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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PRACTICAL JOKES Matches Found: 19 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CURIOUS REMINISCENCE, by ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY (19TH CENTURY) Poem Text First Line: Of all the bloomin' awful things, the awfullest I've knowed Last Line: An' gallops off like madmen through the rain. Subject(s): Death; Drinks & Drinking; Memory; Practical Jokes; Dead, The; Wine; Pranks A YARN OF LAMBING FLAT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Call that a yarn!' said old tom pugh Last Line: His fix on lambing flat.' Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners;practical Jokes;story-telling; Pranks AND WHO DO YOU BELONG TO, by DEBRA MARQUART Poem Source First Line: Even in my ghost costume I'm recongnizable Last Line: And I end up winning %the whole goddamn jar Subject(s): Children; Halloween; Practical Jokes FALSE FRIENDS-LIKE, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was still a boy, an' mother's pride Last Line: An' thank en, I do veel a little shy. Subject(s): Distrust; Friendship - False Friends; Practical Jokes; Fair Weather Friends; Pranks HOW MCDOUGAL TOPPED THE SCORE, by THOMAS E. SPENCER Poem Text First Line: A peaceful spot is piper's flat. The folk that live around Last Line: For we played molongo cricket—and mcdougal topped the score! Subject(s): Animals; Cricket (game); Dogs; Practical Jokes; Sports; Pranks ONLY A PIN, by ISAAC HINTON BROWN Poem Text First Line: Only a pin, let it calmly lay Last Line: Its seat was not hurt, but the boy was raw. Subject(s): Pins; Practical Jokes; Pranks POLLY BE-EN UPZIDES WI' TOM, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Yesterday, d'ye know, I voun' / tom dumpy's cwoat an' smock-frock, down Last Line: Cut hoss-heäir down my neck. Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Practical Jokes; Revenge; Summer; Pranks SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: SHACK DYE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The white men played all sorts of jokes on me Last Line: What moved you about spoon river. Subject(s): Practical Jokes; Racism; Pranks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SWEATHOGS MEET CHARLIE'S ANGELS BEHIND THE SHED, by TODD FULLER Poem Source First Line: Some days we'd see brian or david scampering Last Line: In a glittering, tight ensemble I'd never seen Subject(s): Children; Games; Practical Jokes THE COWBOY, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Someone had spread an elaborate rumor about me, that I was Subject(s): Practical Jokes; Imagination; Motion Pictures; Pranks; Fancy; Movies; Cinema THE GUILE OF DAD MCGINNIS, by W. T. GOODGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When mcginnis struck the mining camp at jamberoora creek Last Line: "so, good morning, mr kangaroobie riley!" Alternate Author Name(s): Goodge, William Thomas Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Practical Jokes; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Pranks THE PRACTICAL JOKER, by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless Last Line: Upon a friend a man may spend a most delightful day. Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S. Subject(s): Humorists; Practical Jokes; Pranks THE SILKEN SNAKE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For sport my julia threw a lace Last Line: But though it scar'd, it did not bite. Subject(s): Animals; Practical Jokes; Snakes; Pranks; Serpents; Vipers THE SUNDOWNER'S SACRIFICE, by J. O. Poem Text First Line: Old jacky gazed on the setting sun Last Line: "h—m, clear out of here like—blazes!" Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Practical Jokes; Work; Workers; Pranks TILL EULENSPIEGEL, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Eulenspiegel, merry lad Last Line: Blooms with laughter and delight. Subject(s): Practical Jokes; Pranks TRICKSTER, by MARGARET C. SZUMOWSKI Poem Source First Line: You filled the governess's shoes with frogs Last Line: Make a stout cage of these arms Subject(s): Fathers; Old Age; Practical Jokes WALKS LIKE THIS, by G. A. P. (19TH CENTURY) Poem Text First Line: He was dry as georgie's poodle and was quickly growing worse Last Line: "this!!!" Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Practical Jokes; Revenge; Wine; Pranks WHAT DICK AN' I DID, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last week the browns ax'd nearly all Last Line: As bad as na'r a tun, min. Subject(s): Parties; Practical Jokes; Revenge; Winter; Pranks WHAT'S THE MATTER, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY SENSE OF HUMOR?, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is at least one thing I would less rather have ... Than a gangster Last Line: And that to mind is the perfect practical joke Subject(s): Practical Jokes |
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