english poetry

A discussion of ways to educate ourselves to recognize and enjoy poetry.

After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married.

Captivated by Edward Lear's poem, a boy and girl turn into the owl and the pussycat and set sail in a pea green boat for The Land Where the Bong Tree Grows.

An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes his relationship with his shadow.

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.

Combines nonsense poems and fanciful illustrations with objects representing each letter of the alphabet.

An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.

A collection of nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Leslie Brooke, one of the most popular illustrators of the early twentieth century.

Presents twenty nursery rhymes and nonsense poems featuring such characters as a boy who refuses to use chairs, a painter with a flashy dog, and a woman with a very ordinary pig.

A collection of nonsense rhymes, including The Owl and the Pussycat, The New Vestments, and The Pelican Chorus.