Humorous Loneliness Poems

(Author’s note: This poem is a humorous look at how the pandemic changed our technology, our relationships, and maybe even our spiritual quests.)


God’s on Mute

By...

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Bare Faced Cheek
I’m a night wanderer of streets
Once was picked up by the police
Thinking I was a sneaky thief
The truth is that I just don’t...

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Mating Calls, or, Purdy Please!
Limericks by Michael R. Burch

1.
Nine-thirty? Feeling flirty (and, indeed, a trifle dirty),
I decided to ring prudish Eleanor Purdy ...
When I rang...

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Silly the sadness over
less than perfect noses,
shapes that were a bit
too plump in some places,
and far too lean in preferred
others – now much older,
youth in...

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A different land exists somewhere,
Where lefties are the norm.
The lefty side considered there,
Is standard for the form.

Lets say, someone, you go to meet,
And then extend...

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Why is it so, 
that so easily, 
my mind rebukes, 
the wisdom of its days, 
and follies with jokes of ill witted humour,
which serendipidously...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I refuse to spend evenings alone!
I will share them with you "in the zone."
There’s no better connection,
finer show of affection...
than to stare next to you...

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It was a height of 250 metres,
But I wasn’t afraid;
I looked down
And there wasn’t even my shade.

The sun was already jumping
But with a low speed,
“...

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just before errands in the city 
an egg and bacon breakfast 
straight from a greasy griddle 
strong coffee perks us 
for the coming day 

a...

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Bah! Humbug!  It’s that time of year;
I can’t understand the reason
why everyone is so full of cheer
just because it’s the Christmas season.

The traffic on...

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the shadows of hope grow taller
on the fields of yearning souls
gently surrendering to destiny
as a bright night softly falls...

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Your Secret
is Safe with Me, I have
No One to Tell....

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A mention in a list, so doubly in a dual list 
is not an option for a true individualist.

Volodymyr Knyr
2017...

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Even the exactest clone 
lets a fan of garlic 'lone....

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