Silly Poems - Examples of all types of silly poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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The WordsmithI am a Wordsmith
I love the words I play with
I respect the fith
I am a poet
Sometimes I hardly know it
I try to show it
Five, seven and five
How I make a Haiku jive
It keeps me alive
Then...
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Categories:
silly, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy,
Form: Haiku
An Inconsistent Contradiction Of Paradoxical DissonanceI was told to write a poem,
but that's not how it works.
A poem has to write itself,
one cannot force the words..
This seems like contradiction,
but really it is not.
As when I began to think about it
the...
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Categories:
poetry, silly, words,
Form: Rhyme
Twinkie BinkyA woman I knew loved a twinkie.
She also loved a binky.
The cream from the twink,
She'd smear on the bink.
So what do you think?
Is that kinky?
...
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Categories:
silly, addiction, food, fun, metaphor,
Form: Limerick
Noisily Obsessed"Fart Proudly!" Benjamin Franklin Once Wrote
A troublesome guest is best not to tote
For happy intestines
It was Ben's suggestion
A good fart is worthy of a good gloat!
Could it be that we're farting obsessed?
Each aspect of farting...
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Categories:
silly, allusion, animal, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick
DOGGONE
I‘d been staying with pa - my folks got a divorce
and pa took me to the local greyhound course
Pa’s greyhound was running, he runs very fast
He’s called Pterodactyl, pa’s dog never comes last!
I stayed...
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Categories:
silly, father son, humorous, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Dessert is the End
The House Soup of the Day
By me always holds sway
Be it tomato or potato ~
Hold the 'tender chunks of crow'
As for appetizers
Make sure they're not from Pfizer
And leave out...
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Categories:
food, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Solomon The GunYears ago, but one
Nineteen hundred and thirty one
Solomon the Gun
He smoked big cigars
He drove really big fast cars
On his face a scar
He ruled the city
Drove us all into pity
Made us feel shifty
The world his oyster
I...
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Categories:
silly, adventure, age, america, funny,
Form: Haiku
Satire FunMiss Muffet sat upon a velvet stool
I know 'twas a tuffet; learned that in school
But Muffy was the tart
Who broke the spider's heart
I'm telling the story, so shut up, fool!
Humpty Dumpty had no wisdom at...
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Categories:
humor, silly,
Form: Limerick
The Thing In The Wall, Part 2So ya thought ya might
Like ta go to the mouse show
To feel the warmth of
The mouse confusion
That kill-the-mouse-cadet glow
Hey you! Yeah you mouse!
Up against the wall!
This one looks more like a rat!
And that one is...
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Categories:
silly, adventure, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Haiku
The Thing In The Wall, Part 1He's staring at me
From the bricks of the wood stove
With beady black eyes
I read defiance
I move and he scurries off
I cannot catch him
Brown little bugger
Scratching around late at night
Invading our home
Keeping me awake
How do I...
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Categories:
silly, adventure, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Haiku
Aunt NevaMy old Aunt Neva
Loved to shop
In the 3-6-9 store
For small-girl outfits
To wear on her arms....
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Categories:
silly, fashion, happy, humor, niece,
Form: Free verse
BoulevardWith complete freedom
to wear anything one wants
in public:
hamster ball.
Very dapper
sauntering the boulevard
in one's hamster ball....
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Categories:
silly, animal, discrimination, fashion, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Stop SignOnce I
saw my
shadow
follow
something
unseen
oh my!
cried I
come back
on track
but then
chagrin
it showed
side road
Sorry
Charlie!
saw sign
free wine!
old vine
sublime
made stop
no thought
you’d miss
remiss
amiss
kiss kiss...
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Categories:
silly, fun, funny, giggle, humor,
Form: Footle
Fritz Buys a Golf Course
Fritz had always dreamed of owning some land
After the army, he'd buy some, as planned
But Fritz served near Iran
And green grass there was banned
Fool bought a golf course ~ but only...
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Categories:
dream, golf, silly,
Form: Limerick
Saint Louie's no Popeye
Saint Louie didn't like ravioli
And he wasn't much for mostaccioli
So he went to Greenwich
Had a taste of spinach
Louie screamed, "Unholy Poggioli!"
______________________________
Poggioli, according to the urban dic-
tionary, is a disease causing the...
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Categories:
cry, food, silly,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Silly Poems
Definition | What is Silly in Poetry?
Poems Related to Silly
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