Word Play Poems | Examples of Word Play Poetry

When the wind chimes high when the wind chimes low through the links in his kilt he'll go all the lassies say hello Donald where's your troosers? A slimy heel slippery eel tho' no feared he'd take the fall(s) he lost his breeks on the course where caddies dropped (all) his ball(s) With apologies to Andy Stewart (1933 – 1993) ...

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I have often wondered if they blundered or if there's any truth to the advertising within the words written on me a simple clothing label advising a promise a guarantee 100% Cotton but does it refer to the garment or myself the mere material it is printed on a paradox perhaps all of which goes to show it's a dilemma the answer to which this enquiring...

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"The moon’s crescent is prescient" sigh I to my love "presaging this lovely night's evanescence" "Your eloquence is senescent" ...

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'Nothing works faster' the advertisement read 'Nothing works better' the adman said I don't know about you but if that's true it's Nothing for me Nothing's a keeper not only that it's also cheaper ...

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If a conflicted carrot based on its looks could feel it's a parsnip it would be a turnip for the books and should confused chard on corn do a number lettuce hope the offspring isn't a baby cucumber some plants are quite confounded in my garden bed sadly the rhubarb is convinced it's celery badly sun-burned red ...

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The brazen way some women dress, I swear they’re in need of a redress. With swarths of fresh skin exposed decency demands they wear more clothes. Advocates for women’s rights (men mostly) claim a redress would be far too costly. And at a time when a woman’s wage is below that of a man’s, on average, less clothes makes good economic sense. ...

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Scientists are expending time and energy to invent a flushless water toilet. But why stop there? Why not go the limit by eliminating the need to go at all? Or would the paper industry take “tissue” with that possibility?...

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Please mind your language when you speak to me Don't dare to cross my clear set boundary This life is hard enough without word wars So speak with good intent and don't leave scars I do not have the time for guess work, dear Make motive clear, your conversation steer to truthful words, for they are sure to find a deep connection...

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vessel captivates warm waxing finesse waning more color less stress glowing going with flowing lugubrious globular! vibrant pink guava incandescent liquid groove~ pahoehoe lava ...

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Pupidont and Pupido Went to visit Pompidou Pompidou, Center of Arts Can't be mixed with game of darts Why we value arts of humans Why arts can't be vandalized Pupidont and Pupidoint Very quickly realized Having quickly realizend Pupido became abazend And decided to become Histry musem mesoptam Can become museum myself I If I am making so much selfi? ...

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There’s a worm on the berm But I cannot confirm, Without seeing it squirm, If it’s dead. Or perhaps it’s infirm From a rare type of germ Which affects it long-term And will spread. Either way, it’s absurd To think twice, for a bird, With its appetite spurred, Will be led To the place this occurred And to which I referred Where that bird, undeterred, Will be fed. I won’t mention...

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We do things we love Do things we hate -- One, for affection: and the other, for fiend necessity, like~ executions and wars… Maybe better, not to confound the two – maybe better, more and less we do?!...

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cinnabar and cinnamon strawberries and cherries apricots and luscious mango windchimes and crystals hummingbirds and butterflies sailboats and sunsets summer nights and nuptials ...

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My heart lies drowned in its own pool of blood— Let your love secure me from life’s flood. Let it come to my rescue from tonight; From my life, sweetness has just taken flight. My flower vase has long remained unfilled; All my heart’s desires stay unfulfilled. Let not your soothing care depart my life— Please save my soul—say yes, become my...

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