Limerick poems, a form of humorous poetry that's been making us laugh ... or "There was a (someone) who (something) ..." One ...

The poet Benjamin Zephaniah describes how he used to think nurses were women, police were men and poets were boring, until he became one of them! He then performs his humorous poem ‘Clever ...

Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult, even though it is precisely jokes that can encourage children to read more, notes Ph.D ...