A Carol For The Children by Ogden Nash
Daddy Fell into the Pond by Alfred Noyes
The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller
Death and Fame by Allen Ginsberg
Howl by Allen Ginsberg
Alone by Ambrose Bierce
An Inscription by Ambrose Bierce
Decalogue by Ambrose Bierce
Elegy by Ambrose Bierce
Freedom by Ambrose Bierce
Piety by Ambrose Bierce
Rimer by Ambrose Bierce
Safety-Clutch by Ambrose Bierce
The Day of Wrath by Ambrose Bierce
The Statesmen by Ambrose Bierce
The Voice of the Lobster by Ambrose Bierce
To the Bartholdi Statue by Ambrose Bierce
Weather by Ambrose Bierce
With a Book by Ambrose Bierce
The Man from Iron Bark by Andrew Barton Paterson
For The Foxes by Charles Bukowski
Nirvana by Charles Bukowski
Child of Europe by Czeslaw Milosz
Afternoon in School The Last Lesson by D.H.Lawrence
February 23 by David Lehman
Februarty Twenty-Third by David Lehman
your little voice by E. E. Cummings
Calico Pie by Edward Lear
DINGLE BANK by Edward Lear
Epitaph by Edward Lear
His Garden by Edward Lear
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear by Edward Lear
Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly by Edward Lear
Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward Lear
Nonsense Cookery by Edward Lear
SPOTS OF GREECE by Edward Lear
Story - The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-popple by Edward Lear
The Akond of Swat by Edward Lear
The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs by Edward Lear
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo by Edward Lear
The Daddy Long-legs and the Fly by Edward Lear
The Dong with a Luminous Nose by Edward Lear
The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear
The Jumblies by Edward Lear
The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs by Edward Lear
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
The Pobble Who Has No Toes by Edward Lear
The Quangle Wangle's Hat by Edward Lear
The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World by Edward Lear
The Table and the Chair by Edward Lear
THE YOUTHFUL COVE by Edward Lear
There was a Young Girl of Majorca by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Bute by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Clare by Edward Lear
There was a young Lady of Dorking by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Hull by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Lucca by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Norway by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Parma by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Poole by Edward Lear
There was a Young lady of Portugal by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Russia by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Ryde by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Sweden by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Troy by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Turkey by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Tyre by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Wales by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Welling by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose chin by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose eyes by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose nose by Edward Lear
There was a Young person of Crete by Edward Lear
There was a Young Person of Smyrna by Edward Lear
There was an Old Derry down Derry by Edward Lear
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey by Edward Lear
There was an Old Lady of Prague by Edward Lear
There was an Old Lady whose folly by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man at a casement by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man in a boat by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man in a pew by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man in a tree by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Aosta by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Apulia by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Berlin by Edward Lear
There was an old Man of Bohemia by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Calcutta by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn by Edward Lear
Veteran Sirens by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Why He Was There by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Exchanging Hats by Elizabeth Bishop
The Bight by Elizabeth Bishop
Jabed Meeker Humorist by Ellis Parker Butler
Funny -- to be a Century by Emily Dickinson
Funny to be a Century by Emily Dickinson
The bow leg boy by Eugene Field
Shakespeare's Ghost by Friedrich von Schiller
To A World Reformer by Friedrich von Schiller
The Song of Quoodle by G.K.Chesterton
Wine and Water by G.K.Chesterton
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
A Trinity by Hilaire Belloc
Algernon by Hilaire Belloc
April by Hilaire Belloc
August by Hilaire Belloc
Because My Faltering Feet by Hilaire Belloc
Criterion by Hilaire Belloc
December by Hilaire Belloc
Drinking Song, On the Excellence of Burgundy Wine by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph On The Favourite Dog of a Politician by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph On The Politician Himself by Hilaire Belloc
Epitaph upon Himself by Hilaire Belloc
George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy by Hilaire Belloc
Godolphin Horne by Hilaire Belloc
Habitations by Hilaire Belloc
Henry King… by Hilaire Belloc
Her Final Role by Hilaire Belloc
Heretics All by Hilaire Belloc
Hildebrand… by Hilaire Belloc
January by Hilaire Belloc
Juliet by Hilaire Belloc
July by Hilaire Belloc
June by Hilaire Belloc
King's Land by Hilaire Belloc
Lord Finchley by Hilaire Belloc
March by Hilaire Belloc
May by Hilaire Belloc
November by Hilaire Belloc
Obeam Libens by Hilaire Belloc
October by Hilaire Belloc
On a Dead Hostess by Hilaire Belloc
On a General Election by Hilaire Belloc
On a Great Name by Hilaire Belloc
On a Hand by Hilaire Belloc
On a Prophet by Hilaire Belloc
On a Puritan by Hilaire Belloc
On a Rose for her Bosom by Hilaire Belloc
On a Sleeping Friend by Hilaire Belloc
On a Sundial by Hilaire Belloc
On Benicia: Who Wished Him Well by Hilaire Belloc
On Chelsea by Hilaire Belloc
On Eyes by Hilaire Belloc
