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    Light Verse & Limericks
    Light Verse & Limericks
    Light Verse & Limericks
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    Light Verse & Limericks

    By Ken Layton

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    LIGHT VERSE AND LIMERICKS is a compilation of my poetry that I found humorous over the last sixty years. It is an attempt on my part to see the world through laughing eyes, to put a touch of whimsy into words, and to bring smiles to anyone who happens to read my lines. Laziness and lack of funds are the villains I name for keeping me from publication before this. My intention now is to get these poems into book form so, possibly, my wife, Glenda, won't burn them when I die, and to satisfy a sixty year desire to have a book of my own within my library.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 25, 2011
    ISBN9781462046164
    Light Verse & Limericks
    Author

    Ken Layton

    I guess I started my life of verse when I was nine, working with my father on his ice truck. I would make up jingles as we delivered ice. I continued compositions through Jamestown High and Guilford College. I married Glenda, reared a beautiful daughter, Juliet, and taught English at Union Pines High for nearly 30 years. Now, I am just PAPA to my terrific grandkids, Madi and Jonah.

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