Sonnets to a Red Haired Lady, by a Gentleman with a Blue Beard, and Famous Love Affairs

by Don Marquis

1922. Marquis, American newspaperman and humorist, who was an uninhibited enemy of prohibition. His most memorable writings are his stories and verses featuring Archy the transmigrated cockroach and Mehitabel the cat. Some of Marquis's funniest verses are included in this volume, which contains clever sonnets, the poems in the Famous Love Affairs and more than a dozen other smirky stories that take their cue from improbable sources such as the Bible and the writings of Homer and Shakespeare. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

138 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Donald Robert Perry "Don" Marquis was a newspaper columnist as well as a playwright, novelist, and poet, best known for his "Archy and Mehitabel" free verse and his "Old Soak" anti-Prohibition play.