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Author: Garrison Keillor Publisher: ISBN: 9781733074513 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 184
Book Description
Radio personality and author Garrison Keillor delights and astounds in this hybrid memoir/poetry collection that combines anecdotes from his childhood and his "A Prairie Home Companion" years with literary limericks, darkly humorous limericks, extended limericks (aka limericks with porches), and so much more. Limericks are the poems that can be written in the empty spaces between life, Keillor posits, and this compact book illustrates the full range of the form's utility: thank-you notes to doctors, odes to "Prairie Home" performers, postcard greetings from exotic places, succinct biographies of favorite writers, and scribbles in the margins of Sunday church programs. Readers who have always pined for the perfect limerick hinging on the place name "Schenectady" will at long last be placated. Meanwhile, longtime Keillor fans will gain insight into a whole new side of the bestselling author, whose obsession with limericks goes all the way back to when the bespectacled, lanky youth wearing hand-me-down jeans (from his sister) recited to his Anoka High School class: There was a young man of Anoka Who tried to write a great limerick. He tried and he tried And some were not bad, But something seemed to be missing.
Author: Garrison Keillor Publisher: ISBN: 9781733074513 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 184
Book Description
Radio personality and author Garrison Keillor delights and astounds in this hybrid memoir/poetry collection that combines anecdotes from his childhood and his "A Prairie Home Companion" years with literary limericks, darkly humorous limericks, extended limericks (aka limericks with porches), and so much more. Limericks are the poems that can be written in the empty spaces between life, Keillor posits, and this compact book illustrates the full range of the form's utility: thank-you notes to doctors, odes to "Prairie Home" performers, postcard greetings from exotic places, succinct biographies of favorite writers, and scribbles in the margins of Sunday church programs. Readers who have always pined for the perfect limerick hinging on the place name "Schenectady" will at long last be placated. Meanwhile, longtime Keillor fans will gain insight into a whole new side of the bestselling author, whose obsession with limericks goes all the way back to when the bespectacled, lanky youth wearing hand-me-down jeans (from his sister) recited to his Anoka High School class: There was a young man of Anoka Who tried to write a great limerick. He tried and he tried And some were not bad, But something seemed to be missing.
Author: Antony L. Saragas Publisher: Archway Publishing ISBN: 1480894184 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 124
Book Description
This book is not about poetry, even though the title and limericks sprinkled within might lead you to that notion. This book is not about sports, though many of the characters connect as coaches or teammates. This book is not even about a father and son, even though it deals with a man and his recently deceased father. This is a familiar tale of family, friendship, community, loss, and the renewal of faith. Even though the book takes place over the course of only one week, its message delves deeply into life and living. We all question the usefulness of our past, the course of our present, and—on our more challenging days—the point of our future. We wonder about the significance of our efforts. In other words, this book poses the question we often ignore through activity, defy with arrogance, or accept as unanswerable: “What’s the point?” In the vein of film classic It’s a Wonderful Life, author Antony Saragas reminds you that life is worth living and that sometimes your friends and family are your angels.
Author: Judith R. Gordon Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1479798746 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 74
Book Description
Life is a limerick A four-line trick A model for living A reason for being Your job is to discover What is under the cover That hides God's truth Are you a good sleuth?
Author: Edward Lear Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author: Anthony Madrid Publisher: ISBN: 9780996982757 Category : American poetry Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Poetry. Written under the spell of a medieval Welsh poetic form, the poems in Anthony Madrid's incantatory second book, TRY NEVER, each offer up their own strange world. They're full of erudition, humor, and rare magnificence. A single poem can contain "bottles and cans," Mount Everest, an upset stomach, Texas rain, a hawk, the evil queen, a "twice- mended lid," and Ralph; as if to say, anything's possible.
Author: Margaret Meps Schulte Publisher: ISBN: 9780991607631 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
"The antidote to cynicism." A humorous nonfiction book about the lessons, adventures, and lifelong friendships that come from talking to strangers. Through the author's experiences, the book makes the case that talking to strangers is good for you. Includes over 100 original pen-and-ink illustrations by the author.
Author: Matt Abbott Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books ISBN: 1472963504 Category : English poetry Languages : en Pages : 73
Book Description
With surprising honesty and words that resonate long after reading, A Hurricane in My Head tackles the themes of friendship, bullying, technology and the life of a modern teenager. These poems say the things we can't always put into words; they may make you laugh, they may make you cry, but they will most definitely make you reminisce, escape, discover... This is a truly stunning collection from Matt Abbott, nationally acclaimed writer and performer, with poems that will make you want to become a poet and put your own words to paper much to the perplexity of any careers advisor!
Author: Michelle Monet Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781535555609 Category : Languages : en Pages : 82
Book Description
This second poetry book from author Michelle Monet is a lighthearted lyrical lively labyrinth of limerical lunacy-- from levity to lament! Her unique view on life is brought to life through this eclectic multi-faceted collection. Chapters include: Creative Expression, Random Observances ( Politics, Pills to Personalities ), True Life Stories from her life as a musician/artist and impersonator of Streisand to her Inspirational Cats and Diary Musings. She even includes an unexpected Bonus Chapter. Fun and diverse!
Author: Spike Milligan Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780141362984 Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
A collection of the absurd, ridiculous, sublime and characteristically anarchic verse from the brilliant Spike Milligan. With his very own illustrations, this collection, which includes the famous On the Ning Nang Nong will make you laugh from the bottom of your belly - just like Spike did.
Author: Garrison Keillor
Author: Garrison Keillor
Author: Antony L. Saragas
Author: Judith R. Gordon
Author: Edward Lear
Author: Anthony Madrid
Author: Margaret Meps Schulte
Author: Matt Abbott
Author: Michelle Monet
Author: Spike Milligan
Author: William Stuart Baring-Gould