23 Funny Poems That Will Perk Up Your Day. ... It is believed that limericks date back to the 14th century and originated in the Irish town of Limerick.

If you say it in Irish it takes the harm out of it. ... How was Rita Ann Higgins able to respond to Covid-19, as it unrolled, with the true, funny poems of her Pathogens Love A Patsy ...

Anne Carson's Float (Cape, £16.99) collects 22 pamphlets in a clear slipcase, including poems about the death of her older brother (which she so memorably wrote about in Nox (2010)), brilliant ...