Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

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

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 ...

Poet J. K. Kennedy discusses balancing humor with anxiety and/or grief in poetry and shares five tricks she uses to illustrate her emotions without letting them turn into quicksand for the reader.

Not long after, while writing funny songs for The Rosie O’Donnell ... a picnic poem (or a poem written by a mouse), and a short, decisive poem. All from kids who had most likely thought that ...

She will be funny, ironic, wicked, or sympathetic, with her soft Oxfordshire burr. Always a class act, but warmly earthed. Particularly expressive with her movements was With these Hands, about her ...

A poem written by Waruguru Wakiai praising Luhya women has gone viral online. In the poem, the writer salutes Luhya women for giving birth to some prominent names in the country, including Nairobi ...

Poet, author and editor-in-chief of Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Karen Cline-Tardiff, of Norman, will be featured at Wednesday ...

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