Funny Imagery Poems

Ayla at Two

With a fistful of raisins and
Chocolate-flavored goatee,
Your favorite Dora tee shirt
Splotched red from your spaghetti lunch,
We sit on the floor together as
You climb...

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Do you smile when you read these?
Does your heart do funny things
Like mine does when you text me
Or when I hear you sing?

Do you like...

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A clatter in the backyard
quickly got my attention.
Curious to see what was happening
I rushed to look out my patio door
and saw a scurry of noisy...

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There once was a boy named Steve
who was often told to leave
for he'd squat and poop
on his neighbor’s stoop
and wipe his ass with his sleeve....

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There once was a woman named Fay
who would frighten most men away,
she was grossly fat
and most didn’t like that;
but the ones that did; begged to...

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A liar was 
Lying on the road
And being lied
By some professional liars. 

May 9/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe 
       Mussabwa Chris...

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Sticky melon juice
Drips down potbellied toddlers
Dirt and dust encrusts...

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WHEN IS ALL CAPS SHOUTING?
when is all lower case poetry?
The answer, my friend, is blowing. in the wind....

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I had named my verbose parrot Sunny, as he filled my world with sunshine;
For when someone truly touches the heart, you often must give some...

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Energy heats a pen for me and gives chemistry /
There’s no alternative to emit a thermal word filled migration flurry /
My nation bet against the...

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I worked at a boisterous animal shelter, which wasn't too far from my home,
That filled days with barks, meows and singing, like green wilderness zones.

I...

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Women over 50 are Invisible
(according to one source)

But…isn’t that a superpower?

Please don’t notice me
wearing the same black leggings
three days in a row
Content to sit on...

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I don't want to play childish games
no more, or don a funny mask.
And though people still need to laugh,
I'm no longer up to the task.

My...

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Climbing onto Santa's knee
didn’t fill me with Christmas glee
for his suit was wet
and it wasn't just sweat
‘cause it smelt a lot like pee.


(Limerick)


12/18/2022


A Funny Santa...

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As the world turns
The will within burns
Feelings of thought returns.

Gluttony, ego, spite
A slight bright bite
On-site in plain sight
No playwright
No exit or stage-right.

It was a terrible...

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