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Edward Lear

Limericks are humorous short poems. It becomes popular by the British poet and painter Edward Lear who was known for his absurd wit. This type of verse existed long before Edward Lear (1812-1888).

Edward Lear Nobody remembers when the first limerick

was composed, but by the end of 19th century Lear’s books of nonsense verses had become known to everyone in the English-speaking world.

Adelaide Crapsey

The American poet Adelaide Crapsey invented the modern form of cinquaine, known as American Cinquain inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka.

In the years before her death, she wrote much of the verse on which her reputation rests.

Adelaide CrapseyShe died on October 8, 1914, at the age

of 36.

The year following her death (1915), Claude Bragdon published her collection titled “Verse” included 28 Crapsey’s cinquains.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Clerihews were invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). Bentley is said to have designed the form during a boring chemistry lesson.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley When he was a 16-year-old pupil together

with his school friends, he filled a notebook with examples. The first use of the word in print was in 1928. Clerihew published three volumes of his own clerihews. They were illustrated by the author's son Nicolas Bentley.

Piet Hein

A grook (“gruk” in Danish) is a form of short aphoristic poem. It was invented by the Danish poet and scientist Piet Hein.

Piet HeinDuring his life, he wrote over 7,000 in

Danish and 400 in English, published in 20 volumes. They were translated into German, French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Esperanto, Scandinavian and other languages.

Each grook is accompanied by the author’s drawings.