Poetry Jokes - 50 Hilarious Poetry Jokes

Bathroom Poetry

This little throne I call my own

I aim to keep it neat

So drain your soul, pee down the hole

And not upon the seat

My friend entered a poetry related pun contest.

He stanza good chance.

I was told, I would never be good at poetry, since I’m dyslexic…

But so far I’ve made 3 jugs and a vase… and they look very nice, if you ask me.

Mark Zuckerberg writes poetry about writing poetry

He calls it Meta verse.

Does Zuckerberg like poetry?

Yes, he’s never met-a-verse he didn’t like.

Recently I've started teaching a poetry class in a maximum security prison.

It's a tough job but I enjoy it. It really has it's prose and cons.

Why can't you read cat poetry to children?

Because it's all purr-verse.

I prefer to read poetry in braille for some reason.

I just really feel the words a lot more.

My teacher told me I'd never be good at poetry because I'm dyslexic.

But so far I've made three jugs and a vase and they're lovely.

Edit to add: Thank you for the Gold and Silvers kind strangers!

Why shouldn't you study French philosophy before Roman poetry?

Because that would be putting Descarte before the Horace.

I’m considering taking a position translating old Mongolian poetry.

The jobs has its prose and Khans.

Happy cake day to me!

I wrote down what I thought about mongolian poetry

It has its prose and its Khans

You only have enough time to say one word to Edgar Allan Poe who is about to walk into a tree. What do you say?

Poetry

Poetry and Short Stories

"I'm afraid I've caught poetry."

"Oh, really? Well, don't worry, sir. I used to... suffer from short stories."

"Really? When?"

"Oh, once upon a time."

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The Difference Between Poetry and Prose

An English teacher was explaining the differences of poetry and prose to her class.

“Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.”

“This is an example of poetry, but if I wanted to change it to prose I would say, ‘the l...

World's oldest joke found in a 10th century book of anglo-saxon poetry :

What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that's it's often poked before?

A key....

What do you call horrible poetry?

A c-RHYME

Why are programmers so good at poetry?

Well, all words rhyme in binary.

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.

My best mate’s dyslexic and one of our teachers suggested he try poetry

He’s made 3 vases so far

My dyslexic support group held a slam poetry competition

Doug got first with a great piece about racial tensions in America.

Anna got second with a touching monologue about women's rights.

I got third by smashing an urn.

This morning was all about Shakespeare. This afternoon it's all about his poetry.

Things are going from Bard to Verse

*^(Credit to my mate, Martin)*

Whaddya use to decide whether to host a Star Trek poetry event?

A list of prose in Khans.

Poetry about Pawn Stars

You want a poem?

Best I can do is haiku,

take it or leave it.

What do you call a room full of redheads listening to poetry readings?

Ginger snaps

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Truth is like poetry

and most people hate poetry.

Did you hear about the book of poetry that the Black Eyed Peas are publishing?

It's written in Will.I.Ambic Pentameter

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A college girl was desperate to pass a poetry class for which she was almost failing...

For the final exam, the professor announced the challenge of the year: he wanted the students to write something confident. Philosophical. Something that really meant "no worries."

Everyone went home and stayed up all night writing their final exam poetry, the girl including.

The next ...

My girlfriend's body is like poetry...

...It bores me.

*I really love my girlfriend, and her body is not like poetry, just so ya know :p

I have plans to start a business reading poetry and short stories to the imprisoned

I call it Prose and Cons

What would you call an ogre who can write and recite poetry??

Shrekspeare!!!

Actor Hugh Laurie was so fond of the works of Samuel Beckett that he once devoured an entire anthology of his poetry.

Hugh felt that he deserved to be a poet Laurie ate.

Poverty is poetry to me...

Mainly because I'm dyslexic.

What do you call a reptile that goes to a poetry slam?

A snapping turtle.

Most Star Trek fans aren't big into poetry, so I knew that writing and publishing a book of Trek-themed poems would be risky but rewarding.

The project had its prose and Khans.

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My dad was a man of poetry and would always speak to me in metaphors.

He'd always say stuff like, "You're a idiot".

Roses Are Red

Roses are red,

I like Darth Vader.

Poetry is hard,

calculator.

Roses are gray

Violets are gray

I'm color blind

And not very good at poetry

Two men were chatting in a bar

"So what do you do?"

"I write"

"Oh, poetry or prose?"

"Neither, I write cartoons"

"Why's that?"

"No rhyme or reason"

What do you call someone who works for U-Haul and doesn't appreciate poetry?

An unmoved mover.

I dumped a girl because she wouldn’t let me read poetry.

Prose before hoes.

My teachers always told me I couldn't do poetry because of my dyslexia, but I really showed them...

I made a mug, a vase, and a pot just today!

Telling your parents your a philosophy major is like reading them poetry

They snap

There is a tie for 1st place at a poetry slam...

The two contestants with the equal highest score are a Priest and a Scotsman. To decide which one should be the winner the judges take a random word out of a hat and give both of them 2 minutes to make a short poem with said word. The word being "Timbuktu".

The 2 minutes are up and the pries...

What is an English teacher's favourite tree?

Poetry

Did you hear about the poet who liked to dip his work in moisturiser?

It was poetry in lotion

I run a rehabilitation program where we get prison inmates to write poetry to help them cope with their emotions.

I call it:
Prose and Cons

A haiku I wrote

Expresses the constant frustration of poetry writing:

”this is really dumb”

I really don’t like this much

Its about nature”

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The children gathered around their father

The first one asked "Why is my name poetry?"

"Because I went on a poetry website to recite a beautiful poem to your mother and then you were conceived"

The second one ask "Why is my name Amazon?"

"I went on that website to order a beautiful diamond ring for you mother. After she...

I wrote a joke about pigeons.

Stoned pigeon poetry: High Coo

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