- Sep 15, 2017
Three Things (poem by Baltasar de Alcázar) — TWO Translations!
Baltasar de Alcázar (1530−1606) is one of the few poets of his day who consistently allowed himself to be funny. He is sometimes...
- Sep 12, 2017
Mrs. Bond: "Come to Be Killed"
I came across this nursery rhyme recently while reading the The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes to my son. It's a lot of fun to read...
- Sep 12, 2017
Double-Dactyl Word List
There's a light verse form known as the double-dactyl, and strict adherence to the form requires that one of the lines consist of a...
- Sep 9, 2017
Mrs. Bond: "Come to be Killed!"
I came across this nursery rhyme recently while reading the The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes to my son. It's a lot of fun to read...
- Sep 9, 2017
Igseriousity
Here's a children's poem of mine that appeared in the online magazine, Bumbershoot, which was brilliantly edited by Kate Bernadette...
- Sep 8, 2017
Fun (a children's poem)
FUN If fun were not fun you can bet I for one would rather have no fun at all, for fun once begun till the moment it's done means that...
- Sep 8, 2017
A limerick
It may strike you as strange, but it's true: when you breathe, you breathe out CO2, and so it may be that some plant or some tree made a...
