Humor Poems - Examples of all types of humor poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Critterature: Of Mice and MooseIf the plural of mouse is mice,
And more than one louse is lice,
Then it seems to me, that logically,
The plural of grouse should be grice.
A single goose duplicates into geese,
A mongoose produces mongooses,
So let me...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Santa Goes Down In HistoryRudolph the red thing reindeer
Had a very unusual hose
Whenever he saw a female reindeer
His thing would always glow when it rose
All of the other reindeer
Especially all the horny dames
Always chose...
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Categories:
christmas, humor,
Form: Lyric
Hate Speech("Howling Rock", City of Rocks, 2016)
Hate Speech
My dogs bark into the night
scared and excited about something in the dark
coyotes or deer or maybe just their own shadows.
It makes me think of ‘Hate Speech’
laying in bed...
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Categories:
dog, humanity, humor, night,
Form: Narrative
Happy Memory
Summer romance?
Sunset fling?
Lovely while it lasted -
Wouldn’t change a thing.
...
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Categories:
humor, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Where The Grass Don't GrowWhere The Grass Don't Grow
The historical record bared to see
In worn-torn pages, undecipherable.
And I’m to believe that this sum total
Will explain everything you say to me,
Mixed with phlegm spewed from the esophagus,
Spitting in my face...
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Categories:
humor, perspective,
Form: Verse
Christmas Comes With Planning
Christmas comes with planning,
who are you buying gifts for.
What to get them,
what to eat.
Oh well I took the batteries out of my scale,
one problem solved,...
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Categories:
christmas, food, giving, humor,
Form: Free verse
Interrogated by Batmans GrandmaIf you think Batman is tough, you should meet his Gran.
She is nail-tough, agreed Leroy, Tony, Jack and Stan.
You can’t get anything past her, she has an evil eye.
This was added to the conversation by...
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Categories:
humor, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
You chooseWould it not be nice,
if somewhere between,
plugging in your phone,
and turning off the light,
you were able to choose
your dream tonight.
Where would you go and
who would you be,
if upon closing your eyes
you would become,
the king...
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Categories:
dream, fantasy, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Before Advent BeganBefore we begin,
I want to introduce
my most hopeful self
Before we begin
life's communication
we know love's energy
Mother and Child
intimacy
sacred mild
intricacy
integrity...
Resonant hearts beating
repeating
+1 then 0 then -1
circling around again
without growing rest
or restless
As invisible
as air to Goddesses,
as healthy water
to...
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Categories:
humor, christian, christmas, green, health,
Form: Political Verse
SuperstitionsWritten 2 December 2023
A Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Do`s and Don`ts
Avoid thirteenth of Fridays
for any new ventures
for any new businesses
Skip number 13 in buildings
in hotel rooms
In private hospitals
Be careful when driving
walking or...
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Categories:
humor, life, men,
Form: Verse
a letterI got a text from one of my professors yesterday saying, ‘Please stop by my office at 6 pm tomorrow.’ It didn’t say why. This was the first day after November recess, had I missed...
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Categories:
appreciation, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
pampered catIn a palace of cushions and silky delight,
Lives a cat, all pampered, oh, what a sight!
Spoiled and regal, with a snobbish air,
She lounges on pillows with a feline flair.
Her food served on silver, a gourmet...
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Categories:
humor, appreciation, cat, cute, family,
Form: Free verse
no moneyLook at those nails! I say to the five-year-old.
Each fingernail is a different color.
Who did that? Iask.
Some lady.
Was it expensive?
No.
Was it your mother?
No, a lady in the nail shop.
It was probably expensive, I tell her.
She...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
what do you really think?While some lines found here may offend
I think of you all as a friend
If it's too hard to take
These ideas for Pete's sake
Just call me a dork and hit send...
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Categories:
funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Nihilist PenguinThere was once a penguin who thought
That religion and morals were naught,
As he swam in cold water
He thought, "Boy, I oughta...
Do something, but I don't know what.”...
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Categories:
animal, humor, light,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Humor Poems
Definition | What is Humor in Poetry?
Poems Related to Humor
playfulness, farce, joke, banter, whimsy, gag, wit, fun, wisecrack, joking, gaiety, jest, amusement, drollery, jocosity, levity, lightness, happiness, comicality, jesting, raillery, flippancy, witticism, tomfoolery, jocularity