Long Rubes Poems
Long Rubes Poems. Below are the most popular long Rubes by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Rubes poems by poem length and keyword.
Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, AbsurdLimericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
rubes, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
Three-Fifth Stooges Quartet
Moe
Larry
Curly
Shep
Joe
This Three-Fifth Stooges moron quartet
are brain-slow slugs you don’t wanna IQ know
Just sitting on a milk crate,
waiting outside of the MGM studio gate
Moe, Larry and Curly passed my way
They were yukking it up,
talking clown...
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Categories:
rubes, fun, humor, parody, political, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Villanelles IIIThese are villanelles by Michael R. Burch and and villanelle-like poems...
Villanelle: Trump’s Retribution Resolution
by Michael R. Burch
My New Year’s resolution?
I require your money and votes,
for *you* are *my* retribution.
May I offer you dark-skinned scapegoats
and bigger...
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Categories:
rubes, america, anger, community, money, rights, song, write,
Form:
Villanelle
Never Land Part 2The alleyways within the maze are paved with rats and mice.
Evangelists with moneyed fists collect the sacrifice
from losers scorned and rubes reborn, and promise paradise,
while in the back they cook some crack, inhale, and roll...
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Categories:
rubes, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Secret Place of the Most HighThe sun illumes a land in precarious peace,
There was a time when heroes walked with ease,
But now, complacency reigns shamelessly,
And the distracted people take weal for granted.
The decaying dynasty finally crumbles and tumbles,
The...
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Categories:
rubes, beauty, blessing, christian, city, garden, war, wisdom,
Form:
Epic
Art of the Con --- Repost
Listen to the chumps,
listen to the rubes,
screaming that democracy
is going down the tubes
But every wise guy knows
when the fix is in
To put all their money down
on the one who has no chance to win
It's the...
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Categories:
rubes, corruption, perspective, political, truth,
Form:
Political Verse
SkaaaagwaySkagway, Alaska in the late 1890s was sure a rowdy place alright!
It was seethin' with humanity a-raisin' hell all through the day and night!
'Twas the gateway to Chilkoot Pass beyond which lay Klondike gold!
Why! ...
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Categories:
rubes, adventure, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Art of the Con
Listen to the chumps,
listen to the rubes,
screaming that democracy
is going down the tubes
But every wise guy knows
when the fix is in
To put all their money down
on the one who has no chance to win
It's the...
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Categories:
rubes, corruption, parody, political, satire, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Purdy Please Or Mating Call LimericksMating 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 her to bang her,
it seems my words stang her!
She hung...
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Categories:
rubes, america, humor, humorous, loneliness, lonely, longing, nonsense,
Form:
Limerick
Ole Scratch's Best Whet DreamOLE SCRATCH’S BEST WHET DREAM
By Roy Merritt
The devil he likes the city
But he likes the country too
The devil he’s likes them city folk
But he really loves them rubes
The denizens of the city
They know...
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Categories:
rubes, christian, political, religion,
Form:
Lyric
Downhill RacerThe day was brilliant--Sol spreading diamonds in the sky--
When Kathleen and her father faced the slope,
He with trepidation, she with hope.
They scanned the rise and watched like country rubes
As sliders paused atop the...
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Categories:
rubes, family, father daughter, humor, journey, snow,
Form:
Narrative
Little Miss Sure Shot Gains a NamesakeLittle Miss Sure Shot Gains A Namesake
Rhinestones and rawhide
Prancing horses and the dream
Of the Old Wild West;
Dazzling the Old World crowd:
6 shots through a card tossed in the air,
Ash shot off the Kaiser's cigarette -
These...
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Categories:
rubes, history, time, woman,
Form:
Free verse
The Day You Let the Lion OutIt was the trophy hunt that played you out
In deafening degrees,
This video-invention of yourself revealed –
A theatrical display that formed the day,
A message of power, the plug-and-play
Of your most infamous hour
There was no...
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Categories:
rubes, america, death, murder, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
PentecostThey gathered in Jerusalem;
Together, they would pray.
They huddled in the upper room
And waited for the Day.
It happened at the Feast of Weeks,
When Pentecost arrived;
A sound like mighty rushing wind:
The Spirit came alive.
Like fire, it rested...
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Categories:
rubes, bible, christian,
Form:
Rhyme
Partisan PoliticsAs a person of lay,
I do watch in dismay.
All these government rubes,
look like fools on our tubes.
Playing silly games,
as you try and bring the shame,
upon this President Trump
voted in by us "chumps".
No respect for his...
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Categories:
rubes, anger, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
Keep Ridin' To Be FreeThey’re fencin’ off the free range,
Sayin’ that’s the way things will be;
I reckon it rubs us strange;
You just keep ridin’ to be free.
They tell us “do this or that,”
They show us how it should be...
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Categories:
rubes, cowboy-western
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Bubble AI see deeply;far behind the mask You show to others.The facets of a brilliant mind , You hide from Rubes and Lovers.An Eclipse of Your own contrivance,crafted skillfully so sweet and cunning.Your star shines brightly.Haileys...
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Categories:
rubes, friendship, tribute,
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I do not know?