Slipped DiscI think I suffered an accidental,
maybe physical, maybe mental.
Was there something that I missed?
Perhaps, my brain has slipped a disc....
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Categories:
silly,
Form: Epigram
A Change in Thinking
A penny for my thoughts once made my day
Now a dollar doesn’t go a long way
...
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Categories:
change, money,
Form: Epigram
Thousandth PoemThis is my thousandth poem on PoetrySoup.
I hope it's not a bunch of...goop.
If you don't like this one, I'm pretty shore
you won't like the others any more.
...
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Categories:
silly,
Form: Epigram
A Snail's ChancesMay I have the pleasure of this dance?
I hope I have a better chance
than the sliding snail you see and stalk,
slowly slinking on the sidewalk....
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Categories:
animal, dance, humor,
Form: Epigram
diaphanous raiment's explicate
Categories:
allusion, funny love, nature,
Form: Epigram
Fly Off the Pages
Why can’t we learn beforehand
life lessons we learn afterwards
Not grounded in experience
words fly off the pages like birds
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Categories:
bird, flying, life, words,
Form: Epigram
Categories:
extended metaphor, passion, sensual,
Form: Epigram
Categories:
adventure, beautiful, blessing, sensual,
Form: Epigram
Ants on my PantsOnce, when I got bored,
I spied the Golden Horde,
or, was it just some ants
crawling up my pants?...
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Categories:
animal, history, silly,
Form: Epigram
King Solomon's Throne
Twelve brave eagles dare
face twelve proud lions
topping his chair
Nearby, the wolf lies with the lamb
Scenes of peace
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Categories:
animal, bird, leadership, peace,
Form: Epigram
Date with a CarbohydrateCarbohydrate, pleased to meet you.
How happily I greet you.
Pull up a chair, let me seat you.
And now, I will eat you....
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Categories:
food, silly,
Form: Epigram
Pancake Meditations"Will I grow to be much fatter?"
I wondered as I stirred the batter,
"and, if I do, what would it matter?",
as the pancakes, they grew flatter.
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Categories:
food, silly,
Form: Epigram
Categories:
extended metaphor,
Form: Epigram
Taking back what's mineScreams taking up all I own
Screams making me believe I am no one
Screams enchanting him over my sorrow
Cause his joy only lies on my failed tomorrow.
They try and try
To ensure I give up
My eyes cry
For they never give up.
They take my beauty
They take my time
They take my energy
To I can never...
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Categories:
abuse, allegory, analogy, anger,
Form: Epigram
Says the RabbitI'm a rabbit. That's what I said,
and I don't care what you have read -
with eyes on both sides of my head,
you won't ever catch me dead....
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Epigram
Specific Types of Epigram Poems
Read wonderful epigram poetry on the following sub-topics:
epitaph, family, funny, life, poet, shape, sonnet,
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Definition | What is Epigram in Poetry?