I write comic poetry.
I have three comic poetry books on Lulu.com
You can buy them from Lulu as paperback books or the budget version is the download version. You can also browse the cover and first few pages and read my comic comments.
Seriously Funny poems has my first poems and illustrations. My best performance poem was Oh No Susanna, a parody of the song Oh Susanna. It includes the line, 'I'll go to Piccadilly with my bus pass on my knee.' the book contains my villanelles.
At the end for me, and other parents and teachers, there's a handy list of famous poets and poems, such as: Edward Lear, The Lion and Albert, and songs.
Poetry Workshop Workbook is not only amusing, it also gives you the patterns for writing your own sonnets, villanelles, limericks, acrostics, terza rimas, not in that order but sensibly arranged as an A to Z of poem forms. The book starts with quotations about poetry. It contains my new poetry form, the Hi-coo. Poet's Dictionary is at the back. It's handy if you want a quick guide to the English form of sonnet and the Italian version.
My favourite limerick is the one about the Secretary, ending,
You realise I'm essential
When I'm hiding in the loo.
For songwriters I wrote Grandmother's Clock, a parody of My Grandfather's Clock. My sonnet, imitating Rupert Brooke's the Soldier, is The Taxpayer.
My latest poetry book is Writing Poetry For Fun With Angela. It tells you how to write poems for anniversaries, birthday cards, Xmas cards and even funerals. My two favourite poems to read aloud from this book are: Wedding Disasters; To My Ex Boyfriend (about gatecrashing his wedding - there's a twist end revealing something about the narrator's relationship with the bride.) The book ends with the poem We've Finished.
Whilst I have your attention, I also have restaurant reviews on Trusted Places. And a video on You tube including me reciting my short poem on Milton Keynes - type in Angela Lansbury author.
Happy reading and writing!
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