Not For Wedding Receptions

Maybe weddings are more relaxed/raucous now - but many of these could be read at weddings. (Maybe not Married to the Mob!) The toilet seat one would be fine though perhaps you could say something like increase the size of the aperture (and sorry, I'm not about to come up with any ideas to make it fit the rhyme scheme, just thinking it suits the slightly coy tone). Anyway I think the publisher was right first, there could well be a market....

Great poems

Hello David:

I really enjoy your whimsical wedding and marriage poetry! Perhaps the rhythm and meter isn't always up to the par of some reader's expectations, but what may be perceived as lacking in that area is more than made up in the true-to-live realities of marriage which you so amazingly express. I especially loved "The Bawdy Bunch" (Chapter 12).

The only suggestion is that the pitch be expanded beyond wedding poems to marriage in general. This is more of a marketing suggestion because it would attract a wider range of people to buy your book-not just those who are currently involved in weddings.

Before I looked at your name, I thought and assumed that the author was female. I mean this as a compliment, because you have the unique ability to view marriage in ways to which many men are inherently blind. What outstanding observations!

Keep the poetry flowing!

James

I think that this poetry is very funny and very true to life. I liked the use of the simple rhyme, this is often overlooked but is very effective at conveying meaning. The way you get to the point is also very funny. I have a similar sense of humour and if you have time you could look at 'Everyman's Poetry' I hope there's something for everyone in there. I am definitely going to read some more of this!

Best of Luck with the poetry

This is a good collections of poems and a fun read. My top tip for poetry (not that I am an expert in any way) is to think carefully about the pace/sound of the poem. How may syllables in each line is important. I am backing this though! Clare

Backed POEMS FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS…We love this! Our niece is getting married next year, and this would we a wonderful pre-wedding gift. We are very happy to “BACK” your work!
CC Brown

A zany collection of hysterical, thought-provoking poems. Cleverly chosen words. Smooth, flowing phrasing. Enviable writing. Brilliant twists. A fun, vibrant read. Backed.

Dear David Kidd,

I prowl about this site searching for light-hearted reads and that often leads me to the children’s section. I’m delighted to find Poems for Wedding Receptions. What a good and marketable idea. It has been my theory that many books are sold not to read but to give as gifts. Books make for easy presents (showers and bridal parties, anyone?), but this one the buyer might decide to keep for the smiles it’ll provide.

Best and backed.

GK Stritch
CBGB Was My High School

Hi David, fun stuff! I love it when I can simply disappear into a story and become a part of the journey. Nice, and backed.

blessings,
jim
jack & charmian london

as a poet i know how hard it can be to make a poem make sense for the reader and also put it in such a way that it gets to point and nt bore the reader, but to write them and make them funny is an art. I am oficially a fan and i take my hat off and bow before you. Well done.

green h

David.
This is my second positive coment and backing I have given to you! Your boooks obviously what I chose to read. I esp enjoyed Ch 9 / ch 10 wedding bouquet and Pet lovers of your poems for weddings ........ Mind you, I am not sure I would want you as my best man !!!
All the best.
Can not remember if you have commented on my childrens book yet. But thanks any way.
Jerry. [paperbat]

HI DAVID' POEMS FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS'

Scan read many of the pages and found all of them readable and funny and quirky and as you say one for everyone in the audience, great idea, lilke the way the chapters where the reader can select for the paticular occasion . this book should fly off the racks when published . only wish that i had it for my daughters wedding, instead of sitting in panic in the t oilet trying to put a few notes together;
backed
TOM BYE ' FROM HUGS TO KISSES'

Hi David, what a hoot! I just dipped in at random and laughed at random, too. Seriously, you must have put a huge amount of work into creating this superb anthology. Well done. Backed of course Gordon - The Harpist of Madrid

Dear David,
Fun and fantastic poems - a real hoot! It's my first real laugh today.

BACKED
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...all you need is a stiff drink and a bit of bottle...'Ladies and Gentlemen....'

Funny, witty and charming! Great work...made me laugh. All the best Julia x

Dear David,

I found your poems nice and appealing. Overall a good read. Do find some time to read my book and give your support and comment.

Surabhi

A Skein of Geese.

looks like a great book they dont have enough of these at the library they need to publish this one :) backed with pleasure..

Good concept. Some of the poems are good, but others are rough. It's worth polishing though.

Split personality was the cleverest of your poems for me. Slobbering Dog appealed. Others didn't work quite as well but overall they gave me pleasure. Backed, Regards, Anne

The best of these remind me strongly of the poems of Ogden Nash and Dorothy Parker, two of the wittiest people who ever inhabited our planet. Very enjoyable reading!

Bill

David,
Poems for wedding receptions
These are great fun. you must have had many a chuckle writing these. I know I did reading them.
I think my favorite is Bouquet Revenge. I do say this wife doth snore and she still does a lot of the chores.
And I am told I can really snore a tune.
this is very clever. Our poetry is very different but that is the great thing about poetry, it can be all things.
Njoyed
*moods and expressions*

There are a couple that don't quite work and some are better than others, but you made me laugh far more than not. I really enjoyed these.

POEMS for...
Enjoyable collection of poems on a variety of mundane subjects. .Acting on the advice of both Mom and Dad, diametrically or proverbially opposite, a parent- abiding girl gets a groom of split personality! Simply beautiful.
For a poet, no subject is too trivial., they say. .As we see,even those who stand and pee also serve! Mirthful.
Backed.
TMN
"NEVER LOSE..."

