<p>I like a poet with a sense of humor. Today's winking bard is none other than the brilliant--and wry--John Donne. 
Donne belonged to an age when poetry was not always somber and earnest, as it often was with, say, Keats and Poe a few centuries later.  
Donne's humor can be seen in some of his best-known poems, including our subject for today, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46467/the-flea" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"The Flea."</a></p>

I like a poet with a sense of humor. Today's winking bard is none other than the brilliant--and wry--John Donne. Donne belonged to an age when poetry was not always somber and earnest, as it often was with, say, Keats and Poe a few centuries later. Donne's humor can be seen in some of his best-known poems, including our subject for today, "The Flea."

<p>I like a poet with a sense of humor. Today's winking bard is none other than the brilliant--and wry--John Donne.&nbsp;
Donne belonged to an age when poetry was not always somber and earnest, as it often was with, say, Keats and Poe a few centuries later.&nbsp; 
Donne's humor can be seen in some of his best-known poems, including our subject for today,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46467/the-flea" rel="noopener noreferrer">"The Flea."</a></p>

Poetry with a Wink

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