You may recall learning about limericks (or even writing a few of your own) in grade school. If you’re all grown up now and you love cracking short jokes or writing funny poems, why not add a few ...

Poetry books are by and large a hard sell. Only die hard poetry lovers will invest in a poetry book. And finding poetry books for children is like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack. As ...

Thinking of romantic stuff to do and say on Valentine’s Day can be tough. You may have managed to get your partner a gift at the last minute that’s convinced them you give a sh*t, but what if they are ...

When we were both young and unknown poets, Patricia Lockwood had a blog with the tagline “Poems Are Jokes.” For years, this phrase has come back to me, when I hear an especially poetic joke or read an ...

Tell the kids who are selling lines to eff off, through the letterbox. If you say it in Irish it takes the harm out of it. Tell them you don't believe them about the first prize 'a part of a goat will ...