Who says rhyme has to have reason? Somewhere it lurks beneath the surface of “Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook,” but in Shel Silverstein’s posthumous volume of kid’s poetry, logic is far from the only ...

Nursery rhymes have been around for a long time and are still loved by kids and parents today. These short, fun poems are easy to remember and often come with catchy tunes or hand movements. They help ...

Previously released titles are brought to new life. Mary Middling and Other Silly Folk: Nursery Rhymes and Nonsense Poems takes poems first published in the U.S. in 1932 as Fifty-One New Nursery ...

When I met my wonderful wife Rose, we found it funny that we were both writers. I wrote comedy for television and advertising, and she was a gifted (Pulitzer-nominated!) journalist and poet. Rose ...

There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

A Harrow-based author has released a rhyming picture book aimed at children. Former copywriter and broadcaster Alan Moss has written Unruly Julie, part of the Silly Kids series, which follows the ...

Although Prelutsky's (My Dog May Be a Genius, reviewed above) popularity and his role as the first children's poet laureate will excite hopes for this primer, his advice on writing poetry is limited ...

Poetry is great but everyone thinks it has to rhyme. Well I’m here to tell you it does not. In fact, at times, Rhyme can get annoying. It creeps into your head And that can get boring. It fills me ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...