Humorous Verse

I have always enjoyed humorous verse. As a child I derived great pleasure from Edward Lear’s “The Owl and The Pussycat” and other similar verses. Then when I began to first write poetry, besides my serious work, I also penned (and continue to compose) humorous poems, 2 of which can be found below.

 

 

When a young man named Gus

Quoted Thomas Malthus on the bus,

A few fell asleep

While others did weep,

But the driver he didn’t fuss!

 

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When a close friend of my girlfriend

Invited us to spend a...