light verse
Americannoun
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Osgood was a broadcaster who could write essays and light verse as well as report hard news, and he worked radio and television with equal facility.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
She had always enjoyed writing light verse, and in her mid-20s she sent some off to a publisher; the result was “All My Shoes Come in Twos,” poems about different kinds of shoes.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023
A master of light verse, he can also be very funny: “Goddess of bossy underlings, Normality!”
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022
“Cats,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster spun from the light verse of T.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
He has written excellent light verse and parodies, and a textbook on European history, 1715-1815.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
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