Short Twain Poems

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Premium Member Twain No 2

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Mark Twain


no wonder Washington is a stinking cesspool!


Majorie Taylor Green In 25 Words

Thinking of Marjorie Taylor Green
Mark Twain wrote
"If you want people
To think you are an idiot
Open your mouth
And remove all doubt"
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Twain No 8

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it. Mark Twain
at least I can still count to ten and spell cat
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Twain No 5

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. Mark Twain
we have two wonderful border collies~ I prefer their company

Premium Member Twain Quote number 10

'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'"[
Attributed to Mark Twain


anyone can tell a lie but it takes a politician to tell a statistic
Form: Monoku


I Quote Mark Twain

"Don't sass me"
Conscience will justify you in it
In all ages of the world fiction has lured the obtuse 
Afterward act accordingly to the dictates of your best judgment

A Twain Tyburn

Wildly

Witty

Very

Scary

Some say Mark Twain was wildly witty

But I found one tale very scary



(Tom Sawyer’s travels through the cave scared me as a child)
Form: Tyburn

Premium Member Twain No 6

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain
I can’t remember what I said yesterday so it must all have been true
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Twain No 7

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
I have a ton of experience~ why am I still making bad decisions
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Twain Quote No 9

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
If that is the case~ how come I still make so many bad decisions
Form: Monoku

Never the Twain

"Never the Twain shall meet"
Before time t'was always the way,
But now that Way has been made free.
Any barriers on the road prayed away,
His all is left; in us, to share.
Change is here to stay.

Premium Member Mark Twain

American humorist and writer, Mark Twain
born as Samuel Clemens, his name in history does not wane.
He attacked Big Business with “The Gilded Age.”
An observant journalist as well, Twain was very sage.
men
Form: Clerihew

Mark Twain

Surely it is not a crime,
When preparing oneself for a rhyme,
Nor is it a breach,
For an impromptu speech,
To allow yourself plenty of time.


"It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."
Form: Limerick

Bed Sores - For Wit of Twain Contest

He spends one more day in his bed.
To-do-lists run all ‘round his head.
Noon came and then passed,
he’s still on his ass.
A hard day of work, he most dreads!


“If man had created man, he’d be ashamed of his performance.” – Mark Twain
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mark Twain

Mark Twain once said “kindness is a language the deaf can hear And the blind can see” what a clever analogy, it's why he's so endeared Loved by the millions A mind of such brilliance Thoughts of him make us smile and to our eyes bring a tear
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mark Twain

Mark Twain once said “kindness is a language the deaf can hear And the blind can see” what a clever analogy, it's why he's so endeared Loved by the millions A mind of such brilliance Thoughts of him make us smile and to our eyes bring a tear
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Paraphrasing Mark Twain on Modesty

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. (Mark Twain)

When Adam donned his fig leaf
Was a sense of decency assumed.
When sons of Adam
Again find it cute
To be comfortable
In their birthday suit
Will simple modesty be resumed.
Form: Verse

Shania Twain

Apple of my eye 
Reason for my smile 
Woman of my dream 
My Shania Twain 

I'm just an ordinary man 
You are a shining star 
But my love for you is real 
My Shania Twain 

I will always love you 
Though I cannot be with you 
I will caress you in my dream 
My Shania Twain
Form:

The Mark Twain Principal

When you are writing a poem
or a book or your name a letter
you must use plenty of flourish
which to me means something
must shine out to be seen
and noticed and remembered
by whomever is reading your creation
Mark Twain said that using 
the right word can be compared to
lightning and a lightning bug
Form: Ballad

Tactic Twain Tumbling

whirring warning whooshing
gaunt gores filling
damped darkness dug
pulpy pair's lust
tactic twain tumbling
over hideous heels

airy atmosphere puking
voluptuous vile vying
per punctured pelvic

skeptical soles shuddering
la-de-da limbs lustrating
felon nature's priest

war met will
one other killed.
       20:01:09:01:02
Form: Sonnet

Trump proves Mark Twain right

Ignorance, confidence you need--
Just two things in life to succeed.
Mark Twain said this long back
Of crackpots on one track,
Here’s Trump, out to prove Mark Twain’s creed--
He, whose ignorance vies
With his confident lies,
Chickens out in the end indeed!   
____________________________ 
Happenings |20.09.2025| Humour, politician, USA
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Write With the Wit of Twain

The Wit of Twain I recollect, Pa always used to say There is no pay if you don’t stop your play Maybe figured I'd learned Knowledge not given but earned Life is a success if you don’t delay © 6/20/2015
Mark Twain Quote:*The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Contest Name: Write with the Wit of Twain Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Fascinated With Will Rogers and Mark Twain

Fascinated With Will Rogers and Mark Twain

Which one is a must?
Should we collect and discuss
Gather in disgust.

I am becoming quite fascinated with Will Rogers,
Mark Twain, Ogden Nash and also Robert Frost.
Combine all of those together and you will end 
up finding me.

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
and near Norfolk, VA area born
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NC.
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member i've never read a poem in my life

mark twain claimed never to have read a book 
yet his personal library had over three thousand volumes

now that is bizarre 
but books do look good in a drawing room
or whatever kind of flippity floppity floop
you live in
you feel me?

i've never read poetry i tell people
they say, "yeah, it shows"
i say they can go play in traffic

hit me with a horse
the cold never bothered me anyway

Premium Member Dancing in the Rain

                                            Dancing in the Rain

                                           Let`s dance in the rain,
                                           Come and be my twain,
                                                Let us not worry,
                                               Let us just be free
                                            And dance in the rain.
Form: Other

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