Humorous Poems

This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundings, and the society in which he lived. In most instances his humor is benevolent, but can turn malicious, for instance where Kentucky and Kentuckians are concerned.

By : Ignatius Brennan (1866 - 1922)

000 - To My Reader 001 - The Gossip 002 - The Shoemaker 003 - The Man you Owe 004 - 'Nothing to Wear' 005 - The Banker 006 - The Confidential Monger 007 - Our Barber 008 - In Wrong, as Usual 009 - She Wore a Hobble 010 - The Jollier 011 - He Did Wrong - We Think 012 - Circus Day 013 - The Tube Skirts' Passing 014 - Play Ball 015 - The Office Spittoon 016 - The Holiday Grin 017 - 'You're Looking Fine' 018 - The Expected Letter 019 - Bryan's Resignation 020 - Der Jitney 021 - Did this Ever Happen to You? 022 - 'You're Looking Bad' 023 - Auto 'Filosofy' 024 - Not Like I Used to Do 025 - He's Always First 026 - All the While 027 - The Mustache's Return 028 - The Collector 029 - Uncle Henry Talks 030 - 'When You and Me Were Boys' 031 - Tomorrow'll be Fair 032 - The Human Yard Stick 033 - My Lost Umbrella 034 - The Microbic Kiss 035 - When Doctors Disagree 036 - Jevver Move? 037 - Books Lent, but --? 038 - The Day that He Turned up His Toes 039 - The Old State is Dry 040 - Mistress Jekyll-Hyde 041 - Soliciting Cash Subscriptions 042 - 'Jimmie Jones' 043 - Vacation Time 044 - An Awful Hallowe'en 045 - To Woodrow 046 - How We Took in the Fair 047 - The Opposites 048 - Brennan is Quite a Humorist 049 - When She Married 050 - The Old Time Preacher 051 - The Nurse 052 - The Circus 053 - 'Jevver Drink' 054 - 'Etiquette' 055 - 'Show Me' 056 - Every Day 057 - Rearing the Baby 058 - The Blissful Grave 059 - When You Have the Coin 060 - Does this Remind You? 061 - Ever Own a Camera? 062 - Christmas is Fine - But Oh My! 063 - My Old Photograph 064 - The Proof Reader 065 - The Suffrage Cause 066 - Uncle Henry Talks on Divorces 067 - 'Uncle' Lias 068 - That Yaller Dog 069 - The Pole, It's Ours 070 - The Church End-Hog 071 - The 'Wazzers' 072 - I'll Take Mine by Trolley 073 - You Should Take Your Time 074 - The Knocker 075 - 'Teddy's Out' 076 - The First Christmas I Remember 077 - You're O.K., Miss Hobble 078 - The Close-Fitting Skirt 079 - The Harem Skirt 080 - The Sign of Spring 081 - The Office Roller-Towel 082 - Doddridge Reminiscing 083 - The Fellow Who Peddles the Books 084 - Mary Ellen Dwyer 085 - The Matinee Girl 086 - When We're Trimmed 087 - What Becomes of Our 'Tillies'? 088 - Pompous Flynn 089 - Percy Cranium 090 - Mister Pomposity 091 - She Was Truly a Faddist 092 - Running for Office 093 - The Fourth of Old July 094 - Those Gallant Boys in Blue 095 - This Fourth of July 096 - Memorial Day 097 - This Fourth Day of July 098 - Our Own Henry G. Davis 099 - A Leper 100 - Europe's War 101 - 'Wild Bob' Burman 102 - 'The Woman with the Baby' 103 - Vale 104 - Welcome 1915 105 - When Men Heed 106 - The Old Mulberry Tree 107 - To Our Departed Brothers 108 - The Municipal Christmas Tree 109 - Essence of Election Day 110 - In Behalf of Our Retail Clerks 111 - The Grave I'd Have 112 - To the Graduates 113 - The Constable's Sale 114 - Married for Money 115 - The Telegraph Operator 116 - The Saleslady 117 - Past, Present and Future 118 - The Telephone Girl 119 - Go-to-Church Sunday 120 - The Fulfilled Prophecy 121 - The World's Sweetest Story 122 - Ash Wednesday 123 - The Mother Church 124 - 'Tis Time to Bid Them Stop 125 - The Broken Sleigh 126 - The Siren Song 127 - Uncle Henry Talks - The Malcontents 128 - Jealousy 129 - Post Election Thoughts 130 - 'While We're Here' 131 - The Aviator Walsh 132 - Mother's Day 133 - Just You 134 - New Year's Resolutions 135 - The Knight of the Pencil and Pad 136 - The Christmas Spirit 137 - In Memory of Daniel V. Hughes 138 - Fannie's Death 139 - 'Mary and Joe' 140 - The Old and the New May Queen 141 - Matilda and Julia and Joe 142 - Mason and Henry 143 - 'Happy John' and 'Solemn Joe' 144 - 'The Upper and the Nether Stone'