Jeffry Glover
Presenting Engaging Poetry and Tales in Verse
From Poems for Pleasure Press
Welcome, friends! Thank you for visiting my website. I’m excited about the recent release of my new book, The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock and Other Animal Story Poems, which reached the Top 10 Best Seller New Release rank in 3 categories in its first week on Amazon where it is now available as an ebook. Thank you! Readers can also buy my paperback and hardcover books with your very own VIP discount through our independent bookstore link at BookShop.org. Click on the book covers to buy the ones you wish and read fun story poems in rhyming verse! Hours of enjoyable reading entertainment will be yours when you read these books of new and amusing poems! Discover them with your friends and family. They’re also available through any of the online bookstore links below and wherever fine books are sold! Please bookmark and share this site on social media and come back often to enjoy new excerpts, book releases, and soon: YouTube readings! Happy reading!
9 Lively Cat Tales & Other Pet Poems
Recent Release! A collection of amusing cat and dog stories told in rhyming verse. In these pages you’ll find felines of all kinds, from pet cats to wild cats both real and fanciful, along with a few beloved dogs. Meet a cat who needs encouragement to take a bath, a clever math-whiz cat, a sleepy cat dreaming of catching goldfish, a leopard on a shopping trip, cats with catitude, lions, a lynx, and an ocelot more. These stories are pet favorites for all ages to read and treasure. Lots of read-aloud fun!
The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock and Other Animal Story Poems
Newest Release! In this book find dozens of mini animal stories for your amusement. Laugh as a wily crocodile tries to convince a wary wildebeest to take a swim. Admire the courageous, history-making space flight of cows-moo-nauts traveling to the moon. Discover what a cow might wear to the county fair, and much more. These are just a few of the dozens of zany pleasures you will find in this rambunctious collection of fanciful read-aloud rhyming animal tales!
Available at BookShop.org and Amazon.com and through your favorite bookstore. You are invited to share your experience on social media and by posting a book review, thank you!
Letter to a Dandelion: Verse for Gardeners & Nature Lovers
Coming Spring 2025! This book brings you over 150 new rhyming tales — some humorous, many lyrical — grown for gardeners and nature lovers alike to share and enjoy. A great library and classroom addition for tweens and teens discovering the joy of reading poetry aloud. These poems have germinated over years and blossomed here for your pleasure and entertainment. Pick a few at a time to read with your friends and family, and return for another crop annually or perennially!
Available Online at These Locations
Jeffry’s print books and ebooks will always be available directly from the Publisher ‘s Store on Bookshop.org. Also find us on the Apple Books app, visit the local bookseller nearest to you, or order online from:
Want to try out Jeffry’s books? Request them at your local library in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats! Listen to 9 Lively Cat Tales as an audiobook from audible.com! Coming soon: you will also be able to enjoy a poetry reading of the author’s works when you subscribe to Jeffry’s YouTube Channel!
Coming soon: For literary gifts and apparel folks will be able to visit the Poet’s Gift Store!
9 Lively Cat Tales
Cover Poem:
Cat Bath
Ever give your cat a bath?
My, cats love it so!
We gave our kitty one today,
So you see we know.
Got him wrestled in the tub,
Washed him in warm water,
Made him feel so clean and good
As any kitty oughter.
Soaped him up without a scratch,
Just four hands required;
Held him firmly, rinsed him off,
Just what he desired.
Finally done, we toweled him down.
He helped by shaking, too.
So go and bathe your cat today;
He’ll love it, we promise you!
The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock
Excerpt:
Never Knew a Gnu
I never knew a gnu, did you?
Nor very well a lion,
But I can tell you of the two
Which one to keep an eye on!
“9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems is quite simply pure fun…. Any pet owner or animal lover will enjoy this lively and often humorous look at the world according to cats (and dogs)…. ‘Every day is Caturday,/ Purrfectly and assuredly’!”
-Emily-Jane Hills Orford Hills, Readers’ Favorite
“What an impressive collection of varied tributes to our furry friends, filled with frisky wit and whimsy, sure to delight animal lovers of all ages with its antic alliterations … [and] unexpected, offbeat, and original rhymes…. Christmas shopping for my adult children and grandchildren alike just got easier–they are all going to be amused by reading this riotous romp.”
-Sylvia Kremp, retired Language Arts Teacher & Librarian
“The Wildebeest and a Bunch of Crock and Other Animal Story Poems by Jeffry Glover is a collection of light-hearted and humorous poems …. easy to read, rhythmical, entertaining, … creative, playful, and clever.”
– Jennie More, Readers’ Favorite
“9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems comes from the winner of a Robert Frost Foundation National Poetry Award and combines Jeffry Glover’s experience as an author and educator in a collection replete with feisty tales of catitude, fanciful pet troubles, and life lessons…. The combination of whimsy, feline insights, and varied, rollicking poetic structures will make 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems appealing not just to young readers absorbing poetry and its relevance for the first time; but to all ages who harbor an affection for rhyme, felines, and fascinating observations of pets and their quirky importance to human lives.”
– D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“Jeffry Glover has a hankering for catchy rhymes and all things whimsical in 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems…. While he admits to drawing inspiration from many sources, such as William Blake and Edward Lear, to name a few, this reviewer would like to add Ogden Nash to the list since Glover has a way of occasionally yet succinctly weaving in fabricated words as well as the element of surprise.
Quill says: An enjoyable read from end to end, 9 Lively Cat Tales and other Pet Poems opens readers to the fascinating world of felines.” -Anita Lock, Feathered Quill
About the Author
Jeffry Glover, winner of a Robert Frost Foundation national poetry award and an outstanding leader in education award, creates delightful tales in verse for all ages. His collections of rhyming stories are in turn whimsical and witty, humorous and heartwarming, serious, and just plain fun.
He wishes to thank his readers for all of their support and hopes you enjoy his books as much as he enjoys writing them for you! Bookmark Jeff’s website and follow him on social media to find excerpts from featured and forthcoming books!
From the author: “To answer a frequent question I get, there’s fame in the name, however as far as I know I am not related to Danny Glover, Lucas Glover, Candice Glover, Donald Glover, Victor Glover, Cat Glover, Gary Glover, Crispin Glover, Savion Glover, Tony Glover, Gene Glover, Brian Glover, Dana Glover, or House Glover on Game of Thrones! And for generations my family name has rhymed with “clover.”
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