My Favorite Short Poems

UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE (Dorothy Parker)
By the time you swear you're his
Shivering and Sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying ---
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.


THE COMMON'S GOOSE (Anonymous)
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common;
But lets the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from the goose.


HAMLET (Spike Milligan)
Said Hamlet to Ophelia -
"I'll do a sketch of thee.
What kind of pencil shall I use,
2B or not 2B?"

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