Live Life Team
Funny poems evoke laughter and happiness, which is therapeutic in relieving the strains and stresses of life. Laughter is a language beyond words that everyone can respond to. Funny poems have originated from Celtic folk songs and pub songs in old English. This type of poem uses numerous kinds of wit which are not allowed in a conventional writing style. Funny poems are antidotes for the hardships of today such as our stressed and overwhelming lifestyles.
Funny school poems are suitable for children of all ages but are mostly aimed at primary school children between 7-11 years old. They combine humour, wisdom and wit to make children reading them laugh and smile. School poems are all about pupils, teachers and school activities. They focus on unpleasant aspects of school such as boring lessons, horrible teachers, disgusting food and misfortunes that happen to naughty pupils. One example of a funny school poem is ‘Half Truths’ that goes:
‘Timmy, please tell the class
What does your father do,’
‘Miss, he’s a magician
He saws people in two’.
‘So, who else lives with you,’
‘Well, there’s me, my mother
My two half-sisters and
My other half-brother’.
Half Truths is a poem that tells about a student’s first day in a new school or a new class. In the presence of the entire class, the teacher asks everyone about their families and themselves. The exercise was intended to put all the pupils at ease. But when Timmy’s (the character mentioned on the poem) turn came, his answers to his teacher’s questions are less than reassuring.
