After reading this piece, you might have learned what funny roses are red, violets are blue jokes, poems, and memes are. You can now compose a couple to entertain your friends, family, and strangers.

but it’s also one of his most beautiful and iconic love poems. Want to express deep affection? Forget those funny roses-are-red poems and start with one of the English language’s literary giants.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who lived from 84 to 54 B.C.E. He was known for his scathing wit and for being both earthy and intellectual, and this funny, short poem, which still rings ...

Students could brainstorm ways in which a poem could be made funny, and when and why you would want to make a poem humorous. Students could have a ‘funny poem’ competition and try to write ...

This week, Post of the Week has been awarded to Manraj, 11, from Ilford. Manraj has written this incredibly funny poem about a particularly tall teacher from her school! Now, Manraj is a proud ...