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Once Upon A Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses
Once Upon A Tomb Gravely Humorous Verses Author:J. Patrick Lewis Clever puns and elaborately detailed, surreal artwork illuminate a collection of comically grim verses that can't help but tickle the funny bone. — Reader, if I had more time — I'd say au revoir in rhyme, — Sayonara, ciao in verse ? — But I have to catch a hearse. — Peek inside ONCE UPON A TOMB and find twenty-two poems, each of — which tells, ... more »in hilarious verse, the story of an untimely demise ? from a school principal to a bully, a food critic to a cafeteria lady, an underwear
salesman to a soccer player. Complemented by Simon Bartram's deadpan illustrations, J. Patrick Lewis's cryptic tour of headstones and epitaphs is silly, spooky ? and far from grave.« less