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Silly Poems | Examples of Silly Poetry

Premium Member Doing the Chicken Splash
So, you turned on the news, and it gave you the blues, and you almost hurled, at who's leading the free world, and your teeth are grit tight, ...

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Categories: bird, dance, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Counting Sheep
There once was a man who found sleep Through enumeration of sheep. Not those in his head, But roaming instead, He’d census the sheep in his keep. ...

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Categories: silly, animal, dream, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Peek-A-Boo Who’s Looking At You
peek-a-boo who’s looking at you the book on a shelf is calling the carrot makes eyes the watermelon cries and the dog juggles balls in the morning peek-a-boo who’s shouting to you the hot air balloon is thinking there’s a mole on the roof with cream on his tooth and the downstairs toilet is winking peek-a-boo who’s waving to you the tree on the corner is...

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Categories: silly, crazy, fun, funny, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member How to save an ice cream cone
Band aids just won't do! Hold the cone upside down, Let the drops fall around. Catch each one with your tongue! Until the cone lets go. Then right before the end, Bite it off! Too get...

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Categories: silly, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Counting On Change
1. One little brown bear, Wanted to shave all his hair. 2. Two anxious alligators disagreed. Thought the little brown bear, Would look to different without any hair. 3. Three...

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Categories: silly, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Bug Eyes
The fly swatter is out, Bugs are all about. How could that be, What I see? Has many legs. Not a spider, Or a fly. But something fanciful on the eye! Swatted quick...

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Categories: silly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sculling Two-Seater
There’s something mysterious; I hope it’s not serious: my muse will not write when I row. She’s no river daughter; it’s time that I taught her that water and words can both flow. Bereft of her musing, the rhymes are confusing; ideas just don’t spring to mind. Who cares where she’s headed? My abs are now shredded; my lats and my quads well defined! Alas, to entreat...

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Categories: silly,
Form: Rhyme
To See Her
So. Time to see her. At 2:48pm. Wake up (4:00). Constant strutting. Nails chewed. Overthinking. Stress-eating. 2 hour shower. :):(:):(:):(:) (whatever that is) 4 kilograms of Dad's cologne. ...

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Categories: beautiful, romance, romantic, silly,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ROAD TRIP
Let us take a road trip, now off with bags and zip. Snow covers the wide road, no grass here to be mowed. Cow riding the tractor, is it a huge actor?...

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Categories: silly, animal, fun, giggle, together,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Innocence Abounds
Not me nor I sure to have an alibi if I am lying than I am trying To be as honest as circumstances show Stretch the facts as truth as posed not guilty for my innocence abounds Trust evidence scarce but profound All and all all is the same Might, maybe, sorta looking sad facts lean fiction, good looks bad What ever is can...

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Categories: silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Why the Rooster Crows
The reason the rooster will crow, Is not just to offily show. The sun hits its beak, Which it thinks unique, And proudly lets all the world know. ...

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Categories: silly, animal, farm, humor, pride,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Octopus and the Gerbil
The octopus sometimes forgets Its suckers when gerbils it pets. It sticks to its arm, Then falls, to some harm, Which both of them deeply regrets. ...

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Categories: silly, animal, caregiving, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Hunting of Boojumous Snarks
The hunting of Boojumous Snark, It ain't but no kind of a lark. It's best to wear lead, From toes to the head, And aim 'twixt the eyes with a quark. ...

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Categories: silly, adventure, animal, death, fantasy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Hands of Goo
The smeary fingers, Left unwashed. Leave prints, All over the gloss. On bright metal handles, Drawers semi closed. Up and down walls, Even on a nose. Momma said, "Wash your hands! ...

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Categories: silly, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Herodotus Theory of Winter
Herodotus thought that the sun, When blown from its course, summer's done. That wasn't quite true, Was maybe coo-coo, But thinking about it is fun....

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Categories: fun, funny, science, silly,
Form: Limerick

Specific Types of Silly Poems

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