Short Popinjay Poems

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


Premium Member dont call me a popinjay

don’t call me a popinjay
makes me want to hop away
an insult every time said May
her face squished up all mean and gray
Form: Monorhyme


Premium Member A Fop a Fool a Popinjay

He was a fop, a fool, a popinjay
Man-about-town, too cute and gay
A fashion plate, a cavalier blade
His arrogance riveled an oak’s tree shade
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Pigeons

Pompous city dwellers,
pretentious rock doves now
parade around like a 
popinjay or fancy
peacock, and yet, they're not
persnickety poopers:
pooping on everything.
Form: Verse

Premium Member we bought him off

He was a fop, a weirdy cat, a popinjay
foolish, ridiculous, cheeky and brash
we landed on a big secret one day
he can be bought off with a bit of cash
at family events, he annoys others
paid to leave us alone by me and my brothers.
Why isn’t you dad coming around? Asked our mother.
“I have no idea,” lied one of my brothers.
Form: Rhyme

Demagoguery

You've reached the pinnacle of fame 
where double-speak's the daily game, 
so many words, so little meaning, 
popinjay, so skilled at preening. 

Posing for a photo-op, 
your perfect hair a puissant crop, 
your perfect smile a sickly stare 
which fools the foolish everywhere. 

Demagoguery designed 
to derogate the keener mind, 
a smile will hide what lurks behind 
the gross deceptions of your kind.
Form: Quatrain


Demagoguery

You've reached the pinnacle of fame 
where double-speak's the daily game, 
so many words, so little meaning, 
popinjay, so skilled at preening. 

Posing for a photo-op, 
your perfect hair a puissant crop, 
your perfect smile a sickly stare 
which fools the foolish everywhere. 

Demagoguery designed 
to derogate the keener mind, 
a smile will hide what lurks behind 
the gross deceptions of your kind.
Form: Verse

Popinjay

You've reached the pinnacle of fame

where double-speak's a daily game,

so many words, so little meaning,

popinjay, so skilled at preening.


Posing for a photo-op

your perfect hair a puissant crop,

your perfect smile, a frozen glare

which fools the foolish everywhere.


Demagoguery's designed

to derogate the keener mind,

a smile will hide what lies behind

to mark the downfall of your kind.
Form: Quatrain

E Pluribus Unum

...inspired by 'To The President-Elect' by Joseph Brodsky


You've reached the pinnacle of fame
where double-speak's a daily game,
so many words, so little meaning,
popinjay, so skilled at preening.

Posing for a photo-op
your perfect hair a puissant crop,
your perfect smile, a frozen glare
which fools the foolish everywhere.

Demagoguery designed
to derogate the keener mind,
a smile may hide what lies behind
but mark the downfall of your kind.
Form: Quatrain

E Pluribus Unum

...inspired by 'To The President-Elect' by Joseph Brodsky

You've reached the pinnacle of fame
where double-speak's the daily game,
so many words, so little meaning,
popinjay, so skilled at preening.

Posing for a photo-op
your perfect hair a puissant crop,
your perfect smile, a frozen glare
which fools the foolish everywhere.

Demagoguery designed
to derogate the keener mind,
a bush will hide what lies behind
and mark the downfall of your kind.
Form: Quatrain

E Pluribus Unum

...inspired by 'To The President-Elect' by Joseph Brodsky


You've reached the pinnacle of fame
where double-speak's a daily game,
so many words, so little meaning,
popinjay, so skilled at preening.

Posing for a photo-op
your perfect hair a puissant crop,
your perfect smile, a frozen glare
which fools the foolish everywhere.

Demagoguery designed
to derogate the keener mind,
a smile may hide what lies behind
but mark the downfall of your kind.
Form: Verse

E Pluribus Unum

...inspired by 'To The President-Elect' by Joseph Brodsky


You've reached the pinnacle of fame
where double-speak's a daily game,
so many words, so little meaning,
popinjay, so skilled at preening.

Posing for a photo-op
your perfect hair a puissant crop,
your perfect smile, a frozen glare
which fools the foolish everywhere.

Demagoguery designed
to derogate the keener mind,
a smile may hide what lies behind
and mark the downfall of your kind.
Form: Quatrain

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