This lively anthology brings together two kinds of funny humorous poems that make you laugh or smile funny haha and strange surreal witty or plain weird poems funny peculiar There has always been a tradition of comic and curious verse in English poetry but in contemporary poetry the peculiar has really come into its own as this surprising selection shows with poems on 1 l The Opposite Sex Love desire romance sex men women adultery celibacy 2 l Matters of Life Death Life growing up growing old bums hips swearing shaving amnesia the end 3 l Nowt So Funny as Folk Shops wheelbarrows poets artists jobs and jobless war oppression 4 l Peculiar Places Skunks in America England Scotland curries selfies Armageddon colonic irrigation 5 l Sounds True Lies beliefs Popes poodles re alarms tennis rain static and Country Western music 6 l Animal Magic Goats sheep chickens yaks cows bison horses herons chameleons crustaceans And people 7 l Words Worse Adages proverbs curses cliches slang swearing Antiproverbs butter all your parsnips