Poetry Jokes
85 poetry jokes and hilarious poetry puns to laugh out loud. Read jokes about poetry that are clean and suitable for kids and friends.
Do you need a break from bad slam poetry, prose, or scripts? Then read through these hilarious poetry jokes to temporarily escape the literary world and lighten up your day. With jokes inspired by Vincent Van Gogh and other classic poets, you'll have more than enough reasons to laugh and smile!
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Funniest Poetry Short Jokes
Short poetry jokes and puns are one of the best ways to have fun with word play in English. The poetry humour may include short wrote poem jokes also.
- Edgar Allen Poe is about to walk into a tree and you only have enough time to say one word before he hits it. What should you say to him? Poetry!
- What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? A key!
This is one of the oldest jokes ever recorded. It was found in a 10th century book of Anglo Saxon poetry. - I'm considering taking a position to translate old Mongolian poetry The job has its prose and Khans
- Why shouldn't you study French philosophy before Roman poetry? Because that would be putting Descarte before the Horace.
- I'm considering taking a position translating old Mongolian poetry. The jobs has its prose and Khans.
Happy cake day to me! - I'm starting a club that discusses the good and bad parts of poetry in prison. It's called "Prose and Cons"
- My best mate's dyslexic and one of our teachers suggested he try poetry He's made 3 vases so far
- I started a poetry club at the prison I work at. It's great for the inmates, but does mean I have to stay late with no extra pay It's got prose and cons.
- I have been weighing the pros and cons about reading poetry to prisoners. Pros: prose
Cons: cons - Bathroom Poetry This little throne I call my own
I aim to keep it neat
So drain your soul, pee down the hole
And not upon the seat
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Poetry One Liners
Which poetry one liners are funny enough to crack down and make fun with poetry? I can suggest the ones about literature and prose.
- Why was the prison poetry slam cancelled? There were more cons than prose
- I have started teaching a poetry class at my local jail It's called prose and cons
- What's the winter solstice's favorite way to express itself? "Light" poetry.
- What do you call someone who writes poetry for their dead lover? A necromantic.
- I wrote down what I thought about mongolian poetry It has its prose and its Khans
- Roses are gray Violets are gray
I'm color blind
And not very good at poetry - Does Zuckerberg like poetry? Yes, he's never met-a-verse he didn't like.
- Roses Are Red Roses are red,
I like Darth Vader.
Poetry is hard,
calculator. - Why can't you read cat poetry to children? Because it's all purr-verse.
- Why are programmers so good at poetry? Well, all words rhyme in binary.
- What would you call an ogre who can write and recite poetry?? Shrekspeare!!!
- I like to edit my poetry while driving backwards. I call it reverse.
- I took a poetry class at an all-girls school It was called Girls Gone Wilde.
- Poverty is poetry to me... Mainly because I'm dyslexic.
- Telling your parents your a philosophy major is like reading them poetry They snap
Slam Poetry Jokes
Here is a list of funny slam poetry jokes and even better slam poetry puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- What do you call a reptile that goes to a poetry slam? A snapping turtle.
- Apple started selling slam poetry books. Quran suddenly become popular in the west.
Bad Poetry Jokes
Here is a list of funny bad poetry jokes and even better bad poetry puns that will make you laugh with friends.
- Best love poem Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm bad at poetry, date me
Happy Poetry Jokes for a Lighthearted Night with Friends
What funny jokes about poetry you can tell and make people laugh? An example I can give is a clean lyrics jokes that will for sure put a smile on everyones mouth and help you make poetry pranks.
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There was once a poetry competition...
and it was down to the final two contestants. The first was an English Lit professor from Harvard while the second was a country boy from the back woods of Alabama who had somehow made it that far.
For the finals the moderator says "Gentleman, I will now ask each of you to create a poem using the word 'Timbuctu.' Good luck and may the best man win. Harvard, you may go first."
The professor takes the stage, stands there for a second, clears his t**... and says -
"Across the burning desert sands, winds a lonely caravan.
Camels traveling two by two, destination Timbuctu"
The audience is thoroughly impressed and considers the competition practically over, but Alabama still gets his shot.
He slowly takes the stage and scratches his head for a minute before beginning-
"A camping me and Tim we went,
Met three girls in a pop-up tent,
They were three and we were two,
So I bucked one and Tim bucked two"
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National Poetry Contest - Timbuktu
For the record, this is not my joke. I heard somebody tell it then found it online.
" The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists: a Yale graduate and a r**... from Wyoming. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was "Timbuktu".
First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan.
Men on camels, two by two
Destination---Timbuktu.
The crowd went crazy! No way could the r**... top that, they thought. The r**... calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:
Me and Tim a-huntin went,
Met three w**... in a pop up tent.
They was three, and we was two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
The r**... won hands down!
There once was a gasman named Peter...
Who, one day while reading the meter
Used a match for a light
He blew out of sight
And as anyone who knows anything about poetry will tell you, he also ruined the meter.
