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Ironies Poems - Poems about Ironies


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The morning sun filters through dust-laden windows of the district education office like an unwelcome truth trying to penetrate wilful ignorance. Shelves buckle under the weight of untouched research journals like abandoned promises, their spines uncracked like vows never fulfilled, their wisdom sealed away like treasures buried by those sworn to unearth them. An academician...

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Categories: ironies, education, irony,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Irony of Ironies
Biden mocks Trump ‘Democracy rues the day’ ~ Folks vote anyway ...

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Categories: ironies, freedom, irony,
Form: Senryu



Life's Ironies
Don't ask too much or ask for much! You'll be a nuisance if you do. Yet, don't forget to ask anyway! It'll be mere nonsense if you don't. Dare to take risks, you, foolish friend! You'll thrive way more if you do. But avoid great risks by the way! Nobody can stay safe if they don't. And there you go! On and on without...

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Categories: ironies, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Lively Ironies
================ AN INSPIRATION FROM VISH _____________________________________________ Our life is a long nightmare Leaping to and fro, a hunted hare She births darkness admist the day And sweeps the smile that lights our way She meets mankind in joyful feasting And leaves his life in sorrow fasting She sounds the gong, a birth announcing And chants the dirge, a...

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Categories: ironies, anxiety, break up, desire,
Form: Couplet
When You Know
When your boss calls you aside and asks why you are smiling all the time on the salary he gives you, you know he suspects you of raiding the till. When for three or more times your girlfriend cannot keep a date because she’s so busy, you know you’re about to be dumped. When your six-year-old granddaughter greets you with the question: ‘Where’s your credit card?’ you...

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Categories: ironies, funeral, granddaughter, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry



Life's Ironies
LIFE’S IRONIES Driving an automatic but still wondering where the clutch is Wanting to dance but being unable to find your crutches Understanding Shakespeare but still not stifling a yawn Realising who was important in life after they’re gone Having cash to pay the heating bill when you’re not cold Knowing how to but not being...

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Categories: ironies,
Form: Couplet
Ironies and Absurdities
I can barely breathe through the poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide emitting from the obsolete vehicle I drive to the non-smoking restaurant. Tourists grumble about the heat in Florida while construction of another Publix replaces one hundred acres of nature's cooling trees. News of another captured and subsequently murdered alligator soothes the minds of many...

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Categories: ironies, introspection, native american, philosophy,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things