Poetry > Humorous

A collection of poetry and short stories, mostly humorous penned by my dad Hari Myers. The words may rhyme, The lines keep time, And verse go on for pages. But still I’ll frown And put it down, And leave it there for ages. ... Don’t give me tomes Of lengthy poems Awash with words all buttery. I like a bit Of twisted wit; A little book of puttery.

Maybe my little book will be something silly to put on your coffee table or night stand. Make an offbeat gift for the bacon lover in your circle of human contact. Let’s say a lunch break giggle in your cubicle, relief of a stressful day. Or maybe I’m delusional to think anyone would pay hard earned cash for the ramblings of a food fanatic. I figure the bacon bond is like superglue. Works in the commercial, mug handle back on. Or it just fucking sucks and falls off. Hot coffee all over your keyboard. Believe in the product, just press down for a full 30 seconds and buy the book! Soaking up the Au jus of life every day. ...

A book filled with satirical, maniacal, funny, sad, truthful, realistical, philanthropical, happy, angry and just flat out weird poems & what some would call prose.

"Roses are Red: A Collection of Unconventional Headline Poetry" is a collection of three-line poems which follow a simple, yet brilliant, formula: every poem starts with the iconic line "Roses are red," and every poem ends with a real news headline. The magnanimous author has spent years procuring the most bizarre and hilarious headlines from around the world to create the ultimate collection of beautiful, breathtaking, avant-garde, but mostly just stupid, poetry.

This is no ordinary book of easy limericks dashed off in five seconds and to be forgotten in ten. These are thoughtful, unbelievably clever, and gut busting limericks any Mother's son of a liberal will love. You may even say they sound like THE TRUTH. But be careful. The author who actually is a university instructor in critical reasoning gives you a bonus in an intriguing brief essay and even a helpful, critical thinking guide to contextualize limericks (and humor in general) for the intelligent person who might be inclined either to fall for the rhetoric, or, on the other hand, to dismiss limericks as "merely" rhetoric (They are, but ...) As a further bonus, the author (with ton ...