Short Silliest Poems

Cecilia’s silliest cause:
To vandalize parks for guffaws.
   The cops quickly caught her
   When Bob Brickley’s daughter
Saw saucy Cece saw seesaws....

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If you feel too dejected to talk,
are alone and feel dull as a rock,
try to be at your ease,
imitate Mr. Cleese:
raise your legs for the silliest walk....

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What a silly mind is mine, is mine
The silliest mind since the beginning of time
If you doubt me
My lims are free
If you're thinking of copying, “to plagiarize” is a crime...

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Run! Head for the hills they said in streams
We ran for our lives amid little ones’ screams
My heart was thumping as if we were in bobsled teams
I woke up down river in my nightmare’s silliest dreams...

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Must be careful and behave, want to still be around
When they hand out the prize for the silliest man in town
Too raunchy, I lose
My privilege I abuse
Gonna clean up my act but still be the clown


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A thought from an erstwhile visionary,
We came from another century,
How can we grow old disgracefully, 
Or not?
The seniles that time forgot,
Peter Pans on Pot!
Obese, gaga or dead,
Silliest verse you've ever read,
Didn't we come from another century?
Now, let's grow old disgracefully!...

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The sound of laughter,
The tears of joy,
We laughed at the silliest things,
We laughed ourselves to sleep,
We laughed at every moment,
We both grew up and lost our sense of humour,
Life got more serious,
Time split us apart,
The kid inside us is hiding,
We wish we could be kids forever....

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Man has finally commited murder
The rains don't come anymore
Everything is slowly dying 
Wars being fought over the silliest of things
fighting to live has gone aside
For no one really cares 
They all say nothing has changed
While they close the eyes
Dust rules the plain
Man has commited murder
And the one who dies is himself...

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The silliest neighbors are getting on my nerves.
Always wanting to borrow a car or a snow blower.
Asking for money, and I wish I was kidding.
My dad said I should start asking them first.
Maybe he has a point.
But what if they say “no”
What if they stop speaking to me?
What if we stop being friends?
How will I get my stove and my husband back?...

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Which are the silliest?
Seahorses or horses that see?
Which hops faster?
A grasshopper or a hopper full of grass?
Which would be more interesting to invite to tea?
A lady bug
or a lady that bugs?
Would you rather marry a praying mantis,
or a mantis, praying?
That last part is a tricky subtle gender
issue that relates only to praying mantises....

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There is no pun under the sun that I’m ashamed of making

For once on the run the silliest pun can set the Earth to quaking

It’s not from the laughter it’s not from the heart that makes a pun so fun

It’s the flight of the run that makes the pun fun

And now it’s begun under the sun

This silly notion from down by the ocean

That a ton of fun doth come from the pun...

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Birds stay in the sky where they belong.
They fly about.  They sing a song.
You'll hear a black crow loudly cackle.
You'll see a pigeon or a grackle.
But fish, are found only in the water.
They stay in oceans where they oughter, 
where an octopus (with charm) disarms,
employing his collection of arms.
So, while, you might think it is absurd, 
the silliest question you ever heard,
I ask, is a penguin a fish or bird?...

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Turtle came in with the world’s silliest grin
It split his face in two, and was long as his chin
Whipped out the birthday sign with a flourish all gay
Which meant it took him the best part of a day

He was sixty-three days late, but that did not matter.
Turtle is usually a little bit slower, he is not a mad hatter.
I thanked him profusely wondering if the card was all I would get.
Your present is back home, he told me. I’ll be back in a bit....

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The silliest sentence in the world.
I see that, and why does is not ask..
Is my hair straight or curled?

And if it is for security.....
Why does it ask it only once?
The pictures are anything but clear.
At least for me, I wonder, am I drunk?
It surely is not for security!
It best be called, an irritating anomaly.

Remember we all use different devices.
Nonetheless, I’m not a robot.
It needs to destroyed into slices.



              1/12/2022


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you taught me a lot of things
the lessons I learned well
it's not that I'm not smart
you know I'm quick as hell
an enigma to my friends
at most things I excel

you taught me how to smile
at the silliest things
to enjoy a smooth latte
it's a Starbucks thing
and to enjoy a love
the kind that your heart brings

you taught me how to dance
as time moved on too fast
I knew you where here for now
not how long we could last
when the dance was over
is when you turned your back...

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