Nonsense Poems | Examples of Nonsense Poetry

the Uki sat with his arm over his head knees under his chin oh where to begin the Uki sat for day after day staying in thought something silly and finally a grin ...Read the rest...

the werewolf who knitted a cardigan began because his gran was ill as she began but became unwell with winding winding woven wool so gran oh gran your cardigan can span the colours a cardi can because your grandson has...Read the rest...

troll a troll who whole was tall taller than not being small ate nettles thorns flowers and plants spiders worms and sometimes ants but they tickled and itched a tunnelly throat and tingly tongue of a troll sized troll with...Read the rest...

Ding skipped and skipped and skipped Dong hopped and hopped and hopped Dang ran and ran and ran Dung jumped and jumped and jumped they laughed in tune they played in chime Ding Dong Dang Dung the bells rung the bells rung with...Read the rest...

Sofa Chances A veteran who served this land Employed by a sofa shop In Bethesda, Maryland Made an afternoon delivery stop Lovely lady came to...Read the rest...

there's something intrinsically poetic about lists… 1. bread (wholemeal) twelve eggs solar panels occasional frogs corporate lawyers steam 2. onions (red) tomatoes (finely chopped) garlic (four cloves) fireman's ladder (aluminium) disparity (secretly hidden) mildness (abundant) gluttony (almost definite) mozzarella (abridged) 3. clean sink dirty sink point...Read the rest...

wave wave wave a mouth an ocean tongue slobbering like a big slobbery dog licking my face wave wave wave zave mave jave licking my face an ocean wave mouth of the boisterous dog vave kave bave wave wave wave I drown near too...Read the rest...

the growth that all a person has sinister growth like fungus or tumour sprouting protruding scrouting grotruding a growth growing with light black black black flat flat flat mirroring our dances echoing our chances fat skinny glances strouting brotruding black black black flat flat flat but watch for a person’s...Read the rest...

creep creep creep slow soft steps the tread in your head is deadening head being tapped from the inside creep creep creep wreep dreep freep slow soft steps footsteps feet stepping behind you! creep creep creep vreep greep breep slow soft...Read the rest...

so walking through the forest out walking on a walk passing tree after tree after tree then a tree showed me its bark interesting I thought and so too did my dog who excitedly barked back we had a crazy crazy walk the...Read the rest...

I walked through a tunnel like a finger rubbing around the inside of a wine glass round and round fround bround vround tround round and round through the tunnel as a funnel speeding up kround zround jround pround I walked through a tunnel down...Read the rest...

Me And so there I was in a house, but it wasn't a house it was a shop, but not any old shop it was my house and I ran but I didn't run like me I ran like a dog...Read the rest...

trifle made with custard garden gloves and mustard dinner listen answer me do you want a pie and cup of tea bake the shed ‘til ten past three then eat it with a stormy sea dinner can you hear me don't cry...Read the rest...

there’s a witch made of pudding with sultanas on her nose all wobbly and wibbly from hat down to toes she riles and she wriggles and wobbles while walking chuckles and giggles even when talking her arms are of sponge her bottom meringue her...Read the rest...

averse to noise people talking loudly whilst yet accepting what is we make peace with incongruity recognising the looming gap between desire and reality yawn and then move on averse to religious dogma we wonder at the insecurity devout brandishing their...Read the rest...