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America's premier journal of light verse since 1992 (formerly Light Quarterly) ... Now free online.
Joined February 2015
Dear friends: We've just landed at the place that rhymes with "whose sky?" (See photo for handle.) Let's go crack each other up over there!
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This morning on the s*bst*ck. a poem about my favourite vice that originally appeared in @LightPoetryMag. Link in first comment.
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Contrary to much scholarly opinion, he was also a generous mentor to many poets who were women. I discussed this topic briefly for @LightPoetryMag about a decade ago in an essay about the history of women in light verse.
@amjuster I wrote this book for younger readers about him, many years ago now. Researching it was very interesting. He was quite a guy.
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What an auspicious beginning for this book to find such an appreciative reader before it's published! @MidgeGoldberg @amjuster @JosephBottum @thedarkhorsemag @NBPTLitFest @AineGreaney @haringmakata @Kcarey127 @KPSplash @VIgnatowitsch @Zararaab
@alfred_nicol 's collection is so good the proofreader was moved to write a note praising the most striking aspects of the poems, with praise like "perfect" "masterly Shakespearean sonnet" "touching" "excellent" "heartbreaking" and my favorite comment: "out-Herricks Herrick"
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All 7 Poems of the Week are here--plenty to keep your spirits up at least thru tomorrow! https://t.co/8BpZXY2r4E
#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody
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Read our current issue by clicking on the cover below. Read Light's poems of the week Photo by Melissa Balmain (For more...
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Planning to get buzzed on election night? In his latest acrostic sonnet, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons reveals you may have more company than you realized... (Click link in thread for all 7 #PoemsOfTheWeek) #animals #partyanimals #drunkanimals #Drinking #alcohol #electionnightLIVE
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Thank you to @LightPoetryMag for giving these a home alongside some stellar poets! https://t.co/WpTDM3lS5e
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BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Words My Mother Didn’t Know Starting with the obvious:iPad, cell phone, cannabis, Mitochondrial DNA—but science changes every day— sushi, pad thai,...
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I’m grateful for Barbara Loots’s extremely generous review of A LITTLE LIGHT in the new issue of @LightPoetryMag. Links below to the whole review (along with reviews of several other worthy books) and the whole hilarious-poem-packed issue.
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Do you find you're becoming a wreck As the pols gallop on, neck and neck? Never fear: you're ahead by a mile In the race to find reasons to smile... And the finish line, of course, is Light's summer/fall issue! CLICK LINK IN COMMENTS TO READ. :)
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A quibble with #emilydickinson, a poem on #papal_headgear, and another #HomericMusing: my whimsical contributions over @LightPoetryMag
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#curiousalphabetofhats #lightverse #homer
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BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT A Quibble with Dickinson "Publication—is the AuctionOf the Mind of Man—" For once you're wrong, dear Emily.Nobody pays for poetry. Zucchetto (from A...
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Kudos to featured poets Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Bruce Bennett, @rhymeswithmessy Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, Philip Kitcher, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, Chris O'Carroll, Orel Protopopescu, Matt Schatz & Alex Steelsmith
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For all 15 #PoemsOfTheWeek--on turtle smuggling, wheelbarrow racing, Swiss potty breaks, robot maestros, chestnut-smashing & more--click here: https://t.co/8BpZXY2r4E
#humor #satire #poetry #lightverse #funnypoems #parody @JulieKanePoet @paul_lander @allisonjoseph @petersagal
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Read our current issue by clicking on the cover below. Read Light's poems of the week Photo by Melissa Balmain (For more...
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Sure, we've got political poems this week. But we also have... Attack of the Maestro #Robots! #robotconductor #orchestras
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Kudos to featured poets Eddie Aderne, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Iris Herriot, Nora Jay, Steven Kent, @paul_lander & Alex Steelsmith. @petersagal @JulieKanePoet @allisonjoseph @KyrieMeMo @Faith_Salie @TomBodett
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