Graffiti written on a wall: ‘Make Bread Not Bombs.’ Scratched out and written underneath: ‘Tried Bread, Didn’t Explode.’

Three boys are in the school playground bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, ‘My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him £500.’ The second boy says, ‘That’s nothing. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they give him £1,000.’ The third boy says, ‘I got you both beat. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon, and it takes eight people to collect all the money!’

What did Anton Chekov? Everything on Franz Lizst.

What is posthumous work? Something written by someone after they are dead!

What was Carl Sagan’s druid name? Carl Pagan!

What’s the difference between joist and girder? One wrote Ulysses, while the other wrote Faust.

Why did the ink spots cry? Because their mother was in the pen doing a long sentence.

Why doesn’t Jack Kerouac pay his bills? Because he’s a dead beat.

A backward poet writes inverse.

Don’t read everything you believe.

Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Spelling is becomming a lossed art.

Tolkien enjoyed writing fairy tales so much it became a Hobbit.