Think again. There are endless amounts of silly, whimsical and funny poems sure to give you a chuckle. Below, you’ll find a selection of amusing poetry: Some imagine fun fantasy scenarios ...

What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, silly stories. They can be about anything, as long as they follow ...

A bloom of English rose. “Santa Claus” by Australian poet Andrew Barton “Banjo” Peterson (1864–1941) is a funny poem that imagines a humorous scene in which a watchman tries to stop a ...

Today’s Poem of the Day shows us Irving’s facility with verse. “A Certain Young Lady” is a funny poem in part because it channels the voice of the nineteenth-century gossip column, the sort of voice ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what ...

One poem, titled "Hiccoughs" is dedicated to her ... "That she was kind of silly and liked to indulge in play and nonsense with these children as a way of connecting with them." ...