[John (J.D.) Smith]

I trust their hair was perfect.

[Bill Carpenter]

Congratulations, Anna. Looks like another success.

[Michael Juster]

Yes, their hair was perfect and there were hairy-handed gents too.

[Damian Balassone]

Great to see some Zevon on these pages. Always loved those lines:

Albert Einstein was a ladies man
while he was working on his universal plan
He was making out like Charlie Sheen
He was a genius

[Michael Juster]

For humorous lyrics in our time, only the underappreciated Richard Thompson and the most inspired bits of The Roches are close.

[Roger Slater]

Tom Lehrer?

[Michael Juster]

Friendly amendment accepted--even though moving "our time" that far back makes me feel old.

At the Poetry-by-the-Sea conference I gave him tops all-time in this category (including Cole Porter).

[Douglas G. Brown]

Originally Posted by Roger Slater

Tom Lehrer?

Also, Frank Jacobs, of Mad magazine, for humorous parodies of other people's lyrics.

[Anna M Evans]

Here's a brief review of the conference on my blog:

Let's Talk About Poetry by the Sea 2016

Cheers!

Anna

[Charlotte Innes]

Anna, I've been following Poetry by the Sea avidly on Facebook, and thinking how fantastic it all sounded. I dearly want to go, but can't be sure (again!). Just got a full-time teaching job (after fours of scrambling part-time) so it might be even harder to get away next year. I'll have to wait and see. Meanwhile, huge congrats to you and Kim for a second successful year!

Charlotte