Short Silly Poems

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Premium Member Quaker Oats

Quaker Oats

If pure grain oats grown
In the mountains of Utah
Is it Quaker Oats

by James Edward Lee Sr.
10/17/17
Form: Haiku


Late To Supper

Ed said he was a cannibal
How could he be any bolder?
Even so, when he got home late
All he got was the cold shoulder!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Ramen

Me loves dem ramen noodles
They's better, better, better
And if I dump them on my head
They'll make my wetness wetter.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Thought for the Day

To make a wheel, I have found,
it's best to make it round.
You truly won't get anywhere,
if you try to make it square.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Date with a Carbohydrate

Carbohydrate, pleased to meet you.
How happily I greet you.
Pull up a chair, let me seat you.
And now, I will eat you.
Form: Epigram


Premium Member Dewey Decimal System

I could never understand
the cataloger's best laid plan.
Books in libraries, numbered screwy
in a system made by Dewey.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member silly me

Abolish the Electoral College?
Are you crazy?
If we did that
Everybody’s vote would count!
Silly me for suggesting it.

Silly Willie Ups a Dilly

The best 2021 perk
Was a space flight for Captain Kirk
An Enterprise
Where no one dies
Proving fantasy just might work
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Meatless Mondays

I wonder: is one man's ballad invalid word salad or a plant-based substitute for veggie palates?
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member Mommy Dearest

She was my dearest mommy
smarter than any swami
	a turn of bad luck
	was hit by a truck 
now she thinks she’s pastrami
Form: Limerick

Tittle - Tattle

Meena can drive Corona,
whispered Tina to Nina.
Is she a doctor?
How could she master?
Ney dear, it is Corolla.
Form: Limerick

Hoo Rah For Limericks

This must be limerick season
A contest may be the reason
Makes me happy
And a bit sappy
Anything less would be treason
Form: Limerick

Silly Mrs Rylie Eaty

Mrs Rylie
Eaty
Really
Rocks at
Yelling

Coming
Holiday season
Rylie
Is
Somewhat
Terribly nice
Mum
Also thinks
She's silly!
© Tay M  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Hungry Cat

All I hear is 'kitty, kitty!’
Such a shame. Such a pity.
I want my food. That’s where I’m at.
After all, I’m just a cat!
Form: Rhyme

A Wash and Fold Senryu

my clothes dryer...
                                    cleaning out its
                                    belly button
Form: Senryu

Premium Member sea dog

old duke a seafaring dog

drifted about on a log

till in a harbor

next to an arbor

found him a seed catalog.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member What Keeps Me Going

To keep it short and pithy, um,
    if truth be told, it's lithium…

                                the energizer bunny
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Wasn't That a Day

Wasn't that a day - 
Peter and the Wolf
in the Bolshoi Ballet.

Yet, in that regard,
Peter - and a wolf
in a leotard?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Frankenstein's Lost Notebook

I fired a hot and steaming bun
with an isotope of cinnamon,
no longer into people making,
my attention turned to baking.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member The New Math

When I learned to multiplicate,
two times four was always eight, 
but nowadays, I find, 
arithmetation blows my mind.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester
was from London not from Manchester. 
My thoughts about her are a sin,
and I love the dimple on her chin.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member This is Some Highbrow Stuff

Underdog had his sweet Polly. 
The Canadian Mounty had his Nell.
Edgar Allan Poe was jolly
till Annabel Lee went to Hell.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Preferred Beverage

Pickle brine Not so fine, Blackberry wine When I dine.
written March 7, 2022 for absolute, pure fun!

Premium Member Skinny Minnie

Minnie, a tall, skinny girl
chose to give track a whirl
	she ran so fast
	but finished last
gangly legs failed to unfurl
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Silly Rhyme

Please can I borrow
Until tomorrow
A shiny silver shilling
I promise I will pay it back
If my willpower is still willing
Form: Rhyme

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