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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 ...

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 ...

What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, silly stories. They can be about anything, as long as they follow their ...

There's no such thing as being too young to appreciate poetry! In fact, you'd be surprised by how much kids can get on board with the rhyming and humor in easy, fun children's poems. They're short, ...

There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

Since having kids, I've tried to enforce a rule to never get mad at my husband while he's unconscious. I'd be up in the middle of the night nursing a baby, and he'd be sound asleep. I'd be up changing ...

One of Topekan Ruth Maus' favorite sayings comes from a Chinese proverb: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." That single step for Maus started with auditing a class at ...