#edward lear

[goldentortoise]

from Edward Lear's The Scroobious Pip, as completed by Ogden Nash and illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1968)

[theenglishnook]

Edward Lear helped teach English that nonsense, in the right hands, can become its own kind of poetry.

Birth of Edward Lear (1812–1888) — When English Learned to Play

[julesofnature]

"A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill will hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak, Food enough for a week, I'm damned if I know how the hell he can!” . National Limerick Day is celebrated annually on May 12th, marking the birthday of English poet Edward Lear, who popularized this five-line, humorous poetic form with his 1846 Book of Nonsense. The day encourages writing, sharing, and reading silly AABBA-rhymed verses, often honoring Lear's nonsensical legacy.

[abyssopelagiclifestyle]

Edward Lear had many gifts as a writer and visual artist, but perhaps the greatest of them was his ability to precisely evoke sounds that nobody has ever heard, or ever will. I have had an exact idea, since I first heard this poem at roughly age 6, of what a “ladle-like scream of surprise” is, and occasionally hear it inside my head to this day when I am startled.

(The poem is “The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs.” It is the story of sentient, disaffected home goods who quit their jobs to ride horses on the beach. I sometimes wonder if Chuck Tingle has read it.)

[thisismyideaofhumor]

What is a runcible spoon?

Spoon made of runcible material

Spoon used in a runcible

Spoon that looks runcible

Spoon for runcibles

Spoon that can be runced

Voting ended onMar 14

[micks-music-blog]

Cosmo Sheldrake - Pelicans We [Pelicans We, 2015]

[careful-disorder]

Edward Lear, Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c

[theenglishnook]

Edward Lear showed that nonsense in English could obey grammar and rhythm. His playful inventions created meaning through sound and structure expanding the language’s imaginative power while remaining precise and memorable.

Death of Edward Lear (1812–1888) – The Writer Who Taught English How to Play Seriously