Nonsense Poems - Examples of all types of nonsense poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Wiggelly, wiggelly WagWiggelly, wiggelly wag,
a worm is in the bag;
squiggelly, squiggelly squoo,
and now I've counted two;
wiggelly, squiggelly dee,
another one is three!
LOL, my nursery rhyme for Eve's contest, written 5th March...
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nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
try to rite a peom with misteaksskan you rite a poem with spelling misteakss?
I can try, butt it will not be easy of coarse.
To my died hair I take out my thinkers and rakes.
can we do this? I ask my brin....
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Categories:
nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Fake Noiseloudest words askew
drastic times tempt the masses
oh, those lying eyes...
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Categories:
angst, emotions, nonsense,
Form: Senryu
Running from the RainRUNNING FROM THE RAIN
... and how often we run from the rain,
a seeming need of something.
We need to escape more than blue drizzle,
but more a running toward the sun,
a seeming need of something
to escape, driving...
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Categories:
nonsense, rain,
Form: Pantoum
Ghosts, Hosts with the mostestGhosts, Hosts’ with the mostest
In the House of the dead, Ghost's roam their home they once lived before becoming spirits.
Crickets serenaded near their catacomb; Tree's creek buried deep in loam from the...
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Categories:
fairy, mythology, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Humpty Dumpty
People yelled to Humpty, “DON'T FALL!”
But Humpty never listens, he's a stubborn butterball
Came tumbling down
His undies turned brown
“Not The Brightest Egg” someone did call
...
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Categories:
nonsense,
Form: Limerick
NeuronsI’ve sat here all night just trying to write
But nothing would spring from my brain
I looked in my mind and what did I find
I think that I’m slightly insane
I’ve been unaware of things that...
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Categories:
nonsense, surreal, writing,
Form: Rhyme
The Big Fish Story
Yesterday morning, I was out on my boat.
You know the one that can barely stay afloat.
Suddenly, my line got a big pull.
It gave me a struggle as I had my hands full.
The thing was bigger...
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Categories:
fishing, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Mirroring The MirrorMIRRORING THE MIRROR
Mirrors reflecting,oppressions opposed,cruelty afflicted,truths disclosed,cruelty afflicted,oppressions opposed,mirrors reflecting.
Indiana Shaw . . . : /
"Apposed, or Opposed, to be, or not to be" . . ....
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Categories:
beautiful, nonsense, word play,
Form: Free verse
Endless ChatterENDLESS CHATTER
"i try not to chat to circles; to them, there just seems to be no end"
Indiana Shaw . . . : /...
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Categories:
nonsense, truth,
Form: Monoku
Going UndergroundGoing Underground
Is that so profound?
Where Covid 19 is not yet found..
Society all smashed up
I wonder what caused that
Not really though
As we all know
You play the game
Not play in the snow
Where the thaw lets it all...
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Categories:
nonsense, analogy, courage, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
did you hear thatRunning, dripping, or still;
Life's a faucet, we’re a thirst,
To never drink our fill.
We drink and think
We are immune to pain from one another,
But brother, when it comes,
The waterfall or shower...
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Categories:
nonsense, confusion, fate, imagination, mental
Form: Prose Poetry
Dessert is the End
The House Soup of the Day
By me always holds sway
Be it tomato or potato ~
Hold the 'tender chunks of crow'
As for appetizers
Make sure they're not from Pfizer
And leave out...
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Categories:
food, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Seeding CloudsSEEDING CLOUDS
A giraffe’s head is so high it
Lets him eat clouds for a diet
But in skies where there are few clouds
Cloud eating is not allowed
Science has shown there’s little doubt
That eating clouds causes drought
But the...
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Categories:
nonsense, animal, earth, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Death, Be Not Loud
Death, be not loud, for undoubtedly,
That would be a mighty dreadful way to go,
If something noisy from either end should flow,
Imagine how embarrassing it would be!
It is not a picture I want anyone to see,
Though...
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Categories:
death, destiny, nonsense, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Nonsense Poems
Definition | What is Nonsense in Poetry?
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