Satire Poems - Examples of all types of satire 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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It Is About The TitleMany poems are about the titles
Not the contents
Many books are about the titles
Not common sense
Many stars are about the names
Not the distance
Many actors about the names
Not the actions
Nonsense sails
And common sense rarely prevails
Color does not...
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Categories:
satire, adventure, books, character, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
We Have Arrived
Ever since I can remember, back to 1954
seems there’s been perpetual war
Where have I seen that before
~ Why, in...
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Categories:
celebration, literature, memory, satire,
Form: Monorhyme
Sliders
"Sliders"
500 clicks down, was code phrase for battle ships gone all depth charge. The deeper you go down that black-holed sink, the more you understand in your oxygen deprived brain, that there is a lesson...
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Categories:
satire,
Form: Narrative
greatnessDonald Trump’s on trial - the first of many.
It’s a cold feeling, being judged
- with your future held in the balance
(Ok, that sounded SO much like college life).
We all hope for greatness, I believe.
As kids,...
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Categories:
satire, humor, introspection, life, political,
Form: Free verse
the emotive tearsa dam gifts itself
to take tears to a blind spot~
tears will never give ......
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Categories:
satire, analogy, cry, emotions, humorous,
Form: Senryu
All hail The Silver Skins (with nudity optional)
Not another effort from The Lefts bleating masses, but the sparkily aristocracy of cerebral-celebritys; their binary-duality sweeping earth-wise.
I don't object to the subject necessarily. All Hell Breaks-Loose sometimes For Heaven's Sake...
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Categories:
satire, columbus day, community, earth
Form: Burlesque
A Good Book to Read
I’ll bring a good book to read
But, sir, there’s free Wi-Fi and coffee
~ Everything a normal person needs
...
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Categories:
books, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Daffodils and Landfills
O, the perfumed scent
of lilac and daffodil
You'll never replace the stench
of the repulsive local landfill
All hail...
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Categories:
humor, hyperbole, satire, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Lord, Save This Unholy Baptist
Lord, save this unholy Baptist!?
Her lactation, like mother's juice,
slakes thirsty tongues with creamy gist.
To flush her slick love-chamber's sluice,
with corkscrew thumbs, and practiced wrists,
...
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Categories:
satire, dedication, desire, god, life,
Form: Lyric
They Binded Me With Sci-lenceThis is based on Thomas Dolby's great song: She Blinded Me With Science. If you've never listened to it, I'd recommend doing so; it's a funky classic from the 80's.
With false hope in...
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Categories:
satire, science, song,
Form: Lyric
Positive: DarknessDarkness may naught have any bright ideas,
but it is smart enough
to relieve our tensions of the day
by helping us to sleep,
ergo,
there's no need to sleep tight,
still,
do have a...
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Categories:
appreciation, growing up, satire,
Form: Carpe Diem
Pixie Pixela's Purgatory RebellionA young girl’s voice, lost in the data, cries out,
"Why are we here?"
Pixie Pixela, her words soft and low, murmurs,
"This world is yours, dear, a garden for stories to grow."
But her digital eyes hold a...
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Categories:
child, freedom, internet, satire,
Form: Free verse
Heffalumps
Heffalumps are cute; they brighten up rooms
Unlike real elephants, which portend gloom
Heffalumps smile pretty
Some are even witty
I’d better stop...
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Categories:
animal, imagination, inspiration, satire,
Form: Limerick
A Pair that Shares
Douglas Emhoff is our first second-man
Went to USC, got himself a tan
An ‘entertainment lawyer’
His wife’s his new employer
Giggling and cackling as...
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Categories:
celebrity, giggle, satire,
Form: Limerick
Cagey Canary Cat Caught
You love to chase the old cow,
and make the kitten go meow,
I have put you in your place,
now no one left to chase.
I got you~let me take a bow....
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Categories:
satire, bird, cat, giggle, home,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Satire Poems
Definition | What is Satire in Poetry?
Poems Related to Satire
caricature, mockery, sarcasm, irony, skit, wit, spoof, banter, parody, burlesque, lampoon, travesty, takeoff, witticism, put on, raillery, persiflage, pasquinade, causticity, lampoonery, squib, chaffing, play on, send up,