UPJOKE
verserhymeprosesonnetballadelegystanzasonghaikulyricintonationfree verseliteraturepoetrycouplet

There Once Was A Poet Named Bates,

There Once Was A Poet Named Bates,

His poems weren't always first rate,

His first lines weren't bad, but the problem he had,

Was that he always tried to put too many syllables into the last line.

I'm compiling a book of poems by felons.

I'm going to call it "Prose and Cons".

A Drunk's Poem

Starkle, starkle, little twink,

Who the hell you are I think.

I'm not under what they call

The alcofluence of incohol.

I'm not drunk as thinkle peep,

I'm just a little slort of sheep.

Tee martoonis make a guy

Fool so feelish, don't know why. ...

American version of Poems

All Around The Mulberry Bush
The Monkey Chased The weasel
the monkey stopped to load his glock
***POP!*** Goes the weasel.....

Address to a Tumble Dryer — a poem

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

A dyslexic friend of mine thought it might help his condition if he joined a poetry club.

He hasn't come out with any poems yet, but he's made some pretty nice jugs and vases and stuff.

There was once a poem contest...

Contestants were supposed to use the word **Timbuktu** in their poem. All contestants gave their best poems but then came along the priest and his poem was

*All along through my life*


*i had no children and had no wife*


*I read the Bible through and through*


*...

My analogies are like the world’s best crafted poems

Terrible

My husband has been very romantic lately..

.. but I don't understand why he always signs his poems with "regenerate answer".

I just finished reading a book by a group of amateur poets...

The poems aren’t bad, but you can tell they’re not prose.

Please note that this site uses cookies to personalise content and adverts, to provide social media features, and to analyse web traffic. Click here for more information.