A Book Of Nonsense

I grew up reading A Book of Nonsense, which left me with a permanent weakness for limericks. (It's possible that there were other side-effects too). Here's my favourite Lear:There was an old man of Thermopylae Who never did anything properly But they said, if you choose To boil eggs in your shoes You wi......more

IF you want to escape from the world of the mundane into the humorous look no further than picking up a copy of Edward Lear’s The Book of Nonsense and Nonsense Songs. Lear was the inventor of the Limerick. The first time I read one was probably in 1964 or 1965 when I borrowed a friend’s English text......more

Oh, that Eddie. You know he drove his people crazy with all of his limericks. . . . I have to read his stuff every few years to remind myself that one really can overdo. My first memorized poem was the Owl and the Pussycat. 5 stars (and one runcible spoon. . .which is now known as a spork).......more