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The Oxford Book of Comic Verse

Author : John Gross
Publisher : Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
ISBN 13 : 9780199561612
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Comic Verse written by John Gross and published by Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From limericks to social satire, The Oxford Book of Comic Verse offers a remarkable collection of outstanding light poetry. John Gross has brought together the finest writers in the history of the English language - from Chaucer and Skelton to Shakespeare and Swift, Lord Byron to Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson to John Updike, as well as witty song lyrics from such artists as Irving Berlin and Cole Porter - offering delightful examples of their comic verse. Drawing on many different types of verse, including epigrams, street ballads, advertising jingles, clerihew, music-hall lyrics, and the doubledactyl of the calypso, this highly entertaining collection offers an exceptionally wide range of comic pleasures. The poems are by turns subtle, down-to-earth, macabre, ingenious, acerbic, ribald, and cheerful. Written to amuse, they call forth laughter and delight in equal measure. Compiled by one of our finest critics and anthologists, this reissue boasts a stylish new design and a fresh contemporary feel.

The Lion and Albert

Author : Marriott Edgar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780416584509
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Lion and Albert written by Marriott Edgar and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thora Hird, Roy Hudd and others read seventeen of Marriott Edgar's memorable monologues.

Comic Poems

Author : Peter Washington
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375413545
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Comic Poems written by Peter Washington and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2001 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets–from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W. H. Auden–and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, clerihews, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse. Comic Poemsis studded with unforgettable classics, along with lesser-known comic gems from across the ages, from ancient Rome to modern America. Here is the immortal “How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear” beside Noël Coward’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”; the incomparable “Jabberwocky” next to the famous “There was a young lady of Riga.” From Cole Porter and John Updike on love and marriage to Stevie Smith and Dorothy Parker on mortality to the ever-talented Anonymous on almost anything, the lighthearted poetry collected here ranges from the most delightful nonsense to the most sophisticated wit.

Very Bad Poetry

Author : Kathryn Petras
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679776222
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Very Bad Poetry written by Kathryn Petras and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997-03-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence. The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius. From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism. Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).

The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems

Author : Brian Moses
Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1760986380
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems written by Brian Moses and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems is a brilliantly funny anthology of the most giggle-worthy children's poems from one of the nations most celebrated children's poets, Brian Moses. Perfect for gifting and for reading aloud, you'll be chortling along with Brian as he shows you the funniest poems in the world! Explore chucklesome poems about pets, funny creatures, school, family, fantasy and fairy-tales, dinosaurs and dragons, space, and just plain SILLY poems. With poets such as Brian Bilston, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Pie Corbett and Paul Cookson next to Liz Brownlee, Mike Jubb, James Carter and Rachel Rooney, this is the ultimate hysterical collection of rib-tickling poems guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

Seriously Funny

Author : Barbara Hamby
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820330876
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Seriously Funny written by Barbara Hamby and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, Seriously Funny ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfoolery to those that glow with quiet wit to ones in which a laugh erupts in the midst of terrible darkness. Most of the selections were made in the editors' battered compact car, otherwise known as the Seriously Funny Mobile Unit. During the two years in which Barbara Hamby and David Kirby made their choices, they'd set out with a couple of boxes of books in the back seat, and whoever wasn't driving read to the other. When they found that a poem made both of them think but laugh as well, they earmarked it. Readers will find a true generosity in these poems, an eagerness to share ideas and emotions and also to entertain. The singer Ali Farka Tour said that honey is never good when it's only in one mouth, and the editors of Seriously Funny hope its readers find much to share with others.

Poem-mobiles

Author : J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
ISBN 13 : 0375987649
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Poem-mobiles written by J. Patrick Lewis and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback picture book features fresh, quirky poems by two picture-book poetry veterans which explore practically every kid's favorite topic: CARS! The U.S. Children's Poet Laureate and an award-winning children's poet join their prolific forces in this picture book of poems about cars. But they're not just any cars: there's the "Sloppy-Floppy-Nonstop-Jalopy" ("So unique there is no copy"); the Bathtub Limosine ("With hot water heating / And porcelain seating"); and the "High Heel Car." Each of the thirteen quirky, inventive poems will speak directly to the imaginations of children, as will Holmes's high-concept, detail-filled illustrations.

Fair to Piddling

Author : Lizzie Nelson
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781543992199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Fair to Piddling written by Lizzie Nelson and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh out loud look at middle age that removes the is it just me women wonder as they navigate parenthood through post menopause. If you're looking for menopause relief and midlife humor, Lizzie's illustrated poetry will definitely hit the spot.

No More Poems!

Author : Rhett Miller
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316416495
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book No More Poems! written by Rhett Miller and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist and bestselling artist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the foibles of modern family life. Full of clever wordplay and bright visual gags--and toilet humor to spare--these twenty-three rhyming poems make for an ideal read-aloud experience. Taking on the subjects of a bullying baseball coach and annoying little brothers with equally sly humor, renowned lyricist Rhett Miller's clever verses will have the whole family cackling.

