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Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces.With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.
In the poem, the speaker refers to some exotic bird that has been with him his whole life. He also says, "I could not love except where Death / Was mingling his with Beauty's breath", a line often termed autobiographical as many of the women in Poe's love life were ill (an early love Jane Stanard died of tuberculosis , as did his wife Virginia ...
A clerihew (/ ˈ k l ɛr ɪ h j uː /) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.
Inspired by the best-selling children’s book, “Go the F*** to Sleep,” this hilarious new poem encourages social distancing. Samuel L. Jackson reads sweary poem to encourage people to stay at ...
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These are the best funny quotes to make you laugh about life, aging, family, work, and even nature. Enjoy quips from comedy greats like Bob Hope, Robin Williams, and more. 134 funny quotes that ...
This is a list of English poems over 1000 lines. This list includes poems that are generally identified as part of the long poem genre, being considerable in length, and with that length enhancing the poems' meaning or thematic weight. This alphabetical list is incomplete, as the label of long poem is selectively and inconsistently applied in ...
A category for poets whose verse is meant to be humorous. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. E. Epigrammatists (2 C, 21 P) H.