Funny Silly Poems

grandma’s socks 
were hollyhocks

her jumper
juniper

her skirt
was a wort
with a yellowness
but

some days she wore
a purpleness sort

squirm and squirm
and writhe and dance
as grandma’s undies
were nettle pants




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rhino and chimp in the knife and fork drawer
a baker baking bread on the ocean floor
jumble jumble
indoor shed
oh someone put the oak tree back to...

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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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You collect old bottle caps 
and belly button lint. 
I don't find you strange; 
I find you endearing. 

And maybe it's because 
we're both locked...

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fine trousers wore the goblin
pockets full of goblin hands

fine scarf wore the goblin
tucked into some goblin pants

fine brogues wore the goblin
laces full of goblin craft

fine...

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jam

it’s
sweeter than ham
stickier than a dam
spreadier than a ram
welcomier than spam
jarier than a can
jellier than a plan

though
not drivier than a van
not talkier than a man
not...

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My mouth loves ice, it's all so nice, 
I'd hunt it down at any price. 
I'd suck it until my gums go numb, 
Chew on...

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The Zebra has a puzzling name,
Alphabet letters strangely cast,
It finishes off with the first,
After starting off with the last!

The Zebra is a cunning beast,
It blends...

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A man from Connecticut found
His legs would not reach to the ground.
“I wish I was shorter,”
He told a reporter,
“To stop all this floating around.”
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too soon
this moon

day’s chores
some scores

most not
forgot

deplete
need sleep

morning
warning

disarm
alarm

same old
sixfold

more work
can’t shirk

no fun
undone

work sucks
need bucks...

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a horse named
Lollipop
dug a hole

a mole
told Lollipop
to stop

but Lollipop
dug
dug
dug

so the mole
trotted with a
clipperty clop



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Serpents, scorpions, owls,
Swingers, stingers, wise old gals,
Dogs, bones, bow wow wows,
Paws, purrs, cat's meows.

Canines, felines, feral creatures,
Headlines, deadlines, double features,
Ping, pong, pink expressions,
Sing, song, apprehensions.

Sows,...

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squake the guisely skwallard
there’s pudding in the fridge
but leave a siley pappledoth
for the midnight gobbleditch

let it eat a munchinfless
and skreel a throbbledue
hide and hope the...

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dessert door dessert door
opens to custard and cream
but jester broke in
with bells and a spoon
. . . and
off with his head!
said the queen

dessert door dessert...

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Did the ocean try to dry its splashy face?
Did mountains brush off dusty, grassy trace?
Did the ground hide softly from the rainy days?
Did the wind...

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