The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times

By Vincent J. Tomeo

I am staring at a blank piece of paper, wondering what to write. Where do I begin? My mind begins to wander-pleasant thoughts of Disney's Fantasia dance in my head. The dancing hippopotamus comes to mind, and this made me laugh. The result: I penned a poem on the hippopotamus from which a chapbo

• Language: English
• Publisher: Atticus Publishing
• Release date: Sep 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781960093851

Vincent J. Tomeo

Vincent J. Tomeo is a poet, and was nominated twice for pushcart prize, Archivist, historian, and community activist. Vincent, is published in the New York times, evening street review, Comstock review, mid-America poetry review, edgz, spires, tiger's eye, by Line, mudfish, the blind Man's rainbow, the Neo Victorian/Cochlea, the Latin staff review, and grandmother earth (Vii thru xi), etc.To date, Mr. Tomeo has 1,064 published poems/Essays; The winner of 108 Awards; 149 public readings. Author of my cemetery friends: A garden of encounters at mount saint Mary in queens, New York, and the Usefulness of hippopotamus: A humorous chapbook for a trying times.

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THE USEFULNESS

of

HIPPOPOTAMUS:

A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times

Vincent J. Tomeo

Copyright © 2021 by Vincent J. Tomeo.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023915592

ISBN: 978-1-960093-84-4 (Paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-960093-85-1 (eBook)

Printed in the United States of America

Introduction

The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook For Trying Times.

It is often humor that helps one cope with the most challenging, stressful, unheard, and unpredictable circumstances during trying times. And so often, we return to humor to help us endure and get through challenging times. Now, as I look back on my life, I must laugh at the encounters that I thought at the time to be the most difficult, embarrassing, and unbearable situations. And so, I have written this chapbook. Walk with me into a poem, laugh, smile, and this will make your day brighter.

It all started when I was in college. A trend at the time was to go streaking. So, like a naked cherub, I ran around Washington Square Park, considered the campus of New York University. When I came back from my spin, all my clothing was stolen. I had to take the New