On His Books by Hilaire Belloc
On Hygiene by Hilaire Belloc
On Lady Poltagrue: A Public Peril by Hilaire Belloc
On Mundane Acquaintances by Hilaire Belloc
On Noman: A Guest by Hilaire Belloc
On Paunch: A Parasite by Hilaire Belloc
On Perkins: An Actor by Hilaire Belloc
On Slop: A Poet by Hilaire Belloc
On Subtle: A Reviewer by Hilaire Belloc
On The Gift of a Book to a Child by Hilaire Belloc
On The Ladies OF Pixton by Hilaire Belloc
On The Little God by Hilaire Belloc
On Torture: A Public Singer by Hilaire Belloc
On Two Ministers Of State by Hilaire Belloc
On Vital Stastics by Hilaire Belloc
Part ly From The Greek by Hilaire Belloc
Part ly From The Latin by Hilaire Belloc
Rebecca, who slammed doorsand perished by Hilaire Belloc
Rebecca… by Hilaire Belloc
Selected verses from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
September by Hilaire Belloc
The Birds by Hilaire Belloc
The Diamond by Hilaire Belloc
The Early Morning by Hilaire Belloc
The Elm by Hilaire Belloc
The Face by Hilaire Belloc
The Fragment by Hilaire Belloc
The Hippopotamus by Hilaire Belloc
The Llama by Hilaire Belloc
The Loser by Hilaire Belloc
The Mirror by Hilaire Belloc
The Pacifist by Hilaire Belloc
The Pelagian Drinking Song by Hilaire Belloc
The Prophet lost in the hills at Evening by Hilaire Belloc
The South Country by Hilaire Belloc
The Statue by Hilaire Belloc
Time Cures All by Hilaire Belloc
Verses from More Beasts for Worse Children by Hilaire Belloc
Verses from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
Holy Sonnet XIX Oh To Vex Me Contraries Meet In One by John Donne
Mac Flecknoe by John Dryden
A Letter from Artemesia in the Town to Chloe in the Country by John Wilmot
Tunbridge Wells by John Wilmot
Stellas Birthday by Jonathan Swift
Beautiful Soup by Lewis Carroll
How doth the little crocodile by Lewis Carroll
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
The Lobster-Quadrille by Lewis Carroll
The Palace of Humbug by Lewis Carroll
The Voice of the Lobster by Lewis Carroll
The White Knight's Song by Lewis Carroll
Alive Together by Lisel Mueller
A Song from the Suds a poem by Louisa May Alcott
Our Little Ghost by Louisa May Alcott
The Rock and the Bubble by Louisa May Alcott
Marriage by Marianne Moore
The Pangolin by Marianne Moore
The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
Catbird by Mary Oliver
Morning Glories by Mary Oliver
For Some Poems by Matthew Arnold
Sonnet VII Love in a Humour by Michael Drayton
Sonnet XIX You Cannot Love by Michael Drayton
Sonnet XLII Some Men There Be by Michael Drayton
Reprise by Ogden Nash
To Keep Your Marriage Brimming by Ogden Nash
The Height of the Ridiculous by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Encouragement by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mithridates by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To a Louse by Robert Burns
To a Mouse by Robert Burns
Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Song Of The Sandbags by Robert William Service
Cafe Comedy by Robert William Service
Kings Must Die by Robert William Service
Lowly Laureate by Robert William Service
The Receptionist by Robert William Service
Three Wives by Robert William Service
Sestina Of The Tramp a Royal by Rudyard Kipling
Cloony The Clown by Shel Silverstein
From The Flats by Sidney Lanier
The Jacquerie Chapter 1 by Sidney Lanier
The Jacquerie Chapter 2 by Sidney Lanier
The Jacquerie Chapter 3 by Sidney Lanier
The Jacquerie Chapter 4 by Sidney Lanier
The Jacquerie Chapter 5 by Sidney Lanier
I Dream of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair by Stephen Foster
Oh Susana! by Stephen Foster
The Lover in Hell by Stephen Vincent Benet
Mary-Jane McSunder by Stuart Macfarlane
A Warning on Spontaneous Combustion (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Duck!! (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Epitaph For a Haggis (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Epitaph on Jack McMarra (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Humpty Dumpty (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Ode Tae a Bumble Bee (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
On a Lass of Amazonian Stature (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Tae a Backle (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Tae an American Tourist (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Target Practice (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
To a Brussels Sprout (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
Gus The Theatre Cat by T S Eliot
Macavity The Mystery Cat by T S Eliot
The Old Gumbie Cat by T S Eliot
A Cooking Egg by T. S. Eliot
Aunt Helen by T. S. Eliot
Conversation Galante by T. S. Eliot
Cousin Nancy by T. S. Eliot
Dans le Restaurant by T. S. Eliot
Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
Gerontion by T. S. Eliot
Hysteria by T. S. Eliot
La Figlia Che Piange by T. S. Eliot
Le Directeur by T. S. Eliot
Lune de Miel by T. S. Eliot
Melange adultere de tout by T. S. Eliot
Target Practice (From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart
McLean
Category : Funny Poems
Ah've jist shot my mither,
Noo that may seem strange,
But Ah'd jist bought a gun,
And she wis in range.
Aunt Helen by T. S.
Eliot
Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,
And lived in a small house near a fashionable square
Cared for by servants to the number of four.
Now when she died there was silence in heaven
And silence at her end of the street.
The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet--
He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
The dogs were handsomely provided for,
But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,
And the footman sat upon the dining-table
Holding the second housemaid on his knees--
Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.
To a Brussels Sprout
(From No' Rabbie Burns) by Stuart McLean
O, Brussels sprout sae green and round,
Ye sit upon ma plate,
So innocently mystifying,
The cause o’ much debate.
Some say ye taste like camel droppings,
While others think you great,
I’m sure your sitting there a wonderin’,
Whit’s goin’ tae be your fate.
So let me tell you o’ so quick,
As nervously you wait,
That I find you e’er so loathsome,
So you definitely won’t be ate.
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