Horatio Nelson
Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, Nelson had lived,
and still bears traces of his presence today,
in various parts, pieces and bits.
When our windjammer Skipper informed us,
'Shopping here's good, snorkeling is bad,'
I...
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Categories:
boat, character, fun, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Hobnobbing With The Hoi Polloi
With a stiff upper lip and old school tie
still it's just not cricket
but the upper crust they say
are on a sticky wicket
to pay the estate or make ends meet
they have conducted tours
of stately homes safari parks
and the family jewels
we used to go to Scarborough Southend-on-Sea
Bognor Brighton Blackpool
have fish 'n' chips for tea
but now for fifty...
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Categories:
drink, fish, food, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Get Thee Behind Me
Speak of the devil incarnate
to give the devil his due
not to play devil's advocate
tho' devil-may-care
the devil is in the details
and while we're there
to state so now would be opportune
he who sups devil's food cake
or devilled eggs with the devil
should have a very long spoon
but if we don't the devil you say
better the silver-tongued devil you...
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Categories:
character, fun, humor, silly,
Form: Rhyme
The Rolling Stones ain’t no clay !Sponsor: Oliver Mckeithan
Rolling Stones Song Titles : 16 lines
submitted : 17/7/25
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ANGIE, my devoted dark Love
really and truly I don’t want you
UNDER MY THUMB
it hurts us both as you
PAINT IT BLACK~ makes me wanna hack
freedom’s our choice, our soul’s ardent desire
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
we have...
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Categories:
fun, character, emotions, feelings, freedom,
Form: Verse
No contest!
My mummy’s made curls in my hair
No spray tan for me, my skin’s fair
I’m an English rose
I’ll wear my best clothes
The other girls don’t have a prayer!
The beauty pageant is at three
I apply make up carefully
I’m certain to win
As my Grandma Cyn
Is judging the contest, tee hee!
Image Prompt 2
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Categories:
beauty, fun,
Form: Limerick
Corn PopFeeling corny
By the sea
Stretched out baby
Please look at me
I got on my shades
Do you think I’m hot
This yellow tan baby
It ain’t store bought
Rub in that butter
Slather me up
If you rub deeply
I’m bound to pop
Sun kissed towels
Baby you and me
Both feeling corny
down by the sea.
Mystic Rose’s Choose one image poetry prompt contest.
Image number one.
...
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Categories:
fun, beach, character, cute love,
Form: Quatrain
Turtle
Categories:
fun, nature, pets, water,
Form: Haiku
Hats and CatsThere was a man with many hats,
that lived in a house with many cats.
When he went outside,
the cats stayed inside.
Hat choosing was driving him bats.
One cat said, “he will be gone for the day.”
Another one said, “with his hats we shall play.”
A hat for each cat,
no one to say scat.
When he gets home the cats...
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Categories:
animal, cat, fun, pets,
Form: Limerick
Forgotten SorrowLaughter hides in the strangest of places.
I laughed when she spoke, the sun's rays kissing her
Beautiful smiling, the lilt in her eyes
Betrayed promises of many tomorrows.
It's no secret that our life's been hard-- NO--
A betrayal of modest happiness.
And yet, I found joy. Laughter whilst walking,
Joyful moments of tender lovesickness.
I forgot...
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Categories:
fun, joy, marriage,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Gym Gym GymGym goer hits the gym—me,
A dumbell slipped wild and free,
He fell on his mouth,
A tooth out, a shrill shout,
Oops! He realised—the gym hit me!
This limerick is fiction...
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Categories:
fun, funny, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Categories:
fun, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Bipolar 2I'm secretly
a genius, trouble
is, I'm the only
one who knows
about it.
I'm much too
shy to show it,
and I'm much
too mad to keep
it constant.
I'm either busy
laying in my bed,
missing out.
Or overworking
myself to the point
of exhaustion.
There's no
in-between.
And that,
my friends,
is...
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Categories:
fun, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
nihonshu - sakeMy master’s degree's a senior’s cruise - most of the other students are thirty and even forty-somethings. Good for them, for making the (75K) investment, it’s hard, and they all look very serious. I am too, of course.
It’s busy and constant - but it’s business analysis - it's not hard, like chemistry (see retrosynthetic analysis)...
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Categories:
fun, humor, school, stress,
Form: Free verse
Anything Goes
Perhaps he's crackers
to embrace glitz
(to paraphrase Irving Berlin)
'Putin on the Ritz'
tho'
'Sometimes something is better than nothing'
went the writing on the wall
yet
'Too much of nothing'
(wrote the Zimmerman)
is really no good at all
and
'Everything comes to those who wait'
an optimist put in prose
but
Cole Porter said it best
when he wrote, 'Anything Goes'
...
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Categories:
fun, humor, music, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Grandpop and Grandma pop Image # 1
My dear grandpop and grandma pop
Took a short vacation
I remember how my mom felt
Full of frustration
Mom depended on them so much
Babysitters were they
Days, nights and weekends were at play
They were supposed to stay
Grandma got so hot and went pop
Lost weight, wore stilettos
She changed...
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Categories:
age, fun,
Form: Other
Specific Types of Fun Poems
Definition | What is Fun in Poetry?
Poems Related to Fun
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