Punchline Poems - Poems about Punchline

Froggy went a courtin', "Ribbit," he did sing, altho' singing weren't his thing, more like the punchline to a joke, 'Please don't smoke or I might croak.' In the deep end of the pond true love was his goal, and by the dawn help to spawn a few more tadpole souls. Hopped on to a water lily where he espied a fine-looking froggy filly, and in her...

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It don't hurt. —Johnny Thunders, lead guitarist of The Dolls, last words My ancestors are made of malt and barley, barely a drop of water left— Midas in jorts and Nikes, overplaying hands, turning miracles into Milwaukee's Best. I call it Bacchanal; they call it survival— hedonistic sounds more literary than...

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The first thing I heard you say wasn’t directed toward me somehow it drew me in like a frail fish on a thin fishing line Your actions slowly progressed from tender to aggressive The months turned into a punchline; they ended quickly, but seemed to last forever an eternity I take the world “punchline” to heart- you lifted...

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They say, "There's a time for everything" But this isn't a time for anything Too very interesting - Wait, please; Don't leave me! I'm just kidding!...

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When we take our final breaths, I hear we finally figure it all out. When God gets to the punchline, we laugh right out loud. Everything seems to make sense just when it’s about to change. I’m told it’s all worth savin’ once it goes up in flames. When we trade this existence, you better leave more behind than regret. Or odds are no one...

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I know you know I saw you, think you wanted to be seen, yet, I don't recognize you, don't know what your presence means. The stone that rolls on endlessly, they say won't gather moss, but how does that account for my helpless sense of loss? His sense of humor's wicked, He whose name we all invoke. I must have missed the punchline, 'cause I never...

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