Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

As a new mom who loves a good laugh, especially about the trials and tribulations of being a parent, it was easy to fall in love with these funny, wholesome, and highly-relatable poems about parenting ...

Funny poems are tough to pull off. I’m not talking here about poems with humor in them; almost every good poem has at least one funny thing smuggled inside it. No, I mean poems with punch lines, poems ...

Steve Mclean hosts comedians reading funny poems and telling lovely stories. Designed to be a gentle start to the Fringe morning, curated acts will deliver rhymes and laughs before your day becomes ...

Happy National Limerick Day 2016! Today is all about word play and rhymes to celebrate the birthday of English artist and writer Edward Lear. Lear, who was born in 1812, was all about a bit of fun and ...

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 ...