Categories:
allusion, beautiful, blessing, parody,
Form: Epyllion
'Et tu, Brute'March 27, 2025
The Bard's Birthday Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Oliver Mckeithan
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"Et tu, Brute?" appears in Act 3 Scene 1 of Julius Caesar. Words of Caesar to Brutus at the moment Brutus strikes.
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“Et tu, Brute?”
“Who me? "No! Never! Nay!"
This is yon Cassius’ gig.
I didn't wanna any part of it, you dig?
Now, please ~
kindly turn your head...
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Categories:
dark, humor, parody,
Form: Light Verse
Queens of Quasi - Mar 18The quivering quitters, quaking and quacking
In quite a quizzing quagmire, quietly
Quash their qualms. The ***** quest they have acquired,
Is a quandry of quantum quantity....
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Categories:
parody, anxiety, introspection, loss, pain,
Form: Alliteration
Pickle - Mar 19Pow! the pale powder pumps power into
The pastor’s panicked pulse. Peeing his pants,
He pulls his parcel and pitter-patters
To the piss-pot, paying his penile penance.
...
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Categories:
parody, corruption, drug, giggle, humor,
Form: Alliteration
The Prince Stands TallAh, behold
Prince William in uniform,
chiseled chin held high under ceremonial sunlight,
a speech polished like his medals,
echoing across parade grounds
as cameras hum like obedient bees.
“Duty, honor, courage,”
he proclaims,
as if reading from an antique scroll
dusted off for dramatic effect.
Crowds swoon.
Generals nod.
Newspapers burst into patriotic confetti.
And somewhere, in mahogany offices,
other leaders lean forward—
inspired, invigorated,
tugging at their tailored lapels,
murmuring,...
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Categories:
america, pain, parody, peace,
Form: Free verse
A Liar’s Living - Mar 4The luckless leper’s lousily lobbing
Lame libel at Lords and Ladies along
His lonesome lane, a lizard in limbo
Loafing on his lowly laurels, laughing....
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Categories:
parody, character, conflict, crazy, hate,
Form: Alliteration
The Mane Event - On The Catwalk
The Mane Event - On The Catwalk
And now for something completely different! I invite you to experience this unique blend of music, where this dynamic video brings to life the essence of anthropomorphism, in an entertaining portrayal, highlighting creatures with human-like traits - a total figment of my fertile imagination.
Meet a lion 'With Attitude' so...
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Categories:
fantasy, imagination, parody,
Form: Lyric
For talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lipFor talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lip.
If the teacher does ask you to talk, here is a little tip.
You unbutton your lip just like a button on your shirt.
The first few times, you may feel a little hurt.
So be gentle, so your lip ~ doesn't rip....
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Categories:
humor, hyperbole, nonsense, parody,
Form: Light Verse
Feathers and Foam(To the tune of “Home on the Range”)
Oh, give me a poem filled with feathers and foam
From a couch that remains on display,
Where, although it was new, it had feathers that flew
And that shouldn’t have happened that way.
Foam, foam made the change
From the pillows where feathers flew free
To a place you can sit...
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Categories:
parody,
Form: Lyric
Love and Double JeopardyIf I could I would fetch you the moon on a spoon
but I cannot fetch
the moon is extraterrestrial
However, I have spoons.
What is Blue Lagoon?
If I could I would, on a spoon fetch you the moon
because I have spoons
the moon is not readily ladled
Also, I cannot fetch.
What is Fantastic Four's Mr....
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Categories:
culture, parody, romantic love,
Form: Light Verse
Lingerielace like
a barbed wire fence
the last line
of defense
before everything
becomes senseless
again
for a while
that feels like
eternity
and we don’t want
to be anywhere else
don’t you look
demure
slipping casually
out of it,
straps fall past
your shoulders,
all that I dreamed
the look in your eyes enough
to set an army at...
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Categories:
parody, addiction, blessing, gothic, kiss,
Form: Free verse
The Sledgehammer - in Trumps own words
Folks ask why
I chose Elon as my guy,
Smart and tough
Knows how to fight even when rough,
Let him loose
To put woke projects in the noose,
Cause a stir
For progressives to deter,
Stop the rot
That placed us all in this garotte.
Act with haste
Take a sledgehammer to the waste,
Clean up house
Never mind who first we douse,
Set the scene
For what will...
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Categories:
parody, america, appreciation, immigration, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Not a tear for NapoleonLike Napoleon, I was born.
He led the French army,
I made sure the sheep got shorn.
And while I was covered deeply in sheep's doo,
he met his Waterloo.
And when on Saint Helena he died,
none of my sheep cried....
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Categories:
parody, 12th grade, dark, history,
Form: Rhyme
I won a poetry prize to go visit the lake isle of InnisfreeI won a poetry prize to go visit the lake isle of Innisfree.
But I didn't wanna go, cuz there's nothing there I particularly wanted to see.
I hear there's just a clay-and-wattles cabin
with a bunch a bees a-blabbin'
and nine rows of beans, and that doesn't really interest me.
...
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Categories:
parody, 12th grade, allusion, humor,
Form: Ekphrasis
As a poem, I'm quite uniqueI'm just one poem among a hundred billion,
to be followed, no doubt, by another hundred zillion.
But what sets me apart -
is that I do burp -
I do fart -
and, moreover - I take it all to heart....
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Categories:
parody, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Specific Types of Parody Poems
Definition | What is Parody in Poetry?
Poems Related to Parody
caricature, farce, joke, irony, satire, skit, burlesque, travesty, pastiche, cartoon, mimicry, apology, misrepresentation, mockery, ridicule, roast, lampoon, mime, jest, takeoff, raillery, copy, rib, derision, mock heroic