But you may not be aware that he was truly a master of quirky poems. 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 ...

While you could send funny roses-are-red poems to just about anyone, these rhyming jokes are ideal for sharing with a partner ...

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 ...

Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...

Use the vibrant storytelling and playful language of Michael Rosen to inspire creativity, boost literacy skills and engage ...

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 ...

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 ...

My dear friend David, a prolific writer, wrote a funny poem recently about half lives that made me rethink my own thoughts about birthdays. About how when we’re kids, we’re always rounding up to seem ...

The Oscar winner has made it his mission to bring the works of August Wilson, the great American playwright whose work elevated the everyday lives of Black folks, to the big screen. But the team ...