Marilyn Singer comes up with the best ideas. Hello! Reverso fairy tales in Mirror Mirror? I often read her books and think, I wish I'd thought of that.
I just read Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom (Alfred E. Knopf, 2011). Each poem is a piece of pun-filled perfection from one animal to its mate. And the form is…(wait for it) couplets! Of course!
Here are two of my favorites.
Elephants
I like your tusks. I like your trunk.
I like your size–you're quite a hunk.
–Marilyn Singer, all rights reserved
Pigeons
We'll spend the day wooing, dodging the cars.
We'll spend the night cooing, under the stars.
–Marilyn Singer, all rights reserved
Sara Lewis Holmes is back to her blog–yay! And she's hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup!