FUNNY /SILLY POEMS

This category includes all of my funny poems but be warned! Some are gentle humour, and others involve toilet humour and bogies, but I only wrote them because the children made me do it: I’m a good girl really!
I have also mixed in my silly, imaginative poems, which are often funny too purely because of their silly content. Often I write these when I’m in a thinking, wondering mood. Usually I start off being sensible and then I end up back in childish mode after I’ve written a couple of verses! I love to write alien poems, as they are not restricted by facts but can go where the rhyming leads me, no matter how silly that might be, so I’m often surprised by the ending myself. On the other hand, sometimes I start with a joke, or a punchline, and write the poem with that intention in mind. Generally, my silly poems come under the category of “Creative Writing”, ie, writing using your imagination. Every child has an advantage when it comes to doing creative writing as children already have such a great imagination, so you just need to learn the writing techniques. Have a look at the TEACHERS’ PAGE, CREATIVE WRITING, for some ideas to get you started with creative writing.

Mary Had a Little lamb

20 June 2012

  This is nothing more than a silly poem based on the original nursery rhyme, and using the same rhyme and rhythm pattern.     Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was dirty black

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Mary and her Little Lamb

20 June 2012

This alternative story of Mary and her little lamb includes the original simile and a new metaphor.  Other than that, is just a silly poem using the same rhyme and rhythm pattern, but telling an entirely different story with not quite the same pleasantries as the original nursery rhyme!

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Little Miss Muffet (Alternative)

19 June 2012

  This silly alternative nursery rhyme is a very basic adaptation of the original showing how a very simple alteration can make a big difference to the overall poem, whether it be to the emotion of a poem,  the humour, the story, or the outcome.  Making tiny adaptations like this help the beginner poet to […]

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Little Boy Blue and Friends

18 June 2012

  This creative alternative nursery rhyme definitely rates among my ‘unpleasant, childish’ silly poems and uses a list format to go through the colours. It has elements of alliteration throughout and uses hyperbole as humour.   Little Boy Green, go blow your nose; It’s constantly dripping all over your toes. But where is the boy […]

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Incy Wincy Spider (Alternative Nursery Rhyme)

18 June 2012

    Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout Down came a paper, and gave him such a clout Out came the raindrops and washed him down the drain Now Incy Wincy spider will not be back again.

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A Day in the Life of Humpty Dumpty

18 June 2012

  These are a couple of creatively silly Humpty Dumpty alternative poems that are firm favourites with the children in my Fun With Poetry assemblies.  There is a token gesture of hyperbole used as humour, but otherwise they are  just funny poems!   Humpty Dumpty sat on my knee Humpty Dumpty had a great wee

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Shoe Shopping

28 May 2012

      This short silly poem is written with rhyme and rhythm, but I can say no more than that!

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The Royal Reply

2 April 2012

      This funny letter poem has rhyme, rhythm, and lots of word play in the appropriate language to make it suitable as a performance poem, imagined to be written as a reply from the queen to my Royal Pardon poem.  It is also an excellent example of alliteration and consonance poetry.

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Ghastly Gases

6 March 2012

  WARNING: This poem is not appropriate for adults! I was merely doing a sensible workshop on alliteration, when Hannah suggested the character “Burping Bailey”, and the poem went downhill with the story from there.  I personally am appalled at the end result, but I definately blame the children!

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Escalating Ambition

3 March 2012

  This shape poem is just a bit of fun, inspired by a true story of when I achieved a very odd ambition….

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