The word poetry typically sparks thoughts of love poems and doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception ...

12 Famous Limerick Poems and Examples to Spark Your Creativity. ... This funny poem is a good reminder to simply enjoy nature as it is. READER'S DIGEST, GETTY IMAGES. 21.

12 Famous Limerick Poems and Examples to Spark Your Creativity. ... Or you could try some of these funny poems instead. RD.com, Getty Images. 5. A young Cretan. There was a young fellow of Crete, ...

Lovely Limericks. As Múinteoir John mentioned in the lesson, a limerick is a silly, funny poem with five lines. Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear, an English author who wrote the "Book of ...

In her debut poetry collection, GREAT EXODUS, GREAT WALL, GREAT PARTY (American Poetry Review, 86 pp., paper, $15), Chessy Normile is often funny — “All the books on time / are pretty good ...

Poetry round-up: True, funny poems in response to Covid-19. New collections from Rita Ann Higgins, Leeanne Quinn and Rachel Long. Poet Rita Ann Higgins . Martina Evans. Fri Oct 23 2020 - 06:00.

You’ll find a few funny ones below, but as I wrap up my cicada poetry contest, I’ve focused on those that are more than a punchline. Thank you to all the readers who entered. See you in 17 years?

There are several translations of Osip Mandelstam's "Stalin Epigram," a poem that mocked a tyrant who, like all tyrants, could not bear mockery. One of the more popular among them, a joint effort ...