Ballad Humorous Poems

I’ve been sitting here so long,
My butts getting numb,
So I jump right up
And stick out my thumb.

He comes rolling down the street,
With the only smell...

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Some don’t notice that I’m truly fruity
They’ll often add salt, like that’s their duty
Juicy and ripe to my core
Sweeter than you might ask for
I’m sure...

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was once a dance hall girl named big Lu
she made men feel happy too
had an ache? she knew what to do
she worked in a saloon...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE VI

On the Horns of a Dilemma (I)
by Michael R. Burch

Love has become preposterous
for the over-endowed rhinoceros:
when he meets the right...

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I'm an orange monkey
in China I was made,
stitched with much affection
and garlanded with braid.

Purchased then on eBay
and wrapped to make a gift,
I was posted to...

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Is there anybody out there 
Going to listen to my story 
It's all about a girl 
Who ran away
 
She changed her name from Lorie...

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Poor does not mature, withers...
      Does not do plastic operation, just pull.
     Poor is not immortal,...

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Life is a ballad
Much like a salad.

A mixture of greens
From newborn to teens.

Then adulthood blues
In various hues.
 
Once years are golden, 
It grows some mold...

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I am windy the great I am
Windy the great I am, I am
to be buried in the toilet next door
 I got out and gassed...

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I hear them singing,                                           ...

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Sunburnt Country

I love a sunburnt Aussie bloke, with great big, muscled arms,
His rugged well-built shoulders, and face with all its charms.
I love his thongs and...

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imagine me
upon his knee

a little child so meek and mild
thrilled to visit our dear Santa
in the heart of old Atlanta
such a precocious little child

thrilled to...

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Between Sundays and the week to come,
it’s Thursday wondering where the days have gone.
The flow of tick tocking the passing through,
when the rushing of the...

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Doggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse

The Board
by Michael R. Burch

Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms...

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On my wedding day
I exaggerated...
in place of waltz
a l played Rock music
in place of greeting
I gave in my rival 
an "uppercut" ...
Rather than
come softly
I came...

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