Short General Poems

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Premium Member Ied

Fabricated to Kill, guerrilla's general Unconventional http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-3.php
Form: Senryu


Hero of Myanmar

hero of Myanmar              (Haiku)

General Aung San
father of independence
hero of Myanmar.

Dr Ko Ko Thein
Salt Lake City
© Mya Thein  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Strategy

To kill all the Taliban clan
We’ll dig up a best in west plan
General Custer’s
Old memory musters
A last stand in Afghanistan
war
Form: Limerick

Simplicity Is Natural

simple mind
               feels general,
                              general is natural 



-February 28, 2019 Chattogram
Form: Monoku

Premium Member France on general strike

Bravo La France..I trust this is so ? It will
Wake a nation maybe a world.?
And much better than war, may now reason take hold '


Premium Member Whistleblower Journalists

When exposing a crime,
is treated as committing a crime, 
one thing is self evident in general.
You are being ruled by criminals.
Form: Rhyme

Tanka

Tanka
Philosopher general
The pride of the armed forces 
Left starched underpants 
In a woman´s hot bedroom
And lost yet another combat
Form: Tanka

Tanka Lite

The Military 

A soldier lost his rifle 
A general lost a war 
Soldier shot
Cowardice they said 
The General was promoted 
Got an extra star.
Form: Tanka

Chipper Jones' Drones

Chipper Jones
has suggested a use for outfield drones
they should accompany the ball
giving a general indication as to where it might fall.
Form: Clerihew

General Delivery

The road taken,
a path unwalked,
direction unto fate

A choice is made,
the debt unpaid
—redemption coming late

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Grammar Contest

General grammar generates guesswork gaining great glitches grammatically 

Contest: Tautogram
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Date created: 10/21/2019
© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tautogram

Premium Member From the Poets Dave

The attorneys general and the traders Joe
combined operations to make some dough.
Did that sell organic honey?
Don't ask me.  Follow the money.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member George Had One Thing

First president a general bloke
His accomplishments? Well, let me see.
He could relate to most common folk.
Famous for chopping down a cherry tree.
Form: Clerihew

General M.

General M.

She was General Memaw to a few.
Now she is at rest and cannot stew.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 24, 2010

Poetic form:  Epigram
Form: Epigram

Did You Know?

Did you know
The cow was slaughter?
Did you know 
The general touches your daughter?

Did you know
The colonel lies?
Did you know
Your son has died?
Form:

Premium Member Good Day

In general it’s always,
Particularly in times of stress,
A good day to die
For the attitude alone
Of the one who actually
Lives forever.

(10/6/25)

Carnival In Brazil

What's the truth
     Carnival?
     general revelry, or
     Bal masqué...?
     tumultuous joy  ? 
     Masquerade Ball ...!
     Fake wellfare... !?
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Raising the Barr

New Attorney General William Barr
Faced down the Senate's self-appointed czars
   Yet for doing his job, being brave
   He may just have dug his own grave
Form: Clerihew

The General Was Stunk By Bees

The General was 
stunk by bees,
when come him 
outside as to pees.
He cried like a child
and turned his eyes 
wild.
He cried "I must 
shoot at these bees"
Form: Limerick

The French General

His guard couldn’t help snitchin’ When he washed grenades in his kitchen. This general had a hazardous heart, His name: Linoleum Blownapart.
© James Tate  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Biblical Type of Mother Mary

Judith chopped off the head of General Holofernes, saving Israel
     She is a biblical type of Mother Mary
     Who crushes the head of the serpent, saving the Church.
Form: Haiku


General Rules

G-eneral
R-ules
A-re
C-ompletely
E-nforced

P-erfectly
A-bating
R-abid
R-isk's
E-pidemic

Topic: Birthday of Grace M. Parre (May 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

Regarding Love Letters In General

I find I am in love again. Is it you – is it they – is it them? That would be well & good. God told me to mail a love letter to myself. Riddle me that?

William Sherman

William Sherman by Doris Culverhouse

USA union General William Sherman
Calm determined and mighty fighter
Ruthless morale killer
Marched by Atlanta with hot pyrotechnics
Form: Bio

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