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Dead Funny

by John Foster Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS 360

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A darkly playful anthology of nonsense verse

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A darkly playful anthology of nonsense verse

Selected by poet and teacher John Foster, Dead Funny gathers new and previously published poems shaped by absurdity and morbid humor. The collection brings together work by Foster alongside poets including Roger McGough, Paul Cookson, and Eric Finney, giving it the feel of a varied comic-poetry sampler rather than a single-author volume. Its 96 pages center on mischievous scenarios and macabre jokes, with the supplied verse excerpt pointing to a playful treatment of peril and everyday mishap.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children interested in funny, offbeat poetry
  • Readers who enjoy nonsense verse with a darkly comic edge
  • Classrooms or families seeking a multi-poet poetry collection

Themes

NonsenseDark humorEveryday mishapsComic verse

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Book overview

DEAD FUNNY is one of four sparkling new collections of nonsense poems which mark the return of Collins Children's Books to poetry publishing. John Foster is a well-known poet and teacher. His book, Wham Bang Orangutan is hugely popular (published OUP).

New and existing material has been brought together to provide this morbidly humorous collection. Well-known poets include Roger McGough, Paul Cookson, Eric Finney and John Foster himself.

Susan avoided the cracks with care
And always trod upon the square;
An unwise move, she was to discover -
She stepped on a manhole without a cover.
Carol Carman

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