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Did you hear about the man who had a car accident whilst m**... to poetry?
He came to a full stop.
A little advice on poetry.....
If you don't know if you like a poem or not just perform the ex lax test. See if it moves you
Chipotle Haiku
This chipotle is having a poetry contest for some reason. Here's my haiku:
Eating chipotle.
They messed up my order... Again
I will die alone
Would you like to see some of my poetry?
ypo
What would Captain Kirk be called if he wrote poetry?
Prose and Khans.
What do you call a rap battle between Muslims?
Islam Poetry
What happened to the performer who read poetry to terminally ill patients?
He suffered an elegiac reaction.
[GoT] What is Little Finger's favorite thing about poetry?
"Shtanzas"
Two men were chatting in a bar
"So what do you do?"
"I write"
"Oh, poetry or prose?"
"Neither, I write cartoons"
"Why's that?"
"No rhyme or reason"
I've decided to teach postcolonial theory instead of seventeenth-century poetry.
Because, you know, easier Said than Donne.
I wrote a Haiku
Poetry is hard
Like Mr. Jared Fogle
At a kid's party
Did you hear about the poet who liked to dip his work in moisturiser?
It was poetry in lotion
My pet horse has started writing poetry.
Edgar Allan Poe-ny
What do you get when you cross Edgar Allen Poe and an oak?
A sturdy poetry.
"So I was wondering, are you into poetry?"
I amb
Why is a line of poetry 30 centimetres long?
Because it's a metric foot.
What do you call a financially unstable law enforcement officer that writes dark poetry and literature?
A po popo Poe
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Poetry contest
A r**... and a Harvard graduate are in a poetry contest where they have to come up with a poem that has the word Timbuktu in it. The Harvard graduate goes first.
Amongst the desert sands
Away ride the caravans
Camels leaving, two by two
Destination: Timbuktu
The audience applauds, thinking that the r**... does not have a chance. Then the r**... goes.
Me and Tim a'huntin' went,
Found some w**... in a pop up tent.
They was three and we was two
So I bucked one and Timbuktu!
Marshall taught his students poetry, painting and scultping...
He called the course Mixed Marshall Arts.
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I dumped a girl because she wouldn't let me read poetry.
Prose before h**....
Why did Popeye lose the final round of the poetry competition?
He couldn't stanza no more
What do you call the head judge of a poetry competition?
The poetic justice.
What did Spiderman say at the poetry jam?
I don't feel so good.
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Poetry contest
At a poetry contest where the contestants are given one word they must create a poem from, there was competition between a well regarded poet and a r**.... The word given to them was Timbuktu and the poet was to go first.
Almost immediately the poet starts speaking..
Slowly across the desert sands, treks a lonely caravan, men on camels, two by two, there destination, Timbuktu.
No one thought the r**... could even compete but nonetheless he immediately stands and says,
Me and Tim a huntin' went, met three w**... in a pop up tent, they was three and we was two so I buck one and Tim buck two
When I'm on the toilet I like to compose rhyming couplets
It's poetry in motion
What do you call a room full of redheads listening to poetry readings?
Ginger snaps
This morning was all about Shakespeare. This afternoon it's all about his poetry.
Things are going from Bard to Verse
*^(Credit to my mate, Martin)*
Actor Hugh Laurie was so fond of the works of Samuel Beckett that he once devoured an entire anthology of his poetry.
Hugh felt that he deserved to be a poet Laurie ate.
Went to a poetry event for people who are tired of reading "The Raven."
It was an Ex-Poe Expo.
Roses are red. Violets are blue…
Poetry is hard. I'm hungry hmmmm
Hard
Hard boiled eggs
Mmmm bacon and eggs
Sorry where was I?
Poetry and Short Stories
"I'm afraid I've caught poetry."
"Oh, really? Well, don't worry, sir. I used to... suffer from short stories."
"Really? When?"
"Oh, once upon a time."
My dyslexic support group held a slam poetry competition
Doug got first with a great piece about racial tensions in America.
Anna got second with a touching monologue about women's rights.
I got third by smashing an urn.
Did you hear about the book of poetry that the Black Eyed Peas are publishing?
It's written in Will.I.Ambic Pentameter
There was a poetry competition final with two contestants, a university student and an old country man.
They each had 20 seconds to come up with a poem about Timbuktu.
The student goes first and says " Across the desert sands, crossed a lonely caravan, men on camels two by two, destination Timbuktu."
The crowd goes wild cheering for the poem.
The old country man then goes, "Tim and I off hunting went, found some girls in a pop up tent, they were three and we were two and I buck one and Tim buck two."
There was a firefighter who always recited a poetry verse before extinguishing a blaze.
He was a real prose before hose kinda guy.
I prefer to read poetry in braille for some reason.
I just really feel the words a lot more.
They told me I would not be any good at poetry because I am dyslexic.
But now i make the most beautiful vases.
