Curious Cursory Rhymes
Frank Walker, illustrated by Robin Lawrence
More deliciously absurd, wittily illustrated verse from the team that produced An Alphabestiary. The six long poems range from the sorrowful ballad of Clifford and Hilda (“He was a builder/Respected and skilled in the trade./She was a rollicking, frolicking thing/But he was distinctly staid.”) to a salutary tale of intellectual gnomes:
Each morning tide
The gnomes espied
As dawn gleamed, pale and misty,
A fleet of dons
(All BA Hons)
From Caius and Corpus Christi
Who’d sailed southwest
In earnest quest
Of precious gems of knowledge
Concerning names
Like Henry James
Which went down well at college.
The gnomes espied
As dawn gleamed, pale and misty,
A fleet of dons
(All BA Hons)
From Caius and Corpus Christi
Who’d sailed southwest
In earnest quest
Of precious gems of knowledge
Concerning names
Like Henry James
Which went down well at college.
| cover | hardback | |
| dimensions | 210x148mm, 80 pp, 12 b&w illustrations | |
| price | £9.99 (list) | £8.50 (website) |
| ISBN | 1 902173 058 | |