Nonsense Poems | Examples

Homegrown

Born in a barn raised on a farm
makin' hay come what may
won't do what I'm told
can't be bought or sold
with a mind of my own
don't need politicians
prophets or priests
deciding my decisions
drink from the bottle
drive full throttle
don't get me wrong
know where I belong
ain't got no social graces
know where my place is
do what nature taught me
down in the lower forty
where rattling the bars of their cage
'til the cattle come home
chickens from afar were induced
and returned to roost
while at day's end
the scarecrow he an' me
we be best of friends

Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959

If television is chewing gum for the eyes,
as this architect would have us think,
can you walk and chew gum at the same time
or would it put your TV on the blink?

But what if radio is bubble gum for the ears,
as is my personal perception,
would you be forever blowing big ones
or would it interfere with the reception?

Eye Of The Hurricane

If birds of a feather flock together
altho' it's a fact
how do opposites
like you and I attract?

North and south two similar poles
on opposing sides of the street
repel and push each other away
and so the twain shall never meet.

If there's a magnetic attraction
between you and me
then opposite poles be we
and as I recall you're not repellent at all
in truth quite the magnetic personality.


Premium Member Seventeen Feathers

with apologies to Poe and Baum

Seventeen feathers*
          is all that I need
to become a raven
          instead of a crow.

A raven is majestic,
          a crow just a crow~

they invade the cornfield
          just to spite the scarecrow,
who cries out in despair:
          it's a murder I fear,

please have a heart!

* The large primary flight feathers on the wing are called pinions;  Ravens have 17 pinions  while Crows have 16.

Premium Member Get your pan ready

Unriddle this riddle before me
questions thrown helter skelter in the air
~ making an omelet from the medley



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

Premium Member This is logical nonsense

Interpretation~

springs from

dissatisfaction with

appearance and

a wish to improve~

yet appearance is

already complete

without need

for further 

Appearance~~


Premium Member Suspicion


   Suspicious to see
   All the calls for me
   No one I know
   Say they know me

   When put to the test
   No one can answer best
   Now it appears
   My Email is under threat

   It's a bet
   No one has the least idea
   Of the things that appear

   First, it's a prize
   Then it's a warning
   Finally, a threat
   The police might come a storming

   Being reclusive
   Annoyed by above
   If you're not my love
   I'll become more elusive than the clouds above

Trust Me, I'm a Lawyer

What would you choose to do if out for fun?
You'd read a hundred pages of ‘Tom Sawyer?
Eat lentil soup, and hug an old sequoia?
She’s seventy next year, and she’s no nun –
the Jackson number five is called La Toya. 
Perhaps you’d like to serve on a destroyer?
Attack a kindergarten with a gun?
Compete at auction, to secure a Goya?
Or are you, by your nature, an annoyer?
Trump Tower bound, to desecrate the foyer?
(Have patience, Gentle Reader: almost done!)
Beware the bear-trap, verbal hurdle, pun.
It’s not pronounced ‘La Jolla’, it’s ‘La Hoya’:
Just take my word. Just trust me. I’m a lawyer.

Premium Member It is my sincere belief that --


        In my opinion, I think, I feel
        Actually, In truth, To be honest
        As for me, To my mind
        I’d just like to suggest ~
          that we eliminate 
          these pointless pests

Illuminutty Waterborne

Axiom illusion
Liquefied minuet
Sphere in watercolors
Squirrel furry fetters
     Jazz at max
     Tree cutbacks
     Hacksaw axe
     Rat-ah-tacks
     Morse code fax
     Acorn tax

Premium Member The Forgettingest Man

Hear the true story of my great-great-great Grandpa,
the forgettingest man I ever saw.
When he tried to pass first grade again
he forgot to bring to school his brain.
When it was time to race in the big track meet,
wouldn't you know it - he forgot his feet.
When he married Mary, his sugar tart,
believe it or not, he forgot his heart.
So, she smacked him with a frying pan,
and down the road he ran.
You'd think he might die with a lump on his head,
but in a fortnight, it was Mary who was dead.
He forgot to bring his alibi,
so, they strung him up so high,
and he forgot to die.

Premium Member That little voice within

I have a voice within 
day and night chatters incessantly
it simply will not take a rest
I write because no one
will listen to my babble

Sometimes it’s silliness and nonsense
at random times there’s the odd gem
a bit of unrequited wisdom
it’s like a bag of assorted candy
never know what we’re about to get
who has time to sit and listen
it’d take the patience of a saint

So I write all my thought bubbles
and throw them in a candy jar
offering them to random strangers
so they can peruse meanwhile my voice 
is free to say all it’s got to say



Lineku: 3 stanzas of 5-7-5 with 5-7 words per line

Premium Member Who Invited This Poet?

Moonsack Reynolds and Sylvester Brime
are funny names that do not rhyme,
and while that's no reason for you to care
that I wear batman underwear,
consider that as I turn to leave,
your silverware is up my sleeve.

Scrambled

With Michigan lakes and scrambled radio sounds. 
It continued. 
Memories dumped out at night. 
Which falls with gravity too. 

We left it behind like a lifeboat. 
And saved the gravel from the driveway. 
It’s like joining the circus. 
You just happen to stumble into that life. 

We left. 
When it all snapped like an old hammock. 
The memories stumble around sometimes. 
Lead us like gravity. 

My car drove us fast. 
Dumped us like weird sludge. 
Seemingly drove off without us. 
So we got drinks from the gas station. 

When our car left us. 
We felt safe, like there was a raft close by. 
But this is a place filled with gravel and potholes. 
So we agreed to pay and walk into the distance. 

We paid. 
Like gravity pays for things. 
He does every other time. 
So we are friends.

Premium Member poetry

The labouring art of poetry
is in true sense, senseless.

It corrupts judgment, strains credit
and prostitutes' self-esteem.

Damn the unhappy day you start it.
.
.
A song for this:
This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel) by The Jacksons

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