Whimsical Poems of Laughter and Wit
Explore a collection of humorous and entertaining poems, from doggerel verses to witty limericks, showcasing the lighter side of poetry. Delight in clever epigrams, playful limericks, and amusing anecdotes that bring a smile to your face. Dive into the world of comedic poetry and enjoy the fun and laughter woven into each line.
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Poems with Humor & Fun
Doggerel Bad verse Full of clich s Clumsy-sounding Irregular meter These are funny, but unintentionally so the poet did not mean for it to be funny (Like old horror films) Called giftedly bad
The Tay Bridge Disaster by William McGonagall It must have been an awful sight, To witness in the dusky moonlight, While the Storm Fiend did laugh, and angry did bray, Along the Railway Bridge of the Silv ry Tay, Oh! ill-fated Bridge of the Silv ry Tay, I must now conclude my lay By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay, That your central girders would not have given way, At least many sensible men do say, Had they been supported on each side with buttresses, At least many sensible men confesses, For the stronger we our houses do build, The less chance we have of being killed.
Epigram Pithy, witty poem Satirical Very short & quick poems (Pithy: using few words in a clever way) Examples: Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. by Coleridge
Candy Is dandy, But liquor Is quicker Ice Breaking by Ogden Nash Oscar Wilde I can resist everything except temptation. "
Limerick Light verse Usually anapestic lines (da da DUM Rhyme is AABBA Usually five lines Bawdy, irreverent themes
A Young Lady of Lynn There was a young lady of Lynn, Who was so uncommonly thin That when she essayed To drink lemonade She slipped through the straw and fell in.
There was an Old Man with a Beard by Edward Lear There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.
Parody Comic imitation of another poem. For example: We Old Dudes by Joan Murray A parody of We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We Left school. We We old dudes. We White shoes. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Golf ball. We Eat mall. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Soak teeth. We Palm Beach; We Jazz June. We Die soon. Vote red. We Soon dead.
Kenning & Neologism Kenning: compound word takes place of an ordinary noun ocean: whale-path blood: battle-sweat sun: sky-candle Neologism: a newly coined, invented word slithy gimble brillig chillax hinky brainworm redonculous etc.
Double Dactyl The Double Dactyl consists of Two quatrains* (the Double Dactyl has two stanzas) Each quatrain is made up of three double-dactyl lines, then the fourth line is a dactyl and a single stressed syllable. Dactyl: DUM da da (like in the words poetry or basketball) DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM Underlined DUMs Rhyme! The poems are silly first line is usually nonsense, second line is usually a proper name or person. *Quatrain (Four-line stanza which rhymes)
DOUBLE DACTYL example: Higgledy Piggledy, Bacon, lord Chancellor. Negligent, fell for the Paltrier vice. DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM Bribery toppled him, Bronchopneumonia Finished him, testing some Poultry on ice. vice & ice rhyme! (Ian Lancashire)
DOUBLE DACTYL example: Higgelvich Piggelvich Anna Karenina Russian romanticist cracked under strain. DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM Impetuosity caused her to tragically, melodramatically catch the next train. strain & train rhyme
