LightPoetryMagazine

America's premier journal of light verse since 1992 (formerly Light Quarterly) ... Now free online.

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Dear friends: We've just landed at the place that rhymes with "whose sky?" (See photo for handle.) Let's go crack each other up over there!

[Poems for Persons of Interest @PoemsforPOI]

This morning on the s*bst*ck. a poem about my favourite vice that originally appeared in @LightPoetryMag. Link in first comment.

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

Contrary to much scholarly opinion, he was also a generous mentor to many poets who were women.

I discussed this topic briefly for @LightPoetryMag about a decade ago in an essay about the history of women in light verse.

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Congratulations, @amjuster!

[Paul Dry Books @PaulDryBooks]

Happy #pubday to GIRLATEE! #kidlit #picturebooks #manatee #earthday @amjuster
Girlatee – Paul Dry Books

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@amjuster !!! So glad you're OK, Mike

[Alfred Nicol @alfred_nicol]

What an auspicious beginning for this book to find such an appreciative reader before it's published! @MidgeGoldberg @amjuster @JosephBottum @thedarkhorsemag @NBPTLitFest @AineGreaney @haringmakata @Kcarey127 @KPSplash @VIgnatowitsch @Zararaab

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@JulieKanePoet @allisonjoseph @colemanglenn @paul_lander @Faith_Salie @KyrieMeMo @AlonzoBodden @TomBodett @petersagal

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Planning to get buzzed on election night? In his latest acrostic sonnet, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons reveals you may have more company than you realized...

(Click link in thread for all 7 #PoemsOfTheWeek)

#animals #partyanimals #drunkanimals #Drinking #alcohol #electionnightLIVE

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All 7 Poems of the Week are here--plenty to keep your spirits up at least thru tomorrow!
https://t.co/8BpZXY2r4E
#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody

[Midge Goldberg @MidgeGoldberg]

Thank you to @LightPoetryMag for giving these a home alongside some stellar poets!
https://t.co/WpTDM3lS5e

[D. N. Keane @d_n_keane]

@postcardsfrmv Julia Griffin @LightPoetryMag

[Coleman Glenn @colemanglenn]

I’m grateful for Barbara Loots’s extremely generous review of A LITTLE LIGHT in the new issue of @LightPoetryMag. Links below to the whole review (along with reviews of several other worthy books) and the whole hilarious-poem-packed issue.

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Here's the link for the Table of Contents!
https://t.co/jt79a58rih

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Do you find you're becoming a wreck
As the pols gallop on, neck and neck?
Never fear: you're ahead by a mile
In the race to find reasons to smile...

And the finish line, of course, is Light's summer/fall issue! CLICK LINK IN COMMENTS TO READ. :)

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There are 8 new #PoemsOfTheWeek too!
https://t.co/8BpZXY2YUc

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#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody @paul_lander @JulieKanePoet @allisonjoseph @colemanglenn @amjuster @Nicole_C_Garcia @MidgeGoldberg @susanmclean @McLeanMary @Faith_Salie @TomBodett @AlonzoBodden

[kscottfranklin @kscottfranklin]

A quibble with #emilydickinson, a poem on #papal_headgear, and another #HomericMusing: my whimsical contributions over @LightPoetryMag https://t.co/eQSf2CEox2 #curiousalphabetofhats #lightverse #homer

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Kudos to featured poets Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Bruce Bennett,
@rhymeswithmessy Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, Philip Kitcher, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, Chris O'Carroll, Orel Protopopescu, Matt Schatz & Alex Steelsmith

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Sure, we've got political poems this week. But we also have... Attack of the Maestro #Robots!

#robotconductor #orchestras

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For all 15 #PoemsOfTheWeek--on turtle smuggling, wheelbarrow racing, Swiss potty breaks, robot maestros, chestnut-smashing & more--click here:
https://t.co/8BpZXY2r4E
#humor #satire #poetry #lightverse #funnypoems #parody @JulieKanePoet @paul_lander @allisonjoseph @petersagal