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I'm not typically a fan of nonsense verse, and have never really preferred it as a poetic art form. Yet, if anyone could make me enjoy nonsense verse, Mervyn Peake could.
Peake is like a child playing in a sandbox, letting the sand run through his fingers, getting portions wet to make shapes out of, and making incredible sand castles. Peake likes to use words for pleasure, and has the skills to make them work masterfully.
His enthusiasm for his own wordplay is infectious, and makes even a stickl ...more
Peake is like a child playing in a sandbox, letting the sand run through his fingers, getting portions wet to make shapes out of, and making incredible sand castles. Peake likes to use words for pleasure, and has the skills to make them work masterfully.
His enthusiasm for his own wordplay is infectious, and makes even a stickl ...more
Nonsence* isn't a genre of which I'm especially fond, but combined with Peake's drawings, this is a delightful collection.
There is considerable variety: some are very short, while others are longer, narrative poems. Many are illustrated in Peake's inimitable style, and his way with words is given full rein, with a smattering of invented ones, and odd rhymes, such as "horrible" and "deplorable".
There are a few links to other works, most notably, "It Worries me to Know", whose final line is "Acr ...more
There is considerable variety: some are very short, while others are longer, narrative poems. Many are illustrated in Peake's inimitable style, and his way with words is given full rein, with a smattering of invented ones, and odd rhymes, such as "horrible" and "deplorable".
There are a few links to other works, most notably, "It Worries me to Know", whose final line is "Acr ...more
