Short Nonsense Poems

Short Nonsense Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Nonsense poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short Nonsense poetry by poem length and keyword.


Vegetales Four

beets and brussel sprouts
were really on the outs
sprouts got spoiled
beets got boiled
—aromatically challenged louts
Form: Limerick


Court

Silliness is and silliness was
The clothing of reason because
In the dance, the joker knew
Sages proclaimed the untrue
© Jim Musser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

The Thief

The thief had snatched her purse
but what made matters worse
he tripped and fell
into a well
and now he's in a hearse
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pothead

Weed's looking little 
Bit like Little Italy
In a petri dish 
In shack lab belonging to
Hermit who lives underground.
Form: Tanka

Tiny Poem

The first day
Chaos erupts
Mayhem mumbles
The doors open
The year has begun 



Bite Size Poem no16 Poetry Contest
© Sum Time  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member Bad Doggy

The old man got a doggy
He should have got a froggy
The doggy chews
The old man shoes
When it rains his feet get soggy
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Self Just Gets In the Way-

Every day is OKAY when I just git myself out of the way!!!


11/4/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Form: Monoku

Pinch'In Nickels

Pinching nickels for the cause
of selling bottles for the law
Deposits money into kids
and makes them candy for the awws
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Cherihew Belloc

English but Paris born Hillaire Belloc
who amusingly did mock
With nonsense verse oh so light
ever humerous & never trite
Form: Clerihew

I'M Gonna Go Home

I'm gonna go home
cause I don't want to be alone
in a crowd that's oppressing me
even when it's my own so-called insanity
© Ewa Mat  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Hungry Two

got up for a snack in the night
mostly asleep with no light
stepped on the cat
how about that
my ankle is missing a bite
Form: Limerick

Lim'Rik Flats

welcome to lim’rik flats
where boys wear only spats
it's in a valley
called nonsense alley
(psst... they also wear hats)
Form: Limerick

Huntin Seeson One

wilbur went hunting for goose
winnie’s goosey got loose
wilbur shot it
winnie had fit
around wilbur’s neck a tight noose
Form: Limerick

Pol'Tics Three - Debatable

“Margaret Thatcher you ain’t!”
“You ain’t old Reagan in paint!”
slinging mud
with a thud
terrible taunts tossed to taint
Form: Limerick

Maid of the Myth

He knew her well in his youth.
She was refined, he uncouth.
Maiden so fair
now see her there
drowning in his gin/vermouth
Form: Limerick

Huntin Seeson Five

smilin sam set out to sin
sherry sue set out to win
smilin sam squeezed
sherry sue pleased
sam and sue married with twins
Form: Limerick

Pol'Tics Two - Can O Worms

Politicians are skilled at squirms
which indubitably confirms
one cannot bake
a cake from snake
by opening a can of worms
Form: Limerick

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

Nonsense

I love nonsense too,
Erogenous zones to do,
Maybe that's enough for you,
Carry on is what to do,
 I do love nonsense too!

Eleanor Rigby's Supper

They think she's nice,
she picks up rice -
but please don't worry,
it's for her curry.

for Jerry's Eleanor Rigby contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Way Down In East Jabib

Way down in East Jabib
where I told many a fib
I spoke so many lies
it should be no surprise
that I used to lie in my crib
Form: Limerick

Limerick City 1

A music conductor in Manhattan
Had always kept his hat on.
One day he forgot
And believe it or not
He also sat on his baton
Form: Limerick

Just Do It

Every Day If you can’t write great Prose...then no matter… write nonsense But just write something!!
Form: Senryu

Deleting Your Messages

A-ct
N-icely
D-eleting
Y-our

M-essages
A-nd
R-eturn
T-o
I-mmortal
N-ame

Topic: Spammer
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

Cloch Back the Tale

Moirgetting all the lives for sale
Our fakings for the sail
When all that life is half past nine
and cats cloch back the tale
Form: Quatrain

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