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Irony Poems | Examples of Irony Poetry

Irony Poems - Examples of all types of irony poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for irony.
DELUSIONAL
It's an illusion Says the teacher Not all you see Are reality Many are delusional It only makes you emotional. People deceiving people People believing void Words without actions It's all delusional A propaganda Taking wrong for right. Like a old saying Ain't...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Listening to your eyes
I have been listening to your eyes...you seem to have left without saying goodbye...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member O'Eleventh Province
Shall our neighbor to the Great White North become our fifty-first state? To be proudly crowned their eleventh province might prove a better fate Fresh air, clear lakes and grand vistas not to be beat Maro-O-largo/Maple Leaf Hotel...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, satire,
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member My Family's Away - Why Do I Moan
No highlights today My family's away I miss them more than I can say So, why do I moan ... When they...Read the rest...
Categories: family, irony, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Scolding the choice
A choice Without choice No question arose For this birthing In blackness and Sharp voices Scolding the choice.. Regrets For the choice arose Imagined alternatives Without sharpness Without edges of an Imagined identity.. Masks worn with Pride and misgiving Pain and elation Comfort and shame Colored to perfection The separation game.. Yet in...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, farewell, irony, words,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh
I have the rhythm of a winding road how do I consign myself to being confined rows of poplar pillars prop the rendezvous canopy beneath we meet —I self-cajole on ooh-la-la afternoon yellow eyes; daffodils watching lean into gossip...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, angst, conflict, endurance, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Thoughts are Things
My brain is swirling, Sounds are Twirling. Thoughts are things, Little balloons on strings. Floating through the mind, Hoping to find, a place to land, And attach, To implement their plan. Silently doing what they can, Plotting the direction. Changing your perception, To be the first of...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member set for life
set for life ...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, life, perspective,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Irony
This life is My expectations of the next She says. It's The result of my previous I say. We fight Like A cock and a hen Hungry... Thirsty... Beastly humans watch. ...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member She Never Let Her Daughters Keep Anything Messy
Persnickety fussbudget never had a mess Raised two daughters – Wilhemina and Tess They both became hoarders by age seventeen No lie, I am not attempting to insult or be mean. Their mother had spent years throwing their treasures...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Rhyme
Light N Dark
stardust golden veil streams ‘cross an elfin nymph deep buried dark lurks ...Read the rest...
Categories: identity, irony, word play,
Form: Senryu
things i need
I don’t need the sun; no friends, no car I don’t need books, no name, no telephone, I don’t need Homer, neither croissants, nor cat, I don’t need medication Neither table nor sugar, I don’t need a watch, I don’t need a...Read the rest...
Categories: 10th grade, irony, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rat trap
The ancient scriptures are both boon and bane on one hand holding out a ray of hope yet also becoming a thought form chain letting us not with light of truth elope. Each breath we take anchors us deeper...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, irony, religion, spiritual,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Said Trump to those gathered:
Said Trump to those gathered: I was only sent to help America's lost, sick, and poor - not them illegal aliens or pet-eating refugees, that's for sure. Let 'em all be deported - let 'em all be shown...Read the rest...
Categories: gospel, immigration, irony, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rapid Dating During Lunch
Brief introductions Compact conversations Abrupt move aways Thirty-minute lunches Timed in ten-minute intervals For singles who want to remain single...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Free verse

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