poetic device: Pun Poems

Puns are words or phrases with double meanings. That is, they can be taken in either of two ways, which can sometimes be very funny. Pun poems are poems that use puns to make you laugh.

Some puns are homophones, words that sound alike, but are spelled differently, such as “I have bear feet.” Others are homonyms, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as “these batteries are free of charge.” Some are simply words that sound similar, such as “Today in the garden I wet my plants.” Still others are phrases that can mean two different things depending on whether you take them literally or figuratively, such as “the weight lifter held up a bank.”

These pun poems all include words or phrases with double meanings, either at the end or throughout the poem. See if you can count how many poems are in each.

Catastrophe
Christmas Cat
Underneath an Apple Tree by Kenn Nesbitt
Underneath an Apple Tree
Don’t Ever Ask a Centipede
My Kiwi Is the Captain
How Did You Get So Mean by Kenn Nesbitt
How Did You Get So Mean?
Spring Is Here!
The Technobabylonians
The Technobabylonians
Kitten Fight by Kenn Nesbitt
Kitten Fight
Speedy Sid
What a Trip by Kenn Nesbitt
What a Trip!
Learning Languages by Kenn Nesbitt
Learning Languages
Jim Sox by Kenn Nesbitt
Jim Sox
The Summer Isn't Like a Book by Kenn Nesbitt
The Summer Isn’t Like a Book
My Feet by Kenn Nesbitt
My Feet
Dizzy Dottie’s Dog Salon
I Like My Triangular Kitten
I Like My Triangular Kitten
My Parrot Doesn’t Care to Fly
We Give Each Other Cuckoo Clocks
Sam Who Only Ate Jam by Kenn Nesbitt
Sam, Who Only Ate Jam
Be-were of Neighbor by Kenn Nesbitt
Be-were of Neighbor
What a Ham
Frog Ball
Santa's Beard by Kenn Nesbitt
Santa’s Beard

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