Poems about Humour

• Cinderella

  I guess you think you know this story.
  You don't. The real one's much more gory.

  by Roald Dahl 127 lines, 6 comments
• A Boy Named Sue

  Well, my daddy left home when I was three,
  and he didn't leave much to Ma and me,

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 70 lines, 22 comments
• Eletelephony

  Once there was an elephant,
  Who tried to use the telephant—

  by Laura Elizabeth Richards 11 lines, 30 comments
• My Fairy

  When once I wished to drink some gin
  It said "You must not quaff".

  by Lewis Carroll 17 lines, 6 comments
• Brother And Sister

  "SISTER, sister, go to bed!
  Go and rest your weary head."

  by Lewis Carroll 24 lines, 2 comments
• The Man from Ironbark

  It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,
  He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.

  by A B 'Banjo' Paterson 53 lines, 6 comments
• Enter This Deserted House

  But please walk softly as you do.
  Frogs dwell here and crickets too.

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 12 lines, 9 comments
• Daddy Fell into the Pond

  Everyone grumbled.  The sky was grey.
  We had nothing to do and nothing to say.

  by Alfred Noyes 19 lines, 24 comments
• Ballad of the Breadman

  Mary stood in the kitchen
  Baking a loaf of bread.

  by Charles Causley 80 lines, 5 comments
• Abdul Abulbul Amir

  The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
  And quite unaccustomed to fear,

  by William Percy French 56 lines, 6 comments
• The Camels Hump

  The Camel's hump is an ugly lump
  Which well you may see at the Zoo;

  by Rudyard Kipling 0 lines, 8 comments
• The Naming Of Cats

  The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
  It isn't just one of your holiday games;

  by T S Eliot 30 lines, 8 comments
• Rules And Regulations

  A short direction
  To avoid dejection,

  by Lewis Carroll 55 lines, 7 comments
• Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich

  A hippo sandwich is easy to make.
  All you do is simply take

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 11 lines
• The Glass Of Beer

  The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there
  Nearly killed me for asking the loan of a glass of beer:

  by James Stephens 12 lines, 65,535 comments
• To A Mouse, (The best Laid Schemes O' Mice An' Men)

  Wee, sleeket, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
  Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!

  by Robert Burns 55 lines, 6 comments
• Messy Room

  Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
  His underwear is hanging on the lamp.

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 16 lines, 8 comments
• Ultimately

  He tried to spit out the truth;
  Dry-mouthed at first,

  by Ernest Hemingway 3 lines, 4 comments
• The 'Ole In The Ark

  One evening at dusk as Noah stood on his Ark,
  Putting green oil in starboard side lamp,

  by Marriott Edgar 68 lines, 8 comments
• Madam and The Rent Man

  The rent man knocked.
  He said, Howdy-do?

  by Langston Hughes 35 lines, 65,535 comments
• A Bush Christening

  On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
  And men of religion are scanty,

  by A B 'Banjo' Paterson 48 lines, 6 comments
• The Vulture (Parody of Poe's "Raven")

  Once upon a midnight chilling, as I held my feet unwilling
  O'er a tub of scalding water, at a heat of ninety-four;

  by Anonymous Americas 112 lines
• The Man from Waterloo (With kind Regards to Banjo)

  It was  the Man from Waterloo,
      When work in town was slack,

  by Henry Lawson 76 lines, 2 comments
• The Meehoo With An Exactlywatt

  Knock knock!
  Who's there?

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 29 lines, 2 comments
• In Search Of Cinderella

  From dusk to dawn,
  From town to town,

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 9 lines
• At the Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me

  Dear Madam, you have seen this play;
  I never saw it till today.

  by A P Herbert 25 lines, 2 comments
• Mulga Bill's Bicycle

  'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze;
  He turned away the good old horse that served him many days;

  by A B 'Banjo' Paterson 40 lines, 2 comments
• Crowded Tub

  There are too many kids in this tub
  There are too many elbows to scrub

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 5 lines, 4 comments
• The Old Gumbie Cat

  I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
  Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard spots.

  by T S Eliot 44 lines, 3 comments
• The Recumbent Posture

  The day after Christmas, young Albert
  Were what's called, confined to his bed,

  by Marriott Edgar 88 lines, 5 comments

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