Regaling Poems

Dog Chases Tail

...
Written August 13, 2025, for a contest by Edward Ibeh

Quote: The grief you cry out from draws you toward union. Your pure sadness that wants help is the secret cup. Listen to the ...

Words from a Woman

...Mrs. Holloway polishes her poetry dimly,
Regaling herself with the accoutrements of
Selected poetry, cluttered and less jinxed
By way of satanic slamming by famished,
Idle critics who read The Ne...

Sexually explicit meme more real day

...Sexually explicit meme more real day

originally written May 31st, 202_
humorously, posthumously, 
and tempestuously expressing woes
from the top of my talking head 
to gnarly nails of 
(this ...

The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z

...The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z

Ofttimes, I nearly find myself choking,
and frantically beck-kin ing
for immediate intervention in vain,
and my time is a piece of wax
falling...

Old Man Winter now flagging, and slip sliding along

...Old Man Winter now flagging, and slip sliding along...

as his stronghold diminishes.

Signals, triggers, and ushers kickstarting debut
of demure "Flora" who slowly but surely attempts
to revea...

In a World Where I do not Exist

...
If there's a world where I do not exist
I would want my memories to persist
Friends regaling stories of good deeds done
People remembering old days of fun
Silence serenading in between smil...

Convalescence of Richard McGeehan

...Convalescence of Richard McGeehan

Spouse of my eldest sister
marital bond fixed in place
strong as mortise and tenon,
he hales of hearty Irish stock
genes of said septuagenarian
analogous to ...

Ross the Book Reader

...Ross, the book reader was full of ideas for more books.
Many called him elf man, I called him Crazy Crooks.
His job was to read all day and entertain the night life.
Regaling us with interesting s...

The Elfin Wars

...The war is ever-nearer to the boarders of this land
Seeping forward through the woods
Releasing acrid echoes of doom ahead on energetic tongues of stowaways
Lucky to survive their ordeal
Here the...

Prof Indiana Kibble Kat

...Indiana Kibble Kat was the kind of a professor that….
Taught us about adventure with a tip toe tat.
Regaling us with stories pulled out of his hat
Amazing us with his pet vampire bat.
We never ha...

Ready Aim Fire

...Ready...Aim...Fire!

In light of tension twixt
brinkmanship rumbling one
East Asian Tiger
country otherwise known as
"the land of morning calm,"
yours truly t'will invite 
"freedom foo fighte...

Home

...I was always told that home was not where you hang your hat, but it's where your heart is. Home I have found is not a place that can be given an address, or pointed at on a map. Home is the warmth, a...

Memorial Day May 29th, 2023

...silently wailing analogy to Moby Dick 
regarding how yesterdays 
prurient laced introductions 
to rhyme in retrospect embarrassingly blows.

Herewith to enliven anecdote ever further,
I inject ...

A Psalm To Solemnize Pure Tin Forefathers Mothers

...A psalm to solemnize pure tin forefathers/mothers...

Who didst unknowingly, unquestionably, 
and unwittingly script vitality
and the prologue to Thanksgiving,
(which theme poem initially writte...

Poem Without a Boat In It

...Do you remember that long-ago summer
Camping out down by the lake?
You, me, your sister, and my mother
And all of the memories we’d make?

Fishing, we found, was a pointless pursuit
For all tha...

• Short Regaling Poems
• Famous Regaling Poems
• Best Regaling Poems
• Read Regaling Poems
• Long Regaling Poems
• Regaling Quotes