Thirteen classic poems by poets such as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and David McCord are paired with parodies written by J. Patrick Lewis that honor and play off of the original poems in a range of ways.

Keep a poem in your pocket / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Winter sweetness / Langston Hughes -- from The Goblin / Jack Prelutsky -- Mice / Rose Fyleman -- Cocoon / David McCord -- from "Hope" is the thing with feathers / Emily Dickinson -- The Eagle / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- Infant innocence / A.E. Housman -- Fog / Carl Sandburg -- This is my rock / David McCord -- Happy thought / Robert Lous Stevenson -- The toad! it looks like ... / Issa (from back cover).