Venus Winked: Poems, Ballads, Parodies, Limericks, and Clerihews
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479751618 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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These poems ring with humor and truth about the lives of women -Cordelia Koplow If you have enjoyed reading Norma's poems, you'll love hearing them sung! Recordings of Norma performing her original music and lyrics are for sale in Compact Disc and other formats (digital downloads coming soon). Two albums are available: "Wisdom and Fortune" and "The Great Chicago Flood: Songs of Love, War, Politics, and other Disasters" For song lists, prices, and ordering information please send e-mail request to bookrabbitrecords@att.
After graduation she worked as a children's librarian at the Newark Public Library. "When we got engaged, Alvin gave me a hula hoop and his college ring to wear on a ribbon around my neck. Norma and Alvin have two daughters and a grand-daughter. Norma has had haiku published in Frogwood, Wind Chimes, and Dragonfly, and a rhyme about a pirate birthday cake in No Quarter Given. "They made the plastic for the original hula hoop" says Norma. Most of her writings and song lyrics have appeared in The Iron Bridge, published by the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. Grace. Many
This year is our 54th wedding anniversary" In 1959, she left the library to become a full-time housewife and stay-at-home mom. Having learned to use a tape recorder and play 9 guitar chords, she began writing neo-folk ballads, political protest songs, and not-for-children ditties. R. Most of her writings and song lyrics have appeared in The Iron Bridge, published by
"Three Readers and a Chutzpah Champ" according to Norma S. Hass. Reginald Rightside flings his copy of "Venus Winked" across the room. "I don't care what the Supreme Court says. Parody is robbery. This so-called author has robbed everybody from Homer to Hollywood. She's even robbed Robin Hood. But when she makes fun of America's greatest novelist, she goes too far." Libby Leftwing smiles. "To be fair, you. hilarious, well written and memorable. With an unusual mastery of rhyme and rhythm better than Ogden Nash or X. J. Kennedy, Normas Hass has addressed various topics regarding aging, sexism, politicians, celebrities, country music and rock singers, left wingers and right wingers, environmental activists with great wit and a knowing wink. The reader is amused and entertained as wel