Funny Rondeau Poems

You can’t understand how that sounds.
You laugh, but you look like clowns.
Don’t repeat the joke. Don’t assail
my ears with what you would call a humorous...

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In a story book, I got stuck
and couldn’t find a way to break free. 
What a lousy day, just my luck!
Wondered why this happened to...

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The hens from our small, urban farm,
Had wild idea, caused great fright:
Escape their pen, come to no harm,
See a show, without a blight.

With feathers ruffling...

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She flew in rather persnickety and grumpily
A buzzing, breezy, rounded, striped, funny sight
Silly me, but wasn’t that a pink bumblebee?
I asked, weird, since it was...

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On a city sidewalk, I handed her money
I knew inside she must be someone's honey
After giving her all I had, I walked away
As an afterthought,...

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In Flanders fields your bad breath blows
Between the crosses, row on row.
That, marked your place, and above all
The larks barely singing then fall
Scarce heard amid...

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I sent a Haiku
to a Rondeau contest. I
won it! Or Did I?...

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This guy declared I will knock
At your door even if I become a laughingstock.
I am thankful you live on the first floor
I don't want to...

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Something within , that was, just died
thought 'she' would fill-in straight away
If all is fair in love and war
why does someone always get hurt ?
when...

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What I was told; my parents scold
“You be good and do as your told!”
Thought I, “Other kids don’t do that!”
They have great fun no matter...

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In the circus we were visiting
jugglers stood entertaining 
While the ponies in the carousel go round
while the lion in the cage makes a yawning sound,
yet...

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It’s Halloween. . . Come rain or sleet,
I’m sure to hear small goblin feet
come clamoring up each porch stair
that leads them to my door, and...

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I'll bring a tear to every eye,
and I can make a grown man cry.
To grip you is my specialty,
for once you are caught up in...

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I'll bring a tear to every eye,
and I can make a grown man cry.
To grip you is my specialty,
for once you are caught up in...

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This gift of love I gave my friend,
A jar with messages to send.
Adorned with ribbon curls and lace,
To put a smile upon her face.
I know...

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