Once Upon A Tomb

Author : J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0763618373
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon A Tomb written by J. Patrick Lewis and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can’t help but tickle the funny bone. Reader, if I had more time I’d say au revoir in rhyme, Sayonara, ciao in verse — But I have to catch a hearse. Peek inside Once Upon a Tomb and find twenty-two poems, each of which tells, in hilarious verse, the story of an untimely demise — from a school principal to a bully, a food critic to a cafeteria lady, an underwear salesman to a soccer player. Complemented by Simon Bartram’s deadpan illustrations, J. Patrick Lewis’s cryptic tour of headstones and epitaphs is silly, spooky — and far from grave.

Poetic Justice

Author : J. D. DuPuy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989140102
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Justice written by J. D. DuPuy and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift for the lawyers in your life -- for law school graduation, birthdays, firm holiday gifts, retirement, or just because. More than 70 vignettes from life in the practice of law are rendered here as wryly humorous poems. Each one stands alone as the sort of snapshot one lawyer might forward along to another for a laugh or a knowing nod. Together, they comprise a collection to be treasured by anyone who has lived through law school, first jobs, thrilling victories, eye-opening disappointments, and the lifestyle particular to this career choice. This book is not about laughing at lawyers. It's about laughing with them. It's for everyone who's in on the joke: Everyone who has witnessed the madness and met the quirky characters in this field. Everyone who, even just for a second, has wondered if they should have gone to medical school, culinary school... anything other than law school. Everyone who has ever sat down at the end of an evening and thought, "No one would even believe me if I told them about my day." We believe you. Editorial reviews: "In many of the poems, the authors capture perfectly the oddities of law practice and law school. 'Sisterhood' may be one of the most insightful poems that could be enjoyed within any profession. These poems... took the mundane and made it soar." - Arizona Bar Association "A book of candid truths and palpable honesty, with a sincerity that can only come from experience." - North Carolina Bar Association "A must-read for lawyers persisting in long-term practice who like to keep it light, who continue to muse on the sometimes bizarre world in which a lawyer finds himself or herself, and who simply enjoy a good poem." - Colorado Bar Association Featured on Above the Law and Bitter Lawyer. Named the SmallLaw Pick of the Week by TechnoLawyer. (Authors donate a portion of book proceeds to WomensLaw.org, The WomensLaw Project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.)

The Paper Doorway

Author : Dean Koontz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064409848
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book The Paper Doorway written by Dean Koontz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lighthearted poetry collection.

The New Oxford Book of Light Verse

Author : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192820754
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The New Oxford Book of Light Verse written by Kingsley Amis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingsley Amis has achieved his main objective in compiling The New Oxford Book of Light Verse--to raise a good-natured smile--by providing a witty and consistently entertaining survey of this tradition of English Writing. The book ranges from satire to nonsense verse, from deft vers de societe to epigrams and limericks.

W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

Author : W. H. Auden
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 159017089X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse written by W. H. Auden and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auden's celebrated anthology of light verse is packed with surprising finds while also offering a striking rethinking of the poetic canon. Commissioned by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, when Auden's own work was at its boldest, the book caught its original publisher off guard. For it is less a collection of humorous verses than a celebration of the popular voice in English, in which the work of great satirists like Swift and Byron keeps company with ballads, chanteys, ditties, nursery rhymes, street calls, bathroom graffiti, epitaphs, folk songs, vaudeville turns, limericks, and blues. Turning away from the post-Romantic cult of the sentimental lyric, Auden features poetry that is clear, enjoyable, and, no matter its age, absolutely modern. This new edition includes previously censored poems, together with Auden's remarkable introduction and a new preface by his literary executor, Edward Mendelson.

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming

Author : Chris Harris
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316266590
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book I'm Just No Good at Rhyming written by Chris Harris and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be." Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, and visual and verbal sleight-of-hand in masterful ways that make you look at the world in a whole new wonderfully upside-down way. With enthusiastic endorsements from bestselling luminaries such as Lemony Snicket, Judith Viorst, Andrea Beaty, and many others, this entirely unique collection offers a surprise around every corner. Adding to the fun: Lane Smith, bestselling creator of beloved hits like It's a Book and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, has spectacularly illustrated this extraordinary collection with nearly one hundred pieces of appropriately absurd art. It's a mischievous match made in heaven! "Ridiculous, nonsensical, peculiar, outrageous, possibly deranged--and utterly, totally, absolutely delicious. Read it! Immediately!" --Judith Viorst, bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The Three Einsteins

Author : Sarah Galvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Three Einsteins written by Sarah Galvin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. "THE THREE EINSTEINS is the funniest book of poetry you may ever read. In it, Galvin proves she's Seattle's bright and ambling consciousness corporeal. She stands on top of its roofs and accidentally symbolizes things she doesn't understand. She eats the food its people leave behind on the streets. She makes poetry of its sex and violence, its glittering and dank districts. Not since Theodore Roethke has that city had so obvious a laureate." Rich Smith"

Writing Funny Bone Poems

Author : Paul B. Janeczko
Publisher : Instructor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780439073493
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Writing Funny Bone Poems written by Paul B. Janeczko and published by Instructor Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet and teacher Paul Janeczko knows how to appeal to kids' sense of what's silly, while teaching them a thing or two about reading and writing poetry! Highly motivating sample poems and lessons show students how to write funny poems they will love to share with others. Great for reluctant writers. For use with Grades 3-6.