History Funny Poems

Once there was back when
In the history of “then”
‘Fore the “be” began

In these days of yore
The people lived before, for
There was nothing more

‘Twas a different...

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From the unravelled and now exposed mystery 
Tales of leafy Nottinghamshire
And the dusty tatty books of  it's long history
Comes a tale 
You'd think it...

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A February Independence Day

It was a chilling winter day,
When Jefferson had come to say
“Lets all agree and make a vow,
To claim our independence now!”

But speaking...

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the universe exists
to give humans a backstory
- no humans, no universe
it’s all heads
in the shape of our heads

history could be made up
and I know people...

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the hapless toad
who croaked a verse
and moved the trees around him

did sway the branches
sway the leaves
at the most profound of meaning

and too did cry 
the...

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Now for some good news,
that we might have missed.
It ain't no riot or pandemic,
so maybe didn't make your list.

For the first time in history,
a commercial...

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Three ladies all in lettuce dress
                   ...

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If you give me your love
I'll make you be my dove
Because you're the only girl that i love
If love is a real love

We don't hardly...

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Wonderworks
by Michael R. Burch

History’s
mysteries
abound
& astound,
found
(profound)
the whole earth ’round,
even if mostly
underground.


The Procrastinator’s Creed
by Michael R. Burch

It’s always, “Tomorrow, I’ll do it.”
Work? I eschew it.
I never collect...

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I’m Bruce the goose
And fly with geese
I follow the rules
In forming V’s

And being a goose
Sometimes I lead
Then play caboose
To lessen breeze

Yet I faltered
Their perfect V’s
When...

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We kept our silence in the room as we waited for the verdict to be read an innocent man sitting there with a murder hanging...

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I used to miss your touch, now your hands feel like claws

I used to melt in your stare, now your eyes come with bristles

I used...

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There is a space still unknown
In the basement of my home
In the dirt there's gotta be treasure
Better go 'splorin' (for good measure)
A century ago, this...

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History was my favourite subject, 
When I attended school, 
So, I was quite excited to see 
An old plaque upon a wall , 
It read:...

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 Mary had a little lamb
The birth was quite a sensation
It should go down in the history books
She needed a lot of sedation

Pinocchio had a...

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