Poetry is said to be the best way to express your feelings. It is said that a poem is rich in case of words and his only treasure is his words. A poet can change the directions of stream of thought. It is not necessary that this can happen only with the help of serious poetry. Funny poetry can also be thought provoking. Poems are a form of poetry and funny poems can also serve the cause of changing the dimensions of thought and providing entertainment. The purpose of this is also more or less the same except the one difference that funny poetry falls in the category of humor. As cell phones have become very much common now, so funny poems are also shared on a great level through text messages. People forward these texts to each other and make them laugh. These poems are usually short but can carry big messages in them.

• By Emily Dickinson

Funny -- to be a Century --
And see the People -- going by --
I -- should die of the Oddity --
But then -- I'm not so staid -- as He --
He keeps His Secrets safely -- very --
Were He to tell -- extremely sorry
This Bashful Globe of Ours would be --
So dainty of Publicity –

• By David Lehman

Light rain is falling in Central Park
but not on Upper Fifth Avenue or Central Park West
where sun and sky are yellow and blue
Winds are gusting on Washington Square
through the arches and on to LaGuardia Place
but calm is the corner of 8th Street and Second Avenue
which reminds me of something John Ashbery said
about his poem "Crazy Weather" he said
he was in favor of all kinds of weather
just so long as it's genuine weather
which is always unusually bad, unusually
good, or unusually indifferent,
since there isn't really any norm for weather
When he was a boy his mother met a friend
who said, "Isn't this funny weather?"
It was one of his earliest memories

• By Kenn Nesbitt

I'm told by my snail that he will not get dressed.
He says that he's not feeling well.
It's not that he won't wear a coat or a vest;
he won't even put on his shell.
He's still in his bed as he lets out a yawn.
I tell him I think it's okay
to wait till tomorrow to put his shell on
since he's feeling sluggish today.

• By Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

• By Ogden Nash

This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.

• By Ogden Nash 

Celery, raw
Develops the jaw,
But celery, stewed,
Is more quietly chewed.

• A Secret

It’s OK to tell a secret
to a dolphin or a seal,
but a pig cannot be trusted,
for a pig will always squeal!

• By Robert Louis Stevenson

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

• By Lewis Carroll

How doth the little crocodile...
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!

• By --Kenn Nesbitt

I'm growing a truck in the garden.
It's true, though it may sound bizarre.
I'm growing a bus and an airplane,
a rocket, a boat, and a car.
I planted them yesterday morning.
I'm sure they'll be sprouting up soon.
I'll water them all every morning,
and care for them each afternoon.
My mother said, "Let's plant a garden,"
for gardens are one of her joys,
but I didn't have any plant seeds
so that's why I planted my toys.

• By Robert Louis Stevenson

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

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