Griper Poems | Examples


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Premium Member Seven Footles

Star Sprayer

Twinkler
Sprinkler

Cleaning Freak

Hyper
Wiper

Flautist Pickpocket

Piper
Swiper

Complaining Hitman

Griper
Sniper

Test for Savant Autism

Rain Man
Brain Scan

Not Heard in France

Thank 'ee
Yankee

Capitalist Jerk

Wanker
Banker

Oct. 21, 2022
For A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest

Premium Member Double, Double, Toil and Etc, Etc, Etc

With a nod to Macbeth's three weird sisters...


Midst rats, black cats, and screeching bats,
Cackling crones in pointy hats
Add a rag, a bone, a hank of hair
To a bubbling pot in their witches' lair.
Next a drop of your blood to mix into the stew
As they mutter and moan o'er this most loathsome brew.

Harken well as the hags recite ancient verses
That invoke magic spells and malevolent curses.
An elixir for love, another for fame,
If fortune's your goal, play the witches' game.
If malice or spite for another's your bent,
They've special potions for ladies, and some just for gents.

But be wary, my friends, for I'm telling you true,
When the game is played out, and the bill has come due,
Don't try to renege, and don't be a griper,
If you dance to his music, you must pay the piper.
Pay promptly on time, don't default or denounce,
'cause witches are bit**es when checks start to bounce.

Premium Member Footle Odd Jobs

Complaining Hitman

Sniper
Griper

Internet Detective

Hacker
Tracker

Welcomers at Adulterers Anonymous

Cheater
Greeter

Umbrella-carrying Pilot

Drier
Flyer

Male Greeter

Hello
Fellow

Elderly Au Pair

Granny
Nanny


April 13, 2022


While Trump Did Wear Diaper

While Trump Did Ware Diaper

We saw Trump while he wore a diaper,
Looking grotesque being a big griper;
When near,
Pain in rear;
Wherever he has been is always hyper.

Jim Horn

Tom Tom the Piper's Son

Tom Tom was the son of a piper
But here’s where the story gets riper
His dad, so they say
Could lay pipe night and day
Of his women, there wasn’t a griper

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