Lighten Up: 100 Funny Little Poems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881663204 ISBN 13: 9780881663204

Publisher: Meadowbrook Pr, 1998

Synopsis

The creator of a series of humorous collections of quotations, including Familiarity Breeds Children, presents a selection of the funniest light verse ever penned by history's finest wits, including Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, and Alexander Pope.

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Marriage: Midlife Muddle by Susan Anderson
Death: Gossips' End by Richard Armour
The Family Dog: Proof Of The Puppy by Richard Armour
The Family Dog: Watchdog by Richard Armour
Making Ends Meet: Money (1) by Richard Armour
Making Ends Meet: Money (2) by Richard Armour
Making Ends Meet: To Have And Too Old by Richard Armour
Marriage: Past Perfect by Richard Armour
Marriage: Room Temperature by Richard Armour
Nearing The Finish by Richard Armour
Parenthood: Miniature by Richard Armour
Parenthood: Please Graduate! by Richard Armour
Practical Considerations: The Inn Place by Bruce Bennett
Practical Considerations: Answering Machine Message by Mark Benthall
Practical Considerations: After The Philharmonic by James Camp
Practical Considerations: Is Anybody Home? by Maureen Cannon
Romance And Sex: Flower Power by Maureen Cannon
Aging: Compensation by Nancy B. Chapman
Marriage: Marriage Couplet by William Rossa Cole
Words On Words: Slight Mistake by William Rossa Cole
At Random: The River Thames by Edmund Conti
Words On Words: Pentagraph by Edmund Conti
Romance And Sex: I Worry by Wendy Cope
Words On Words: An Attempt At Unrhymed Verse by Wendy Cope
The Family Dog: My Dog by Max Fatchen
The Family Dog: Even Fast Learners Make Mistakes by Gene Fehler
At Random: Birds Of A Feather by Hannah Fox
Parenthood: Student Away by Martha H. Freedman
Aging: No Sweat by Charles Ghigna
Aging: Waist Full Thoughts by Charles Ghigna
Health And Medicine: Snack Attack by Charles Ghigna
Parenthood: College Bills by Charles Ghigna
Romance And Sex: Touching Moments by Charles Ghigna
Words On Words: Ergo The Ego by Charles Ghigna
Death: Waste by Harry Graham
Aging: On The Vanity Of Earthly Greatness by Arthur Guiterman
Parenthood: Nurses Nurse by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz
Parenthood: The Difference Is... by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz
Romance And Sex: Inscriptions On A Lipstick by Edgar Yipsel Harburg
Romance And Sex: Tennyson Anyone? by Edgar Yipsel Harburg
At Random: Deep Freeze by Henry F. Hill
Making Ends Meet: Turnabout by Henry F. Hill
Marriage: Careless Talk by Mark Hollis
Practical Considerations: Literary Afterthought by Mary Holtby
Health And Medicine: Slimerick by Paul Humphrey
Marriage: The Perfect Mate by Ellen Jackson
Report After A Walk Along The Avenue by Pyke, Jr. Johnson
Baby's Drinking Song by James Kirkup
Parenthood: The Pickle Jar by Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz
Aging: When Twenty Years Have Passed by Helen Ksypka
Words On Words: From A Publisher To Desperate Poets by Helen Ksypka
Aging: Over Thirty by Joyce La Mers
Practical Considerations: The Postman by Joyce La Mers
Eggomania by Felicia Lamport
Marriage: Tit For Tat by Ruth E. Lancaster
Aging: Baldy Bean by Bruce Lansky
Death: A Lesson Learned by Bruce Lansky
Death: Graveside Advice by Bruce Lansky
Death: Time To Go by Bruce Lansky
Health And Medicine: Oh Fudge! by Bruce Lansky
My Baby Brother by Bruce Lansky
Poorly Dressed by Bruce Lansky
Romance And Sex: Scrambled by Bruce Lansky
Words On Words: Predictable by Bruce Lansky
Grace by J. Patrick Lewis
Epitaph On A Waiter by David Mccord
At Random: George Washington Slept Everywhere by Bob Mckenty
At Random: Lather As You Go by Ogden Nash
Crossing The Border by Ogden Nash
The Dog by Ogden Nash
The Fly by Ogden Nash
The Hunter by Ogden Nash
Marriage: A Word To Husbands by Ogden Nash
Song Of The Open Road by Ogden Nash
Resume by Dorothy Parker
Romance And Sex: General Review Of The Sex Situation by Dorothy Parker
Romance And Sex: Unfortunate Coincidence by Dorothy Parker
Here's To Light Verse by Ned Pastor
Marriage: Lucky Dilemma by Ned Pastor
Death: The River Styx by Leslie Danford Perkins
Parenthood: Ninth Month Inventory by Leslie Danford Perkins
Untitled by Laurence Perrine
The Fool And The Poet by Alexander Pope
Horse Sense by Marcy S. Powell
Health And Medicine: Side Effects by Joan Van Poznak
When In Dublin by Charles W. Pratt
Romance And Sex: We'd Been Apart For Many Years by Jack Prelutsky
Aging: Shakespeare Sonnet Xviii Revised by Mae Scanlan
Making Ends Meet: Newspaper Headline: Woman Gives Birth At Sixty-five by Mae Scanlan
Aging: It's Not The Fact by Robert Scotellaro
Aging: Methuselah by Anonymous
Aging: Morning Ritual by Anonymous
Practical Considerations: A Fisherman's Prayer by Anonymous
Words On Words: Be Careful by Anonymous
In Extremis by John Updike
Aging: A Corny Story by Evelyn Amuedo Wade
Making Ends Meet: Consumer Price Duplex by Evelyn Amuedo Wade
Parenthood: Rerun by Evelyn Amuedo Wade
Practical Considerations: Space Age Saga by Evelyn Amuedo Wade
Practical Considerations: Postmaster: Handle With Care by Irene Warsaw
-- Table of Poems from Poem FinderŪ

Edition details

• Publisher: Meadowbrook Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881663204
• ISBN 13: 9780881663204
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 111
• Editor: Lansky Bruce