Seriously Funny

Seriously Funny

Author: Barbara Hamby

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0820330876

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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.


Very Bad Poetry

Very Bad Poetry

Author: Kathryn Petras

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1997-03-25

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0679776222

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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).


Sarcastic Poetry

Sarcastic Poetry

Author: Janet Rosario

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1524507504

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Sarcastic Poetry is a compilation of anger, complaints, criticism, compliments, and feelings of love and lust written in poetic form for the relief of an ordinary married woman who decided not to remain silent. Using her eloquent, humorous, and sarcastic but artistic way to express her feelings, this fun poetic compilation promises to be very entertaining and interesting, perfect to help you understand the difficult things about the circumstances of living with a partner. Poesias sarcasticas es una compilacin de enojos, quejas, criticas, piropos y tambin sentimientos de amor y lujuria escrita en forma potica; para el desahogo de una mujer casada comn y corriente que decidio no quedarse callada. Usando su elocuencia en forma jocosa y sarcastica, pero artstico para expresar su sentir. Esta divertida compilacin potica promete ser muy entretenido e interesante. Perfecto para ayudarte a entender las cosas difciles sobre las circunstancias de vivir en pareja.


The Hatred of Poetry

The Hatred of Poetry

Author: Ben Lerner

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-06-07

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0865478201

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"The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance"--


I'm Just No Good at Rhyming

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming

Author: Chris Harris

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0316266590

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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


Sarcastic Poetry Iii- Satiric Whispers / Poesias Sarcasticas Iii- Susurros Satiricos

Sarcastic Poetry Iii- Satiric Whispers / Poesias Sarcasticas Iii- Susurros Satiricos

Author: Janet Rosario

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 1664190236

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The sarcastic poetry collection including "Loose Screws" and "Satiric Whispers" are a compilation of unique thoughts that's describe as poetic deceptions from a sarcastic point of view from couples that live passive aggressive lives together not realizing their toxic relationship is destroying what's left of their on going love for each other. / La coleccion de Poesias Sarcastica incluyendo "Tornillos Sueltos" y "Susurros Satiricos" son una compilacion de pensamientos unicos que describen decepciones poéticas desde el punto de vista sarcastico de parejas que viven vidas pasivo agresivos; juntos sin entender que sus relationes toxicas van destruyendo el amor que les queda poco a poco.


The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems

The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems

Author: Brian Moses

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

Published: 2021-05-25

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1760986380

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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.


Up Verses Down

Up Verses Down

Author: Calef Brown

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0805099298

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Enter the delightful world of this long-format picture book poetry collection from #1 New York Times-bestselling creator Calef Brown. This book is powered by 100% natural POETROLIUMTM A verse-based energy source (with verbal synergy, of course) This stupendous poetry collection is full of zany characters—from Sleepy LaFeete, who chooses to snooze in the busiest spots, to Mister Adam Hatter and the Lovely Lady Wigg, who had a fig banquet and danced a fancy jig, to a guy named Rexx who uses exxtra Xs every now and then. It’s an irresistible feast: whimsical, hilarious, and always inspired. Calef Brown—master of wordplay and whimsy—serves up a spectacular verbal and visual banquet! Christy Ottaviano Books