Short Absurd Poems

Short Absurd Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Absurd by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Absurd by length and keyword.


Premium Member For Love

For love, take a chance
    Take two, even three

  Throw caution to the wind, for love
    Not to do so seems absurd


Independence

Independence-
Hypnotic illusion, absurd intoxication
The more I enjoy the more I feel subjugated! 

© Mahtab Bangalee
Form: Other

Paula Deen

Paula Deen, Paula Deen
I feel for ya' cooking Queen
Dramatic measures over a few words
Their actions seem far more absurd.
© Lynn Dolly  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Herky-Jerky

First the cornbread now the turkey
his movements seemed herky-jerky
	stuff a bird
	think absurd
sounds to me a bit quirky
Form: Limerick

Premium Member An Absurd Cliche

     ‘Circling the wagons’
         is an absurd cliché

      ‘Cos even stations-wagons
         are out-of-fashion today
Form: Rhyme


5th Five Fabulous Fun Footles Not For Contest

We walk And talk In words Absurd. Words flow With no Pretense Of sense But sound Profound.
Form: Footle

Litterally Absurd

A dog by the side of the road
Whelped out her cute little load
A copper who saw
Reeled off the law
Cited for littering I’m told
© Dean Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Banned From the Zoo

Two monkeys sat in a tree
Laughing and pointing at me
It was so absurd
I flipped them the bird
Now the zoo is a place I can’t be
© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

News

The news has become quite absurd
Mocking the journalistic word
Often appealing
Never revealing
Just dishing out mountains of turd
Form: Limerick

Deeper

the deeper thought behind mere words,
the wey is cast out with the kurd,
in spirit another way absurd,
but all of it ok!!!... 
Don
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Poet's A-Z Aloud No 14

Ogden Nash 

New York poet Ogden Nash
with rhyme made quite a splash
His topics aesthetically absurd
so popular though when heard
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member chasing words

Around my desk I chase the words
Some ridiculous, some absurd.
Petootsie flashes me with her bum
Multiplication demands a little sum

Life of Absurd Politician

Life of Absurd Politician

could be too confused
absurd and always abused
mishandled and misused

Jim Horn

Does that sound fair?
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

The Pelican

The Pelican, the Pelican
Can he catch fish
Yeah, hell he can
For a silly bird
Who looks absurd
It’s surprising
Just how well he can
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.

Bombs Away

Once was robin-bird
Acted quite absurd
Bombed friend once; did it twice
Gall to even mark her thrice!
Don't care to explain what heard!
Form: Limerick

One Way Or Another

Actions speak louder than words
A saying I thought was absurd
Till Mom showed the way
If I don’t obey
The paddle tells things went unheard
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Frankfurter Is An Obsolete Word

Frankfurter is an obsolete word
Then again beanie weanie sounds absurd
the term wienerwurst is another way
to indicate a hotdog on game day
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Those Wtf Moments

what is one to think
what is left to say 
when one is awestruck by the 
absurd absurdity of the absurd



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Premium Member Soundbite

Listen to poem:
sound it out
let it be heard
to mute is so absurd
let's hear it out
not drawl on written word
mouthed in silent blurb
to no one who called out
Form: Rhyme

A Slow Demise For a Royal Tale

The king, with a taste quite frail,
Met his end munching on a snail.
It may sound absurd,
But that's what I heard,
A slow demise for a royal tale.
Form: Limerick

Fragile Life Beauty

Volatile beauties,
     our fleeting lives...
     What absurd wonders,
     our joyful sad fates...
     eternal lives,
     while they last... !
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Why are we here?

While here I can write undeterred
This work will at times seem absurd
When this kills my high
It's just time to try
Finding joy solving a crossword
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Lyin' Tamer

She was called the Lyin’ Tamer.
Absurdity would enflame her.
	She could spot a line
	way back from foot nine.
She’d decline and who could blame her?
Form: Limerick

Tu Whit-Tu Whoo

An owl is a curious bird
Whose hooting you've probably heard.
It's deemed to be wise
Has perfect disguise
And eyes of a size quite absurd.

02.05.21
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Are We All the Same

Ego -- to folks today a dirty word
     a notion our Creator finds absurd

   Without our egos, we're all the same
     ~ Was Adam created with that aim
Form: Couplet

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