Comic and Curious Verse

Vintage Penguin. #D19. Comic and Curious Verse, edited by J.?M. Cohen for Penguin, gathers a lively assortment of humorous, eccentric and lightly subversive poems drawn from a wide spread of periods and traditions. Cohen’s selection ranges from neat epigrams and playful nonsense to sharp little satires and narrative oddities that revel in linguistic twists or unexpected turns of thought. The anthology shows how comic verse can illuminate human foibles with brevity, wit and a touch of mischief, offering pieces that amuse, surprise or gently prod at convention. It’s an engaging, good-humoured collection that celebrates the enduring appeal of poetic whimsy and curiosity.