Short Off With His Head Poems

“Thieves” Ben Franklin said….
Supple off white feathered head
Talons dripping red...

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A Queen is not truly a Queen
with out a King beside her.
Could be man or spider.
So if he starts to weave a web
"Off with his head"....

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To believe it or not,
In my lifetime
Marches on
Or off with your head,
To toe nail,
The coffin close,
The open door,
Way to,
Believe it or not…...

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Madame Déficit


Marie Antoinette
Convicted corrupt coquette
"Let them eat cake" she allegedly said
Revolutionaries roared "off with her head!"...

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“It is pointless me using this,” he said
As he held it laying in bed
He tried it again 
Which made him feel great pain
So he slept with his night cap off of his head...

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Lie down and rest my friend,
take off thy weary head, pull
on the hand brake of society,
and give the world a chance,
a glorious chance to understand you!

© Harry J Horsman  1991...

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The Preying Praying Mantis

She folds her limbs and waits
  quietly.
He comes near, she waits
  silently.
They do the dance,
  Then comes her chance.
And snap!
  Off with his head
    quickly!...

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Clickety clackety
Queen Marie Antoinette
"Cake let them eat", she said
When they'd no bread

Due to her callousness,
Improvisational
French mob decided then
"Off with her head"


09.02.2021...

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All That Hen came out of the dressing room to prance and strut
She wore an orange bikini that showed off her enormous butt.
The other hens were askance, thinking her off in her head.
“Doesn’t everybody have a bikini?” All That Hen promptly said....

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Shh! The kitty is sleeping the faerie village was whispering.
The slumbering child was almost ready to fall off the tulip’s head.
The sun was warm that day, but not so hot to be blistering.
The kitty snored away, in a twilight sleep, dreams overfed....

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Brave Buster Bee was born to be wild the other drones said
When he took off on a cycle, they thought he was off in the head
He’ll be back to service the queen, said a dumb one named Ned
Not realizing Buster Bee was escaping a dreary life he had lead....

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The Queen
Has caffeine,
A great cuisine,
And nothing in between.
Her name is Colleen,
With her middle name Jean.
She has a daily routine,
And eats a tangerine.
This isn't the best scene,
But there's a guillotine.
Off with their head and spleen.
Now Parliament can reconvene....

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Piggy please don't be sad.
I need the money really bad.
Got to pay my motor tax.
Get the government off my back.
You see I need to keep on track.
Bank will not give me a lend.
And I have no savings left to spend.
Now, close your eyes my little friend.
Knocking off your ceramic head....

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quiet
cease and desist
silenceo
off with his head
now
as i was saying
what
is there something wrong with you
stop
off with her head too
alright
never a wrong
if
you can just shut up
recess
is two minutes from now
or
you all stay in
me
to the teachers lounge


stan sand...

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liberty is animal with ice in stomach
and hot charcoal in the head
those who fear sounds enter the coldness
then pull all who make noise for lodging
the ones who enjoy making sounds
often cut off the hot head of the animal
to use it to burn those who fear heat
then all play a merry-go round games...

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Off with the head, so full of noise
High time that we tame it
Ego cravings make us lose poise
Blocking rise to summit

Once was boon, now is bane
Brain drain is not in vain
Soul glistens, free of stain

Choose heart instead
Off with the head

01-October-2021
Quietus...

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Drunk Sue, leapt onto the ironing board,
In  great vigour swinging both her hands wide.
As on a big stage
Forgetting her age,
Danced in thrill, fell off, hitting her head hard


July.16.2022

Syllables- 10, 10, 5, 5, 10 (HMS)
Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by- Lisa YY...

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King Henry VIII ‘s daughter, Bloody Mary
This evil queen’s mission, England’s Protestants to bury
Never at night did she wake 
After a day yelling, “Burn him at the stake!”



* I wanted to use "off with his head" but could find no historical evidence she ever used this phrase. Only in Alice in Wonderland!...

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All happens so fast at the drop of a dime
I thought it would take some time

Cold and iced over in this damp abyss
But truth be known --- he had me at the first kiss

Questions with no answers repeat in my mind
Constantly stuck in constant rewind

I feel like flashes fire off in my head
It just seems too fast to be weekend-wed......

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I see we have a new king
Just how did this come around?
Did he pull a sword from a rock?
Or did angel send him
to alight upon the ground?

Just what Kingdom do you rule?
Am I a subject too?
A serf to serve your pleasure?
Ne'er ever else to do?

I have a counter-proposal,
You be a Duke instead...
And take that silly crown,
Off your swollen head!!...

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there is always a breakaway stem
that makes your life more colorful
the abstract art inspires you to think differently
the many different parts influences you to try different points of transit
you want to run, but the authenticity pulls you back in
via the many sudden light bulbs dinging off in your head, 
now you too are a breakaway stem yearning for many a new realm...

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what do you do
when to one's self you're true
lay down on the guillotine
let them scream off with her head
leaving your soul naked for all to see
under the glare of the red queen
when all who look
only see the dark stage
all the puppets you set
not the woman behind the puppets
not the writer of the page
only the actors chose to act
in the strange little play (c) M.J.Richter...

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king frog came to watch her in the ballet
screamed his head off and clapped that day
the others had never seen him out of the water
the king frog was loving his tutu-wearing daughter

I did not know he had this side, many said.
He was so crazed, it was as if he was off in his head.
He is my daddy! The little frog girl replied.
So thrilled with my performance, he a little bit cried....

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Henry never wanted to work in the castle of the king.
And he certainly did not want to be a jester, to joke or to sing.
He wanted to be a squire, but it was not to be unfortunately.
Every single night he was summoned to be the best he could be.
Tonight the piper had already been taken out with an “off with his head”.
Henry knew one misstep or unfunny joke, and he might possibly be dead....

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Hey, I'm dead
they took my life
and didn't give it back.
Instead,
they put me in a grave
and laughed.
Miss me?
They wanted off with my head
their first bullet missed me
but hey, I'm still dead.
I'll haunt dreams
and take their peace
because they fear the deceased,
I'll become an enemy
not easily seen.
Hey, I'm dead
I live with 200 corpses 
I'd take you to meet them
but I'm stuck with rigor mortis....

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