Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and ... they’re all longer than the shortest popular poem, a single letter m with an extra ...

It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very silly! Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and Spike Milligan are good authors to read if you like nonsense poetry. Watch this short clip to learn about what ...

Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

Part joke, part poetry, funny roses-are-red poems are classics for a reason: They're a humorous twist on sometimes saccharine ...