What are good poems with a twist at the end?

Answer 1

Perhaps try,

WOMAN'S LOVE POEM

Before I lay me down to sleep,

I pray for a man, who's not a creep.

One who's handsome, smart and strong.

One who loves to listen long.

One who thinks before he speaks.

One who'll call, not wait for weeks.

I pray he's gainfully employed.

When I spend cash, won't be annoyed.

Pulls out my chair and opens my door.

Massages my back and begs to do more.

Oh! Send me a man who'll make love to my mind.

Knows what to answer to "how big is my behind?"

I pray that this man will love me to no end,

And always be my very best friend.

MAN'S LOVE POEM

I pray for a deaf-mute nymphomaniac with

huge boobs who owns a bar on a golf course,

and loves to send me fishing and hunting. This

doesn't rhyme and I don't give a s*&(.

Limericks could be another example :

There was a young man of Peru

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe

He woke up at night in a terrible fright

And found it was perfectly true.

Also see Shakespeare's sonnets, such as Sonnet CXLI:

In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note; But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise, Who, in despite of view, is pleased to dote. Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited To any sensual feast with thee alone: But my five wits nor my five senses can Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee, Who leaves unsway'd the likeness of a man, Thy proud heart's slave and vassal wretch to be: Only my plague thus far I count my gain, That she that makes me sin awards me pain.

Answer 2

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe are all examples of poems with surprising twists at the end that leave readers with a new perspective or understanding.