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limerick, in poetry
(Encyclopedia) limerick, type of humorous verse. It is always short, often nonsensical, and sometimes ribald. Of unknown origin, the limerick is popular rather than literary and has even been used in…Poetry Month | Notable Poets
// Cite Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z Amiri Baraka Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…Recommended Poetry Books for Kids
Odes and ditties for children (adults too!) compiled by Holly Hartman I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, I breathe fire as hot as the sun. When a knight comes to fight I…Recommended Online Poetry Collections
Poetry resources and poetry in the public domain compiled by David Johnson Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us…Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize
This $100,000 award is given to a poet for a book published in the previous year. Established in 1992, it is administered by the Claremont (California) Graduate…Why We Study Poetry
Everyone, at some point in their life, has probably questioned the value of poetry (including this writer). Among the many accusations leveled against poetry are that it is frivolous in comparison…John Keats: Sleep and Poetry
by JohnKeatsSonnetsChaucerSleep and Poetry "As I lay in my bed slepe full unmete Was unto me, but why that I ne might Rest I ne wist, for there n'as erthly wight [As I suppose] had more of…Brewer's: Poetry on the Greek Model
(See Chiabreresco.) Father of English poetry. Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400); so called by Dryden. Spenser calls him “the pure well of English undefiled.” He was not the first English poet…National Poetry Month - Awards
Featured Biography Marianne Moore American poet Notable Poets » Akhmatova - ByronCatullus - DunbarEliot - HughesJarrell - MillayNeruda - RumiSandburg - TennysonValéry -…Trending
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