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17 Dec 2024
Dear friends: We've just landed at the place that rhymes with "whose sky?" (See photo for handle.) Let's go crack each other up over there!
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9 May 2025
This morning on the s*bst*ck. a poem about my favourite vice that originally appeared in @LightPoetryMag. Link in first comment.
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Contrary to much scholarly opinion, he was also a generous mentor to many poets who were women.
I discussed this topic briefly for @LightPoetryMag about a decade ago in an essay about the history of women in light verse.
2 Apr 2025
I wrote this book for younger readers about him, many years ago now. Researching it was very interesting. He was quite a guy. amazon.co.uk/Savage-Satire-J…
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3 Nov 2024
What an auspicious beginning for this book to find such an appreciative reader before it's published! @MidgeGoldberg @amjuster @JosephBottum @thedarkhorsemag @NBPTLitFest @AineGreaney @haringmakata @Kcarey127 @KPSplash @VIgnatowitsch @Zararaab
30 Oct 2024
@alfred_nicol 's collection is so good the proofreader was moved to write a note praising the most striking aspects of the poems, with praise like "perfect" "masterly Shakespearean sonnet" "touching" "excellent" "heartbreaking" and my favorite comment: "out-Herricks Herrick"
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4 Nov 2024
Planning to get buzzed on election night? In his latest acrostic sonnet, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons reveals you may have more company than you realized...
(Click link in thread for all 7 #PoemsOfTheWeek)
#animals #partyanimals #drunkanimals #Drinking #alcohol #electionnightLIVE
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4 Nov 2024
All 7 Poems of the Week are here--plenty to keep your spirits up at least thru tomorrow!
lightpoetrymagazine.com/#pot…
#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody
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29 Oct 2024
Thank you to @LightPoetryMag for giving these a home alongside some stellar poets!
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28 Oct 2024
I’m grateful for Barbara Loots’s extremely generous review of A LITTLE LIGHT in the new issue of @LightPoetryMag. Links below to the whole review (along with reviews of several other worthy books) and the whole hilarious-poem-packed issue.
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28 Oct 2024
Do you find you're becoming a wreck
As the pols gallop on, neck and neck?
Never fear: you're ahead by a mile
In the race to find reasons to smile...
And the finish line, of course, is Light's summer/fall issue! CLICK LINK IN COMMENTS TO READ. :)
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28 Oct 2024
A quibble with #emilydickinson, a poem on #papal_headgear, and another #HomericMusing: my whimsical contributions over @LightPoetryMag lightpoetrymagazine.com/kell… #curiousalphabetofhats #lightverse #homer
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21 Oct 2024
Sure, we've got political poems this week. But we also have... Attack of the Maestro #Robots!
#robotconductor #orchestras
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21 Oct 2024
For all 15 #PoemsOfTheWeek--on turtle smuggling, wheelbarrow racing, Swiss potty breaks, robot maestros, chestnut-smashing & more--click here:
lightpoetrymagazine.com/#pot…
#humor #satire #poetry #lightverse #funnypoems #parody @JulieKanePoet @paul_lander @allisonjoseph @petersagal
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21 Oct 2024
Kudos to featured poets Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Bruce Bennett,
@rhymeswithmessy Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, Philip Kitcher, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, Chris O'Carroll, Orel Protopopescu, Matt Schatz & Alex Steelsmith
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15 Oct 2024
Bingeing a little Netflix? Here's a tune you may find handy...
**Click link in thread for all 11 #PoemsOfTheWeek**
#EmilyInParis #emilyinrome @LilyCollins_net @LilyCollins_it
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15 Oct 2024
Click here for all 11 Poems of the Week—musical & not. We've got fishy beauty tips, terrifying bugs, left-leaning elephants & more!
#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody
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15 Oct 2024
Kudos to featured poets Eddie Aderne, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Iris Herriot, Nora Jay, Steven Kent, @paul_lander & Alex Steelsmith.
@petersagal @JulieKanePoet @allisonjoseph @KyrieMeMo @Faith_Salie @TomBodett
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