Funny Light Verse Poems

Laughter

Seems to

Challenge the

Unquestioned

Clutch of

Separation..

Spontaneity

Defeating the

Desperate grasp

Of time.. 

It's comic and

Cosmic...????
...

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Sometimes sayings with funny briefs or boxers talk to us.
This cartoon of briefs did, and I stopped to hear his message.
“Be flexible, be brief, we...

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Life can be funny when one can't see, an opportunity to view things quite differently...
My daughter flew in recently from out west to visit me.
One...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE IV

Anti-Vegan Manifesto
by Michael R. Burch

Let us
avoid lettuce,
sincerely,
and also celery!


Rising Fall
by Michael R. Burch

after Keats

Seasons of mellow fruitfulness
collect at last into...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE III

The Humpback
by Michael R. Burch

The humpback is a gullet
equipped with snarky fins.
It has a winning smile:
and when it SMILES, it...

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It might be too late for world peace,
so let's all strive for world pee at least.....

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Some folks call me a comedian
Others think I’m not funny at all
I suppose I must be a chameleon
Changing colors as I crawl.

I don’t consciously try...

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   Well, do I dot my t's 
     and cross my i's
   No, I think I dot...

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Why do we call it planet earth
when water makes it blue?

Why does the sea always run away
then run right back to you?

How does a caterpillar...

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    A school of silverfish looked up at me
      At least it seemed their eyes could see

...

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it happened again
she leaps from the floor
onto the stove
one giant step and she leaps
to the top of the refrigerator
for the second time
my china butter holder
skittled...

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When someone says something off the wall
We say, “That’s for the birds,” but I wonder,
Do birds have an affinity for the ridiculous
This is something we...

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            We made love
          in...

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She named her husband Ruth. He thought it was funny at first.
Her second husband was nicknamed Thomasina.
He left before the marriage was consummated.
You have to...

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The host is lost
He dropped the pot
And the desserts in the floor

...

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