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'

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