Irony Poems - Examples of all types of irony 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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The momentThe depth of the moment
Is fathomless but
The ratinal imprint
Inspires unclear horizons
To draw us to move
Irrationally toward the unknown
By faith alone
Spirit led we find peace
In these seemingly uncertain
Times....
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Categories:
angst, art, irony,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Feet
Your feet
smell sweet
Why cover them
when a girl you meet
I have a hunch
you betimes put them
in your mouth to munch...
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Categories:
irony, satire, sweet,
Form: Light Verse
A thought not sparedThe loneliness that grips the heart
of a youth who sleeps outside
is strengthened over Christmastime
when carols call the tide.
Cold of night caress his arms
with fingers hoard by frost
while broken tips of ragged gloves
have...
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Categories:
betrayal, care, humanity, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Be Careful What Ya' Wish For - BOTH Audio and Text
Well…all o’ ya’ knows when ol’ Paddy McFarland’s been drinkin’ ‘e’ll spin up a tale
oooozin’ with bits what is ‘ard to believe - fer them that ain’t pickled with ale.
But last Friday evenin’...
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Categories:
irony, marriage,
Form: Verse
Ruth and the TruthThere was a girl called Ruth
Who never told the truth
When I asked her why
She had to lie
She said my name's not Ruth!
...
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Categories:
humor, irony, people, truth,
Form: Limerick
He'll Have Some Fun
The world was passing by the old cracker
The fair winds of change struck him as blacker
He thought, 'I'll have me some fun'
So he pulled out his shotgun ~
He's a happy, progressive...
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Categories:
change, giggle, irony,
Form: Limerick
free willI smiled when the world was ended. I pretended not to care.
I thought it only fair you see, to suffer such indignity with some restraint.
You may think it easy, but it ain’t.
I recall when they...
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Categories:
creation, heaven, hurt, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Blackout Poetry- AshEye contact is
grey and clear.
I don't hear
screaming...
then
two small children
fidget
and speak in
fortifying walls...
and then
my lips are parched
and I can't swallow.
I marvel at them,
like two white doves
waiting to take flight.
I tilt my head
to see
flesh
and bone
and...
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Categories:
child, death, irony, loss,
Form: Free verse
brave
chasing off a robin ~ patio door between them
Originally posted on February 20, 2021...
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Categories:
bird, cat, courage, irony,
Form: Monoku
FAVOR OF GOD after American AbuseFighting apartheid, hating privilege:
Having "favorites" (?) - thus hating Favor
Until Jesus THE WORD showed me
Anoints His children, any color...
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Categories:
allusion, america, appreciation, irony,
Form: Quatrain
Counting Kua masked diner
seeking satiation
.....table for one
two hands touching
violating the new norm
...
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Categories:
irony,
Form: Senryu
Beguiling RoseSo blessed the Rose that knows no pain
Exquisite Empress with elegance reigns
To please my world with joy and grace
Her essence furled her scent embraced
Bewitched by love and sweet refrain
She wears her thorns so smug and...
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Categories:
irony, betrayal, character, conflict, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
The BegininI try to break it down to you
Forget to breathe my face is blue
you look so emotionless
and I'm in awe of my limited consciousness
of that
Investigating my reality
Is other than I thought it'd be
and...
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Categories:
irony, angst, anxiety, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Free verse
prefaceThey told me time would change me, that nightmarish figures would disappear.
So I watched them with contempt awaiting the day my mind would clear.
I taunted and I pressed them, prompted by a looming lust of...
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Categories:
allusion, irony,
Form: Couplet
LOVE-Love
Love IS a female praying mantis
it makes love intercourse to you
in the garden
Stalkingly crawling
step by step
Then she turns around after
Thier done and now she kills you ..
SHE...
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Categories:
analogy, irony, love, love
Form: Dramatic Verse
Specific Types of Irony Poems
Definition | What is Irony in Poetry?
Poems Related to Irony
twist, paradox, wit, humor, satire, criticism, repartee, quip, mockery, taunt, banter, ridicule, incongruity, burlesque, jibe, contrariness, raillery, reproach, derision, contempt, mordancy, sardonicism,