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Mister Death slash Grim Reaper versesWhen I saw the Grim Reaper
pull out his peeper and pee on the patio,
I yelled, "Hey Jack!
Can't you use the facilities out back?
That's what normal people do, you know.
I always said I wasn't afraid of...
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Categories:
death, humor, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
She said, 'Oh, that just can't be'She said, "Oh, that just can't be!
Your poems have no semblance to reality!"
I said, "How can you say that,
when it's painfully clear that
it's the reality of me!”...
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Categories:
meaningful, poetry, self, truth,
Form: Light Verse
No burial, so, just a lousy cremationNo burial
When I died, my family didn’t dare bury me in a grave.
They knew, without a doubt, I'd only misbehave ~
that I'd party with the germs,
and have sleepovers with the worms,
and give the bacteria all...
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Categories:
death, grave, humor, silly,
Form: Light Verse
As I watch you sleeping thereAs I watch you sleeping there,
seventy years of living etched into your silvery-gray hair,
I feel my love for you as deeply and as much
as I did that night when you first let me touch
your exquisite...
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Categories:
age, happiness, inspirational love,
Form: Light Verse
born a pygmyBorn a pygmy
I can reach nothing
Five foot nothing
I lie about the extra two inches...
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Categories:
me,
Form: Light Verse
Said a handsome New Orleans waiterSaid a handsome New Orleans waiter,
"Sir, can I recommend some freshly caught gator?"
I said, "Are you for real?
Didn’t you hear about that poor woman Lucille?"
"But Sir, what if I can assure you ~ this ain't...
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Categories:
12th grade, food, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Talking to my dog in lines from 'J Alfred Prufrock'I said to my dog, "Let us go then, you and I,
while pink, wispy clouds traverse the azure sky.
Oh, do not bark, ‘What is it?’
Let's just go and make our visit
to your favorite...
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Categories:
allusion, dog, humor, pets,
Form: Light Verse
The first time you kissed me, it was such a shockThe first time you kissed me, it was such a shock,
I literally saw time stop on the old kitchen clock.
But before you accuse me of over-the-top flattery,
let me assure you, it turned out to be...
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Categories:
cute love, funny love,
Form: Light Verse
There once was a girl from Beverly HillsThere once was a girl from Beverly Hills
who sold a potpourri of mind-bending pills.
I bought one and ate it,
and my entire mind got negated.
It was one of my life's most forgettable thrills.
...
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Categories:
drug, humor, psychological,
Form: Light Verse
The Jingbut Dingthe town of Jingbut
had a ding
that chimed and chimed
did ring and ring
and a mystery
was this loudly thing
for over air
and garden came
straight through house
each room the same
for where you were
it did not wane
an all around
an everywhere
incessant...
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Categories:
fantasy, fun, magic, mystery,
Form: Light Verse
Me, myself, and IMe, myself, and I,
we're a well-integrated guy.
On the whole,
we're a tripartite soul
stuck together till the day we three die....
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Categories:
humorous, i am, me,
Form: Light Verse
Caloric Foods
Caloric foods when eaten to excess
affect the heart and rear.
And trying to make the latter disappear
will prove to be a stubborn test
though not the heart that failed last year.
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Categories:
food,
Form: Light Verse
I took my new girlfriend, AliceI took his new girlfriend, Alice,
to go see the Aurora Borealis.
And she was so impressed,
that when we caressed,
she whispered, "For showing me this,
I'm gonna show you ~ how Debbie did Dallas.
...
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Categories:
autumn, cute love, for
Form: Light Verse
A nun ran over a rabbitA nun ran over a rabbit.
She said to herself, "Yikes! This is becoming a habit.
Like, last week it was four.
And this week, already one more.
But, hey! Makes for plenty of stew for the abbot.”...
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Categories:
devotion, food, friendship, giving,
Form: Light Verse
The English Cuisine
The British have been sailing the world’s seas,
creating colonies and enriching themselves,
and it’s been going on for centuries.
Yet to their shame their cuisine has remained
stolidly English – and hardly changed –
fish n’ chips, steak...
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Categories:
food,
Form: Light Verse
Specific Types of Light Verse Poems
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