Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, part poetry, funny roses-are-red ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Manraj has done a top-notch job, this poem is incredibly well written. It's clear there has been a huge amount of thought put into the rhythm and rhyme. Not to mention how funny it is, it had us ...

But poetry isn't just for adults. In fact, there are plenty of poems for kids that are both entertaining ... But you may not be aware that he was truly a master of quirky poems. Raise the funny factor ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Vincent van Gogh, “Self-Portrait” (1889) (image courtesy the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC) Editor’s Note: The following poems have been excerpted with permission and adapted ...

Students could brainstorm ways in which a poem could be made funny, and when and why you would want to make a poem humorous. Students could have a ‘funny poem’ competition and try to write ...

Enoch Omololu writes about personal finances for millennials. Young adults should learn money management as early as possible, as the younger you start knowing how money works, the faster you can ...