Word Play Poems - Examples of all types of word play 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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Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformesblue' d(j)ays' seem' to' be'
(thw)ones' who' come' round' most', card'(i)nal'
cheers' to' chick'a'dees'
1/19/2021...
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Categories:
word play, animal, class, metaphor, science,
Form: Haiku
Wrapping it up with PWith a prayer, you came first
Leading into the promise
Like a poem of proud insights
Powerful and pure
And, as in grape, in the middle
Of something alive
Dancing like poetry and prose
Two of you who know
Past, present and...
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Categories:
poetry, word play, writing,
Form: Free verse
Now B Begone
As I was being born, B, you took your first breath
Bringing me benevolence in the struggle to believe
The truth that my mother’s breast would feed me
With blisses I had never imagined before breathing
Soon, your brilliant...
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Categories:
word play,
Form: Free verse
PANIC BUYINGPanic buying
shoppers vying
People lying
not complying
They’re so greedy
others needy
No chips or bread
kids can’t be fed
There’s no pasta
pure disaster
No toilet rolls
For ‘our souls’
Pushers shovers
think of others!
We have been in lockdown for a little over a week,...
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Categories:
conflict, food, word play,
Form: Couplet
BEAUTIFUL POET-O' Beautiful poet you write the letters form to words turn to couplets, sentences and verses
Beautiful poet you don't write for fame you don't disclaim to write for worth for moneys or celebrity
Beautiful poet don't...
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Categories:
word play, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A season to remember
Emboldened metal torso dusts her in pink Himalayan flecks
Her mahogany neck persuaded to turn in his grip
Rendering fragrant dark bite from her deep spice chest
The two infused together perfect a harmonious marriage
Her mahogany neck persuaded...
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Categories:
word play, fantasy, food, imagination, muse,
Form: Pantoum
A JANUARY fulton
Categories:
january, word play,
Form: Concrete
How Dare YouEveryone is raving about my words.
I slam them into a closet and brick them up.
I am finished with them. They have not saved me.
I am in full despair mode.
Nothing is making me happy.
I am a...
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Categories:
word play,
Form: Free verse
SEN-RU for sunday
EACH DAY
into a glass,peek
beyond the likeness,seek
the image of God
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2011...
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Categories:
christian, word play,
Form: Senryu
Capitol CrimesProud boys were observed breaking glass
Confirming that Trump has no class
As seen on TV
Like the GOP
Trump just doesn't give a rat sass!...
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Categories:
word play,
Form: Limerick
ESSENCE of faithG od's
R iches
A t
C hrist's
E xpense...
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Categories:
christian, faith, word play,
Form: Didactic
A Necessary EvilPoliticians, a necessary evil:
you can't live with them…
and they won't let you live without them.
I finally realized why some of our
best actors are so dis-likable off screen --
I think it is...
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Categories:
word play, humanity, humorous, irony, truth,
Form: Free verse
DIM hex GIVE or TAKEGIVE & TAKE
Fascination held
in passion's grip
may kindle
one-track
mind's
Captivation held
in ardour's grasp
will secrete
selfless
love.
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2008...
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Categories:
poetry, word play,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
POETICS and all thatHere this?
rise(iamb,anapest)
meters
TWO
TWO
meters
fall(trochee,dactyl)
in my poem they do sit
each the others opposite;
a foot is two syllables long,
lines...
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Categories:
poetry, word play,
Form: Didactic
ON THE 12 th DAY OF CHRISTMASOn the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
ONE ode
TWO sonnet
THREE limerick
FOUR fibonacci
FIVE epinikion
SIX diminished hexaverse---
SEVEN epithalamium
EIGHT prothalamium
NINE epulaeryu
TEN crystalline
ELEVEN hi-ku
TWELVE rhyme
in footle open verse
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2008...
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Categories:
poetry, word play,
Form: List
Specific Types of Word Play Poems
Definition | What is Word Play in Poetry?