A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures, (Give or Take a Few...)

Taking its inspiration from such brilliantly clever poets as Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, Wendy Cope and others like them, Mugging for the Camera is a fun and funny collection of odd, offbeat and really quirky poetry which can be enjoyed by anyone who has a good sense of humor, a whimsical imagination and a fair appreciation of the witty bon mot. Penned in mostly light verse, this album of original 'snapshots' makes use of (and frequently abuses) classic metrics like the ever-popular iambic pentameter, and in the process, often wreaks general havoc upon traditional poetic forms, such as sonnet, haiku, couplets, etc. in order to capture those special moments in time having to do with creative and unusual wordplay, peculiar events in the weird news and everyday life in the suburbs, among other things.

And anyway, at the end of the day, don't we all really want to have a few laughs? Particularly in our literature? You bet we do! Well, this is the entertaining poetry book that offers all that and more! Trust me. Would I lie to you?
Mugging for the Camera is truly a veritable vacation for your mind. And these days, that's saying something - in iambic pentameter, of course.

(See...Corky agrees! And she's always right about everything! Just ask her!)