Potpourri of the Mind : A Collection of Poems in the Limerick Style
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 096640470X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 109 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book is a rare jewell. Arthur J. Deex(pentatet@ix.netcom.com) Potpourri of the Mind: A Collection of Poems in the LimerickStyle by Joel D. Ash. Weston, CT: Old Pine Books, 1997. 109 pp. 515limericks. Reviewed by Arthur Deex, Editor of The Pentatette (the monthly newsletter of the Limerick Special Interest Group). This is truly a beautiful book -one that no lover of the pentatettial form can ignore, or for that matter, live without. While you and I were groveling with some prurient, unsavory rhymes, Joel Ash was moved by a more lofty vision.The book consists of numerous multi-verse poems; Flower Time begins: In a garden surrounded by pine, Nature thriving in mottl. A Customer said it was good.. a stupid little book that i've never readi just did this to experiment cuz i have this poetry book due monday and i need a limerick poem.
A third book for the set is planned. From the Publisher This book is a limited edition with only 500 copies in the first printing. A second book, which will also be a limited edition, is now nearing completion. POTPOURRI OF THE MIND is a beautifully bound hardcover book. The jacket and internal graphics have been created by a professional designer who has won a national graphic design award for each of the past four years. This book will contain roughly eighty new poems and the graphic design of the second book will be such that the two books will look like part of a set. . Everything is first class, including heavy paper stock and go
He was recently designated Poet Laureate for the Dartmouth class of 1956. Ash graduated from Dartmouth College in 1956 after majoring in art and psychology. Ash is now retired and resides in Weston, Connecticut. Joel D. . The author has travelled around the world extensively as an executive with International Telephone and T
The book contains 80 poetic limericks - - 61 poems are 6 stanzas in length, 7 poems are slightly shorter with 5 stanzas, 11 poems are slightly longer with 8 to 12 stanzas, and 1 poem is 24 stanzas long. A unique book of genuine poetry utilizing the limerick rhyming scheme of a-a-b-b-a. The poems in the Fun & Games and Everyday Life section are funny, interesting, and/or insightful. The Oddities and Magic section contains a strange mix of humorous and unusual poems, some drawn from the author's many years as an amateur magician. The subject matter covers a very wide range fitting into the following 7 sections of the book - - Of Love and Nature - - Poems from the Darker Side - - Fun & Games and Everyday Life - - Food for Thought - - In the Time Machine - - and Anything Goes. The last section, Anything Goes, has something for everyone - - varying from poems with a touch of humor to poems which may inspire. In the Time Machine deals with time travel via the mind and may be described as provocative, fascinating, and unusual. The poems in the Food