Silly Poems To Make You Smile In 2018
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Silly Poems To Make You Smile In 2018

Written by an expert amateur poet.

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Every once in a while, people get it into their heads that they would make great poets. Then they write a couple of poems they think are absolute gold and gradually lose interest in the art form. I am trying to not be that person.

I got interested in poetry, sometime in late 2017 and I decided I would learn about the different styles of poetry that existed. I read about sonnets, epics, limericks, and haikus. The last two caught my interest most of all.

For those who have never heard of a haiku, it is a Japanese poem that consists of only seventeen syllables that are written in 3 lines. Traditionally, the first line has five syllables, the second has seven and the third has five again.

However, I noticed that some modern haikus do not follow that pattern. But that’s okay. Being the beginner I am, I am content to start traditional and then, if my interest doesn’t wane, move on to something more adventurous.

Typically, haikus are used to describe the natural environment and what can be seen. It is usually really straightforward. Unfortunately, mine are not in the best of shape. You know how poetry makes people just try too hard? That’s me.

Here are my haikus, exposed for the world to see.

1. Crusty eyes open wide

Sun bright, morning’s glory

Waking death in peril

I wrote this one when I tried and failed to get out of bed in the morning.

2. Bright stars in the sky

Resemble headlamps of cars

It is a good night

As you can guess, this was written at night.

3. No tweeting birdies

To wake me up this morning

The winter blessing

This was written based on a random reflection of how long I sleep in on Saturdays in university.

4. Yellow in the morn

Golden Pythagoras west

Darkness calling forth

This is a bit more ambiguous. I wrote this while watching the sunset. Strangely, the world wasn’t straight and the line of the horizon combined with the light to form a right-angled triangle. Pythagoras, get it?

For some reason, it was easier for me to create multiple badly written haikus than a single badly written limerick. Limericks are really popular and are usually the bases of nursery rhymes. A limerick is a funny verse poem of three long lines and two short lines following the AABBA rhyming scheme.

After much effort, I was able to come up with one limerick.

5. There are no leaves on winter trees

All blown away by the fall breeze

The trees dying

Umbrellas flying

Noses go numb and fingers freeze

That was written when I was trying to describe my first experience with winter in Syracuse.

All in all, I hope my amateur poetry made you crack a smile. Hopefully, I won’t lose interest and will thus have something actually good to present one day.

Feel free to comment your thoughts on which was the best or worst!



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