Short Scoundrel Poems
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Pittance
Nary a pound a penny a pittance not.
Many a scoundrel will take what you've got.
By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison
Categories:
scoundrel, analogy, art, money, parody,
Form:
Other
He is a caricature of his Dad
A faker, imposter, jester, and cartoon
Some say he’s a scoundrel, some kind of cad.
His reputation depicts a buffoon.
Categories:
scoundrel, kid,
Form:
Rhyme
Fat Cat
Here lies a scoundrel, a fat cat.
He won’t stay fat where he is at… the dirty rat.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 24, 2010
Poetic form: Epigram
Categories:
scoundrel, death, funny
Form:
Epigram
We thought he was a murdering scoundrel
We thought he had stolen old Webber’s horse.
No one was willing to listen to this stranger.
So we hanged another innocent man of course.
Categories:
scoundrel, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Quatrain
There was an old lawyer named Ruth
Who didn't mind bending the truth.
No scoundrel too bad,
If money he had.
He'd have pled self defense for Wilkes Booth.
For Carolyn's
lawyer limerick Tied for no. 1
Categories:
scoundrel, funny
Form:
Limerick
There was once a rotten scoundrel named Reid
Who filched a horse in a moment of greed
As the noose was secured
His final words were heard
I'd rather be fishin' today, indeed
Categories:
scoundrel, angst, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The High Constable received quite a jolt
When the nut he nabbed decided to bolt
T'was discovered he muffed
When the scoundrel he cuffed
Worse yet, he fled on the Constable's colt
Categories:
scoundrel, humorous, western,
Form:
Limerick
Only if you are the best in service
of the good and the greatest in construction
best for humanity...
The biggest fool is despicable...
The greatest among the scoundrels, is
still a scoundrel...
Categories:
scoundrel, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended metaphor, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Crime & Punishment
By
Tom Wright
There once was a scoundrel called Black Bart,
Who thought appropriating bank money was smart.
Until the sheriff got wind,
And to his jail he did send,
When in court he begged the judge to have heart.
Categories:
scoundrel, judgement,
Form:
Limerick
Both in you and both are together,
Solo isn’t a word for it,
Cruel world doesn’t have place for one of it,
Devil is better for scoundrel,
And so is an angel better for angels,
Disney world ain’t real,
As soon as you believe it’s preferable for tranquility.
Categories:
scoundrel, angel, evil, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
life
expires
without signs...
his ghost's remnants
mirroring lesions of her mournful gaze,
tears pour out with unexpected lament:
scoundrel of hours
raking breath,
her nights
lost.
Broken Wings' Contest: Dust Off A Memory
10/25/2017
Categories:
scoundrel, angst, memory,
Form:
Tetractys
A scoundrel slithering all about.
Touting your own horn.
Immoral eccentricity.
Through prisms of false bravado.
A shallow soul.
Skeletons with no depth.
Humanitarian rights violations.
A skirmish of power.
Strong arming the weak.
Wrecked souls landing on the beach.
Categories:
scoundrel, abuse, betrayal, character, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
“I weep at his words and you scowl.”
“what could be so troublesome my dear
that reading such, you’d shed a tear?”
“He writes of love quite flowery
sly hints about my dowry.
“Of a love he lost in the distant gloom.”
“of love notes tinged with another's perfume.”
.
Categories:
scoundrel, lost love,
Form:
Verse
Again from the shadows
Rises that scoundrel
Riding on envy
Armed with naked cynics
Dedicated not to betray
The Lord of hatred
For he is ordered
To scoff the adore
Yet he is unsure
About the shine that still hold
Eternal is the nature’s mystery
What comes in its way, becomes history.
Categories:
scoundrel, character, conflict, dedication, nature, society,
Form:
Haiku
no matter where this scoundrel roamed
this sweet, wee town was always home
the folk that cared and made me friend
my love for these … will naught e’er end
such neighbors, kind - such loving fam
how blessed I was … how blessed I am!
