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Categories:
death, fun, humorous, music,
Form: Rhyme
Can It - Aussie Style - Antipodean, not European
It's enough to make one chunder
there used to be a time Down Under
when fair dinkum the label on the tucker tin
only stated the true blue maker's name
and the Vegemite we'd eat for brekkie contained therein
while not a porky implied mate there's something to hide
with a shonky no responsibility disclaimer
I’m spewin’ cranky as today's focus is...
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Categories:
food, fun, humorous, word
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Fun Poems
Definition | What is Fun in Poetry?
Poems Related to Fun
enjoyable, pleasant, entertaining, amusing, lively, boisterous, convivial, merry, witty, diverting, enjoyment, joke, celebration, pastime, joy, pleasure, sport, laughter, distraction, picnic, nonsense, gaiety, absurdity, playfulness, entertainment