Lighten Up Online

The quarterly light verse webzine (Founded in 2008 by Martin Parker) Editor: Jerome Betts

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Welcome

Our mission

We believe that light verse is very far from being the poor relation of “proper” poetry. On this site you will find work by light verse specialists as well as by some of the many “proper” poets who enjoy it and write it and agree that light verse deserves a wider audience than it is normally given.

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If you feel as we do, then you are welcome to send us some of your own work for consideration for inclusion in our future Issues which will appear each September, December, March and June - but please read the guidelines on the 'submissions' page first.

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Random poet

Brendan Beary

Brendan's dream of a career in poetry was undone by his crippling addiction to regular paychecks. This led him to a job working for his Uncle Sam, where he carves out a decent living sitting in a corner and muttering at his computer (a skill which also serves him well when versifying). He is tolerated (and tragically misunderstood) by editors at The Washington Post, Style Invitational, the Omnificent English Dicitionary in Limerick Form (OEDILF) cabal, and most everyone else who knows him.

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