ABOUT THE AUTHOR
He’s a birder, and geneticist.His name is pronounced “Avis”,     With a silent “e”,     So that you can see:He’s an odd bird, slightly amiss!
Poetry is his hobby,In office or a lobby;     It keeps him sane,     And not too vainOr snobby.
ABOUT THE BOOKIt’s a textbook like no other,So why did Avise bother?     To achieve lasting fame,     And enhance his nameAs a great literary author!
Natural history and biologyFully covered from A to Z.     Humorous, delightful,     And wisely insightful,Sheer poetry!
ABOUT LIMERICKSSuch poems he hopes to transform…To a sublime and lofty art-form:     Clean, wise, funny,     Delightfully punny,And meant to biologically inform. 

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