nonsense verses, american

"A witty, illustrated collection of humorous (and sometimes even heartwarming) poems and nonsense inspired by the absurdities of everyday life"--.

Collects and illustrates twenty-five poems by American authors including Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Francis Scott Key, e.e. cummings, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Carl Sandburg and Olive Wendell Holmes. Includes poem introductions and notes.

Contains nonsense poems on a variety of topics.

A collection of sixteen nonsense poems about the anteloop, the sprinkler spaniel, the rhinocerworse, and other fantastic animals.

Contains nonsense poems on a variety of topics.

A collection of nonsense verses dealing with life's ups and downs as experienced by some unusual pairs of friends.

The funniest things occur in the month of Fibruary--fish go peopling, snow turns to ice cream, and babies are delivered by rocket.

Fifteen poems celebrating humorous aspects of contemporary life.