The Pet I Never HadThe Pet I Never Had (a conceit)
by Russ Dodson (c) 1968. 2025
I've never had a unicorn
because I couldn't catch one
And I know no virgin maid
whom I could send to fetch one
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Categories:
allegory, fairy, funny, magic,
Form: Verse
Names we gaveName of hardship to life’s journey we gave,
For means that help move on, money we gave.
To loose change that’s today money the least,
What else? As a worthless penny we gave.
That which never if ever opened mouth,
To dumb mirror, nickname dummy we gave.
To love’s first journey of sweet memories,
Yea, you guessed it right: moon’s honey...
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Categories:
funny, journey, life, money,
Form: Ghazal
Pooping Like A Proper Italian this is for Jan
I poop every morning after a Pizzelle slathered in Nutella
it is nine am in Italy and not a good time to eat mortadella
I poop after lunch after eating pizza with spicy pepperoni
it is twelve o'clock and way too early to eat my macaroni
I poop in the evening after my pasta al forno with...
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Categories:
funny, hilarious,
Form: Couplet
ScaryThere once was an old man we called Harry
That felt all animals were quite scary
When the black bear stood tall
He did not move at all
Cause the bear was chasing his friend Larry
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Categories:
adventure, animal, fear, funny,
Form: Limerick
That Date with Jennifer LopezWait. 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 a ten. Great, she seemed.
Or perhaps an eight. But never again!
Well, she doesn’t like real men. Cheapskate, too.
I’ll tell you straight, it all went bandy when,
as our train pulled out...
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Categories:
funny love,
Form: Free verse
Your love to my rescueMy heart lies drowned in its own pool of blood—
Let your care secure me from life’s flood,
From my life, sweetness has just taken flight,
Let your love come to my rescue tonight.
My flower vase has long remained unfilled;
All my heart’s desires stay unfulfilled.
Let not your soothing care depart my life—
Please save my soul—say yes, become my...
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Categories:
friendship, friendship love, funny
Form: Rhyme
A Reincarnated CowI’m just a cow chewing my cud
if a bull, I could be a stud
reincarnated I could be
something different but lazy
I’ll choose pig, just lay in...
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Categories:
animal, funny, humor, life,
Form: Limerick
Rick The BrickThere was a player on our team named Rick
He hit third and was really a great stick
When on base, he made a strange face
He thought he could steal any base
Another out, he was slow as a brick
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Categories:
funny, baseball, boy, fun, games,
Form: Limerick
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades Of RealityHow 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 trove of jokes is placed in my mouth.
Often I try to bridle my face and talk tough,
But when a flume of gloom drowns spirits deep down,
Then my sense of humour...
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Categories:
funny, cheer up, desire, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Peace of mindPEACE 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 the situation,
but i didnt,
i couldnt bite my tongue,
i couldn’t refute the anger you sent me in shockwaves,
words that i shouldve said but i didnt,
words that i shouldnt of said...
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Categories:
funny, age, allusion, anger, care,
Form: Free verse
HimThis 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 bond hard to break,
I want to escape,
but isn't that a mistake?
We could’ve been something just as much as we were nothing,
you were a boy but I...
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Categories:
funny, absence, anger, blessing, boy,
Form: Free verse
I Can Lie Too: Now with audio
[Verse 1]
You're so incredible,
the most amazing man.
I'm taken to new heights of pleasure
with the touch of your hand.
There will never be another man
in my life who compares.
Your eyes, your smile...
no one as perfect anywhere.
I will never forget, or stop loving you...
Well would ya lookie here, my dear…
I can lie too!
[Chorus]
...
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Categories:
betrayal, divorce, funny, heartbroken,
Form: Lyric
Shoe ProblemsThis limerick is about a clown,
who when shopping in a nearby town.
A mother with small boys,
said his giant shoe made too much noise.
Shoeless he shopped while tip toeing around.
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Categories:
boy, character, children, funny,
Form: Limerick
The Missing Ouija BoardThe Missing Ouija Board
An Unholy Whodunnit in Verse
I summoned ghosts at midnight’s glare,
At Cemetery Gate—with snacks to spare.
We were just spelling “B-U-R-I-E-D” when—Zap!
The Ouija Board vanished... like a ghost on a gap.
Who stole my Ouija Board from cemetery?!
Was it the undead... or Karen...
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Categories:
funny, character, cool, crazy, dark,
Form: Free verse
Teeny Weeny - BawdyThere lives a gentleman from Luff
Who walks everywhere in the buff
His weeny is teeny
He calls it his winky
A stump that can't fill a cream puff.
Ladies would be left in despair
But he didn't really care
He got what he wanted
Frustrated, they taunted
And decided give him a scare.
They tied him to an 'lectric chair
Placed electrodes on you know...
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Categories:
funny,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Funny Poems
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Definition | What is Funny in Poetry?
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