I read "Split Personality" and enjoyed its lightness. Thanks for the kind wishes, best to you also. RS.

funny, witty intelligent. Should i go on? Fluent, inventive. A well observed collection that i really enjoyed.

I sort of skipped around your collection, finding everything in the very least amusing but my favorite: #8, Slobbering Dog. Too funny. A great collection, definitely a must-buy for any future bride!

---Mary
The Qualities of Wood

I like to comment as I read, just my thoughts as if I was in a book shop. I don’t crit grammar or anything like that much. I will generally only make negative remarks if you have asked me to comment. Otherwise if I have commented it is because I think your book is great.

Poems for wedding receptions

Love your cover.

I love this idea and I should think that it could be a help for many best man or father of the bride. I did have a problem with one or two of your poems and the rhythm but all in all I think that this is a great idea and wish you well with it – backed – Diane

Most of your poems run on smoothly but a few are a bit awkward since the rhyming pattern is irregular...anyway I doubt if that really matters when the guests are full of champagne! Wishing you all the best
Stewart

David, friggin loved this all the poems, you should be writing for the population, be a millionaire, go for it . All those weddings, you would be made. This is a funny read with great elements in it,delightful. BACKED by me for lsure. BEST OF LUCK, not that you need it anyone reading has to back it, lets face it we have all been there and divorced.......My book is of a different genre but that is the beauty of this site, and if you could 'review' and 'comment' and BACK it, I would be so happy. Again BEST OF LUCK with your book

Denise
The Letter

David,

Poems for Wedding Receptions - These are fun, adding a humorous lightness to this monenteous event, as well as subtle hints a perception in relation to our human foibles. Lovely.

Backed. Pia (Course of Mirrors)

Not only funny but how clever! I love Split Personality because it IS my mum and dad.
This is really brilliant!

Forget speeches at wedding receptions which are always predictible and boring. Your poems should be read instead and everyone would be happier. What a brilliant idea. Backed. Lynn

I am not a poem person AT ALL, and I read all the way to Chapter 6 before I found time to make a comment. These are great. Some funny, some sweet, some just wacky, I'm having fun reading all of them. Backed!!

This book is like a lovely rose,
Full of life's delicious prose,
And backing this will take no time,
I think you're better at the rhyme.

Great stuff, Barry

I'd like to have the book to quote from. Backed.

Very good

Dear David --

As promised a quick read, but even more delightful than we hoped. "The Bawdy Bunch" under the 12 heading is worth backing along, but near and dear to Bobbi's heart was the first poem about snoring. (Shh... don't tell her husband his nickname is sometimes Snorry McSnorer:)

Seriously, we would love to see this published; it makes a perfect shower gift and so much more.

Our pleasure to back Poems for Wedding Receptions... and thanks so much for the laughs! -- Delhui, The Long Black Veil

:) These made me smile!

Great humor.
I am disapointed by the tales,
They show only female wales.
In my house the wife doth snore,
And I the man hath many chores.

Still backed with pleasure.

"Split Personality" is absolutely genius. It truly shows how even the most relied on and classic of knowledge contradicts itself, even more so between the male and female perspectives. Great job on everything else too.

This is wonderfully humorous, so charming and nicely written. Best of luck with it! Backed Jedward (Knut)

As a snorer (and with a long suffering girlfriend who has to put up with it), I found that poem extremely funny. Iread upto 'Deaf, Dumb and Blind Male'. These are quite excellent. Each contain a lovely rhythm, genuinely funny observations and clever word usage. Can't fault 'em, so won't. Well done, David.
Carl
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This is so funny. This would be great at corporate meeting after an intense session which would provide some lightheated fun. Great at weddings too.
Very cleaver rhymes.
Shelved.
A return read and comment would be appreciated.
Cheers Olga

This is great!!!
If there isn’t a market for this I’ll eat a lost performative.
Funny and brilliantly put together.

Dear David, I love your delighful poems & humor :) - I hope you write many more books. :) Before I began to read your book, I was prepared by your pitch & Table of Contest which I enjoyed & laughed at out loud - very well done. :) (The toilet paper should not come from the top. :) Your book is good because you create interest by having short paragraphs, which makes me want to keep reading to find out what's going to happen next. I'm "backing" your book: When you back a book, it only improves the ranking of that book, not yours. However, the author whose book you are backing may decide to back your book also, in which case yes, your ranking would be improved...authonomy. :) Please "back" my TWO memoir books, "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" & my completed memoir unedited version? "Tell Me True Love Stories," which tells at the end, my illness now & 6th abusive marriage." Thanks, Susie :)
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WEDDING RECEPTION POEMS
This is a funny, funny book. I have been at wedding receptions where a Best Man has stood overwhelmed with nothing to say; should have read this book (or maybe not; maybe the simple “I don’t know what to say” was better for his future relationship with the bride and groom than the one about the bride’s IQ test or the thought of choosing your in-laws first. A fun read, I’m adding this to my shelf. Burgio (Grain of Salt).

Hi David
This is a refreshingly different type of book. Really funny and well written. I love the way you write it like it is -no holding back. Great stuff
DP Walker
Five Dares

Backed with pleasure. E.Loraine Royal Blood Chronicles book one

Most definatelly not your traditional, "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." But then again, we could use new things on a old theme. I'm getting tired of the traditional wedding stuff. That's why "The Wedding Singer" is one of my favourite movies. Backed!

There is some great humour here. Something so different and such a must read for anyone considering marriage.

Really nicely written and very happy to shelve
Melxx
Impeding Justice