Categories:
scoundrel, analogy, history, home, memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
The verse-writer
A blind optimist outfits revealing insights galore
Thwarts the swirling world and faith restores
Aimless existence outwardly alchemizes
A scoundrel,a seraph and a lunatic in him domiciles
Yet,the poet secretes abysmal anguish in privacy
Does camouflage a mental deranged stability
Categories:
scoundrel, allusion, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
MIXED METAPHORS
It was my surprise - decoration of her hallway
But someone told her
Let the cat out of the dog
And the wallpaper and paint mixture was
Dead as a dado
But if I find the scoundrel who told
He’ll be in a hearse of a different color
Entered in Debbie Guzzi ‘s Contest “ Something Different”
Categories:
scoundrel, funny,
Form:
Free verse
two sentinels in winter
watch the frozen wheat field
spy the evil murderer
dragging his innocent victim
Nebraska ground is frozen
two curious crows watch
studying the two-legged miscreant
he shouts his aggravation to the wind
innocent victim is nonmoving
left at the foot of the fence post
two sentinels feel relief
when evil scoundrel leaves
Categories:
scoundrel, evil,
Form:
Free verse
Born of a cloth wrapped in fear and loathing
A dyed in the wool wolf in sheep's clothing
A scoundrel at heart for all here to see
No sacrifice made or hero to be
A braggart that speaks only tongue and cheek
A coward at best that preys on the weak
What goes around comes around without a sound
So when the time comes lies dead on the ground
Categories:
scoundrel, death,
Form:
Rhyme
dear change,
i've seen you here before
scratching scoundrel
itching with mange-
the undomesticated mutt.
charmed, finessed (i am
the butt of your joke) (you
are the ash to my smoke)
dear change,
loop swoop pull &
push- peering thru the
burning bush, all
teehees & cracking
leaves; oh dear
change, i only want to
ask, will you share
whatever's in your
flask?
Categories:
scoundrel, allegory, introspection, life, time
Form:
Free verse
What are you doing? I asked Little Lee.
I am sewing a new heart, said she with glee.
What is wrong with the old one? Asked I.
It left with a scoundrel, a mean kind of guy.
So you just sew up a new one? I asked with surprise.
Sure, she said. Come see with your hazel eyes.
She was creating a new heart. It said “Jimmy and me.”
We invited him to come visit us that day for tea.
Categories:
scoundrel, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Rhyme
innocents throw snowballs at traffic
whiz to the past, where
a parent would receive their little scoundrel
and a swift scolding. . .
swiftly we return to present day
where the payout for a child’s slight:
sadly it’s raining bullets
and the innocents fall
like Autumn leaves
red and pale
a cold call
a siren blares
life’s not fair!
1/7/2020
Categories:
scoundrel, children, dark,
Form:
Free verse
He is a scoundrel, a mutt, a con-man, a sleaze.
Keep talking I think.
I love bad boys!
He’ll hurt you, he will not fit in, he is the worst.
I could find something off the street better than that for you.
Sure, you know me better than I know myself.
He has a horrible reputation.
He will break your heart; he is not the one.
I scoff but say nothing, secretly thinking he might be.
Categories:
scoundrel, irony, love,
Form:
Free verse
The dirty old man that I have become
Likes them pretty and likes them young
Once they get a look at my wallet size
Their need for handsome they compromise
I just can’t seem to get enough
They deliver my Viagra in a truck
The hot tub is full of naked babes
If you’re more than thirty, then you’re over-aged
I’m a dirty, rotten scoundrel, or so they say
But they’d trade places with me on any day
Categories:
scoundrel, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Why "Sharp Gate"?
Yesterday, my postman asked the very question you are asking me now. Well, I named my house after the famous gate in Vilnius. It might make a local burgler think twice. After all, a sharp gate will give the scoundrel a nasty wound.
The postman's face! I should have had a camera.
***
sharp gate and a growl
then jaws on gasping thief
great dane well done
3/5/2023
Categories:
scoundrel, dog, fantasy,
Form:
Haibun