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The decision by Edward Lear to privilege sound over semantic coherence represents a deliberate artistic choice that defines the character of his nonsense poetry.
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Edward Lear cultivates deliberate semantic instability as both artistic method and philosophical gesture. Through structured limericks, invented lexicon, and syntactic play, he reveals the malleability of language.
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Edward Lear legitimized nonsense as an art form, transformed the limerick into a structured and enduring poetic device, and demonstrated that humor could coexist with emotional depth.
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The #MugOfTheMonth:
Part of a 2-part gift I received for Christmas. The macaw illustration is by #EdwardLear. A well-respected naturalist & natural history artist. He has the distinction of having a #macaw in South America named after him. The book features his illustrations.
#LearsMacaw
New acquisition. Edward Lear had many sides to him. Another person with whom I’d love to share some tea and conversation. #EdwardLear #Nature #19c
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"It seems like only a few months since I had Nobel-prize winning strumpet Margaret Atwood removed from general circulation..."
#censorship #prude #satire #edwardlear #poetry #whimsy
As a creator of, attempted, humour and whimsy, I do enjoy reading about other creators.
Currently reading, "Inventing Wonderland" by Jackie Wullschläger. The story of five trailblazers of English Children's Literature
#LewisCarroll #EdwardLear #KennethGraham #JMBarrie #AAMilne
#drawingfunnypictures
“There was an Old Man of Messina,
Whose daughter was named
Opsibeena;
She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig,
To the perfect delight of Messina.”
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edward...
✒ #EdwardLear, artist, poet and author, #DOTD 29 January 1888. #Poetry #Literature
Through rhythmic language, imaginative absurdity, emotional subtlety, and gentle satire, Edward Lear created poetry that invites laughter while encouraging reflection.
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Exaggeration is essential to Edward Lear’s poetic style because it operates across multiple dimensions: imagery, sound, character, plot, and language.
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Look into Edward Lear's incredibly magical and interesting life and my conversation with #author Barry Wolverton Hill in the #bookbug column/Story Monsters Ink magazine @storymonsters.bsky.social 📚
#poetrycommunity #edwardlear @enchantedlion.bsky.social #childrensbooks #readers #booksky #libraries
Edward Lear’s poetry exemplifies how chaos and structure can coexist in productive tension. Through strict forms, musical language, repetition, and visual organization, he transforms absurdity into a coherent artistic system.
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"It seems like only a few months since I had Nobel-prize winning strumpet Margaret Atwood removed from general circulation"
#nostalgia #censorship #achievement #margaretAtwood #edwardlear #humor #satire #funnystuff #funnyhahhah #notfunnyweird #wedontdofunnyweird
A perfect little rhythm of joy — Lear’s nonsense carries its own kind of music.
#EdwardLear #BookOfNonsense #Limerick #Tanka #ClassicPoetry #Whimsy #OriginalPoems #PoemShare
EP of the day :
Elton Hayes and his Guitar – For The Children
(UK Parlophone Records 6 track #vinyl 7" 45 1955)
youtu.be/yz5NJI0m3eU
#fifties #children #vocal #50smusic
#EdwardLear
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I’m not easily offended by offensive things, you could count on your hands and maybe a calculator the number of arguments I’ve had about what things are wrong in the little shop I buy my baked goods at this morning...
#censorship #perv #edwardlear #poetry #poets #satire
Here are a few watercolor sketches and a peek at my portable sketching materials.
#watercolor #inkandwatercolor #edwardlear
We couldn't resist this #BigHonkinBook from 1980! It features 34 stunning #ColourPlates of #birds (and other #animals) by #EdwardLear. $30. #Booksky #art #humour #CoffeeTableBook
Here is a #nonsense #Saturday #Senryu #Haiku in the tradition of #EdwardLear with a subtle #Subtext to start the day.
You can also try it as a #TongueTwister
#poetry #HaikuPrompt #HaikuSmash
#BlueSkyPoets #BlueSkyCommunity
#poems #poetry
A fickle pickle
Trying to be unpickled -
Got in a pickle
When your sofa is strung from the bow of a fig tree that’s as magical as the Quangle Wangle’s hat. #EdwardLear
Story Ark: 1 van, 2 crew, 3 years... all the stories 🌍
#StoryArk #storyarkdiaries #sciencejournalism
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It seems like only a few months since I had Nobel-prize winning strumpet Margaret Atwood removed from general circulation...
#censor #books #edwardlear @margaretatwood.bsky.social #writing #literature #libraries
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #NightTracks
Angélica Negrón, Edward Lear, Choral Chameleon & Vince Peterson:
🎵 There Once Was...
#BBCRadio3 #AngélicaNegrón #EdwardLear #ChoralChameleon #VincePeterson
Colourful illustration of a parrakeet.
Sadly, Lear’s painting and lithographing career was curtailed by eyestrain, he continued to paint but landscapes which didn’t require the precision.
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My lim’rick obsession’s severe;
I write #rhymes night and day ev’ry year.
My addiction is brutal.
Resistance is futile…
And I warrant the fault lies with #Lear.
Happy birthday, #EdwardLear, and Happy #LimerickDay!
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Happy Limerick Day!
This is a day to honor the birthday of the famous poet, artist, and author Edward Lear. This picture was inspired by one of his poems, ‘A Book of Nonsense’
#art #digitalart #poet #poems #Edwardlear #limerickday #artchallenege #mayholiday
