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A light verse is a typically short form of poem that attempts to be humorous, frivolous, or playful, but there is more to light verse. What is light verse in poetry (complete definition)?
the one that got away from the developersChristmas has come early in our house,
And this grumpy old man couldn't be more pleased,
Not only have my daughter and partner bought a house,
But she got it in our street,
And not only that,
It...
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Categories:
analogy, autumn, beauty, care,
Form: Light Verse
Attention Workaholics
Attention all workaholics
for whom even the shortest
lunch break is a waste of energy
and a loss of extra money.
The food industry has just marketed
a new food product targeted
for people like you – requiring
no work stoppage,...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
RumplesteilskinBy the log,in the stream
Slept a dream
Rumplesteilskin
God bless my dream...
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Categories:
adventure, america, animal, anniversary,
Form: Light Verse
Free Paint Job
Pete parks his car
where the pigeons are
Auto turns white
overnight...
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Categories:
car, color,
Form: Light Verse
The Bentley Clerihew
Have you given Mr. Bentley’s clerihew
a determined try? I think you ought to.
It’s nothing like a fourteen line sonnet –
taking only four lines to complete it
with an easy aa bb rhyme scheme, too,
and no strict...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
LORI LIVERPOOLLooney Lula Loves Larry Larson
Lutilda Linkerwink Loves Larry Larson
Larry Larson Loves Lucinda Lavelachek
Lucinda Lavelachek Loves Luther Long
Luther Long Loves Lori Liverpool
Lorie Liverpool Loves Lorie Liverpool
Alexis Y.
10/20/2020
...
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Categories:
fun, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Burnt Food
Eating his wife’s burnt food for years
has, he believes, clogged up his throat.
The doctor’s diagnosis is as he fears –
CBC – Chronic Built-up Creosote.
...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
Best Invention
Inventions of every kind
have occupied the human mind.
But if I had to pick a winner
the prize would be the zipper.
For nothing draws an eye
more easily than an unzipped fly.
And what could be more laughable
than for...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
A Perspicacious Chickadee
My peripatetic parrot went to sea
where he met a perspicacious chickadee
He courted her a bit too parsimoniously
For this peccadillo, she ensured he couldn't pee...
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Categories:
bird, love hurts, romance,
Form: Light Verse
A Trip around the Zoo
caramel aardvarks swimming north
pea-green piglets oinking forth
barking spiders spinning looms
elephants thunder -- sonic booms
yellow monkeys pick their noses
perfumed apes pluck pink roses
dwarf giraffe can't find his neck
kamikaze...
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Categories:
animal, change, drug, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Magic Smoke RingsThere was an ethereal quality about Elspeth
That made her a force we did not want to double cross.
She could blow smoke rings into faces for one thing.
I know, it sounds crazy, but I was...
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Categories:
halloween,
Form: Light Verse
IN LINEexercise a must, early
workout in the dust
stretches, push-ups
pelvic thrusts
onlookers think this a joke
is this dunderhead really allowed to vote
10/18/2020
*As told to me by my sister
...
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Categories:
humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Tit for Tat
I was strolling with my dog recently
in the park when a lady
shouted at me in a tone most irate:
Sir, your dog is grossly overweight.
Naturally I came to the dog’s defense.
Lady, I pointed out, with deference:
the...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
Upstart Socialite
An upstart Washington socialite sought
advice from one whose reputation brought
a guarantee of unqualified success.
For drinks, she advised with emphatic stress
no alcohol – since over-imbibers
would need to get home by sober drivers.
And why marr...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
Advice to Widows
I’ve always admired women of good sense
who work at keeping up a fine appearance,
more so as they age, while their hubbies
display disgusting pendulous bellies
over their belts and whose rears
have amassed a spread over the years.
And,...
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
Specific Types of Light Verse Poems
Read wonderful light verse poetry on the following sub-topics:
christmas, friends, funny, kids, love, music, nature, school, sports, whimsical
and more.
Definition | What is Light Verse in Poetry?