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Aug 9 03, 17:37
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A Limerick is a popular form of short, humorous verse, often nonsensical and frequently ribald. It consists of five lines, rhyming aabba, and the dominant meter is anapestic (a metrical foot composed of two short syllables followed by one long one, as in the word seventeen. 2. A line of verse using this meter; for example, “’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house”), with two feet in the third and fourth lines and three feet in the others. Examples of limerick:
"The limerick packs laughs anatomical into space that is quite economical, But the good ones I’ve seen so seldom are clean and the clean ones so seldom are comical."
"There once was a young man from Kew who found a dead mouse in his stew. Said the waiter, “Don’t shout or wave it about, or the rest will be wanting one too!”
"There was an old man from Peru, who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He woke in a fright in the middle of the night and found it was perfectly true."
The origin of the term is obscure, but a group of poets in Co. Limerick, Ireland, wrote limericks in Irish in the 18th cent. The first collections in English date from c.1820. Among the most famous are those in E. Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846).
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Or shall we all go out and bury a poem considered contrary the form is not dead but badly inbred by poets who're hopeless and hairy
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Cleo_Serapis Limerick Aug 9 03, 17:37 Cleo_Serapis Thanks Daniel! :)
Create with ideas you have thou... Aug 9 03, 18:42 Cleo_Serapis I know not to write when I'm tired,
it's been far... Sep 13 03, 06:08 Arnfinn There was a postman called Wally
Who went to work ... Sep 13 03, 02:53 JustDaniel Remember this one, LorII?
Feet-Shuffling
Do cros... Sep 15 03, 23:27 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Sep. 16 2003, 00:27)Reme... Sep 16 03, 04:54
Touche!
But we have only just met. You pr... Oct 10 03, 08:05 Cleo_Serapis Sillies! :jester:
Sticking my two cents in... Oct 11 03, 08:55 JustDaniel An alien ate me fer dinner,
but somehow the act ma... Oct 16 03, 05:56 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Oct. 16 2003, 06:56)An a... Oct 16 03, 06:36 Athena QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Oct. 16 2003, 03:56)An a... Oct 16 03, 18:01 Time to reflect dear Just.
Dear Daniel this rhyme... Oct 16 03, 18:16 Cleo_Serapis Today is a day we are mourning,
our RED SOX have l... Oct 17 03, 08:34 JustDaniel “I Don’t Give a Ducat!”
The Limerick Cops her... Oct 17 03, 10:50 I hope you folks don't mind a newbie sticking ... Oct 17 03, 11:06 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (Atlantis @ Oct. 17 2003, 12:06)I hope ... Oct 17 03, 12:53 QUOTE (Cleo_Serapis @ Oct. 17 2003, 12:53)QUO... Oct 17 03, 13:26 It's great that you've joined us Dan
You s... Oct 17 03, 14:36 QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 17 2003, 14:36)It... Oct 17 03, 16:32 Cleo_Serapis Hey Dan! :pharoah:
QUOTE Away from my frie... Oct 17 03, 17:04 Lori,
Of course I noticed the challenge forum. ... Oct 17 03, 17:59 Cybele Hello Dan,
Having just returned from a break I ha... Oct 18 03, 02:24 Athena Ahhh Dan, Dan, what can I say?
Your visit has brou... Oct 18 03, 03:14 My word, you've been welcomed most brimmingly
... Oct 18 03, 04:10 Cybele QUOTE Welcome back to Our Gracie.
eeh lass, we mis... Oct 18 03, 04:39 QUOTE (Cybele @ Oct. 18 2003, 02:24)Hello Dan... Oct 18 03, 05:53 QUOTE (Athena @ Oct. 18 2003, 03:14)
Ahhh Da... Oct 18 03, 06:12 QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 18 2003, 04:10)My ... Oct 18 03, 06:22 QUOTE I'm afraid I've been up for nearly 2... Oct 18 03, 07:42 Cleo_Serapis This is quite fun to read!
Ok here goes anoth... Oct 18 03, 08:46 QUOTE At MM you'll find quite a crew
we're... Oct 18 03, 10:12 Yes I can
It was Ogden Nash
:costume:
A Oct 18 03, 10:13 QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 18 2003, 10:12)QUO... Oct 18 03, 11:23 Sometimes when you're awfully tired
and your t... Oct 19 03, 06:14 QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 19 2003, 06:14)Som... Oct 20 03, 18:33 Dera Cleo
Inspired by these words in your recent ... Oct 20 03, 18:50 A muse that has never been kissed?
A Spooner with ... Oct 20 03, 18:57 LOVE-LORN LIMERICK
Heard nubile young lassie from... Oct 26 03, 09:26 This person of feminine gender
Was sweet and surpr... Oct 26 03, 10:53 JustDaniel So ya think that yer quicker with likker
'n... Oct 27 03, 05:59 heartsong7 A muse at a poetry-fest
reluctantly sighed and con... Jul 14 04, 16:54 JustDaniel QUOTE (heartsong7 @ July 14 2004, 16:54)A mus... Jul 15 04, 04:23 JustDaniel Sonnimeric
Hmm… a sonnet: I am Bic Pen Tam,
my h... Jul 1 05, 10:56 Dear All,
This was supposed to be a clerihew, but... Aug 4 05, 16:36 JustDaniel There's none like the leprechaun Alan
when he ... Aug 5 05, 08:58 JustDaniel Now surely our Alan has words
to further exchange ... Aug 6 05, 09:39 jgdittier QUOTE (JustDaniel @ Aug 6 05, 14:39 ) ... Mar 21 07, 12:16 JustDaniel I'm not sure what you're sayin' in thi... Mar 21 07, 13:32 JustDaniel Good grief! There's been no one to say
a t... Sep 13 09, 09:55 Cleo_Serapis The lim'rick is one funny feeder
oft full of r... Sep 19 09, 06:37 JustDaniel I know well that Limerick's not dead...
I was ... Sep 21 09, 15:56 Thoth Now Dan implies WE use a head!!!
(it... Sep 22 09, 02:02 JustDaniel Ahead, abehind -- who can tell!?
So long as th... Sep 22 09, 09:05 Merlin Nice to have ya aboard, Larry.
I see Daniel is bus... Jan 9 10, 12:04 Thoth We onna pubcrawl Larry! My round -
That last ... Jan 9 10, 13:38 Merlin Barmaid, another round pls.
You’ve only got sixp... Jan 9 10, 15:49 Thoth So sad my friend, so sad!
Singing -
"W... Jan 9 10, 16:15 Merlin Ah yes,
A topnotch invention Braille izz
From the... Jan 10 10, 17:22 Larry Wally and Merlin,
Here is another round for you b... Jan 11 10, 00:35 Larry The acerbic salubrious lime
May deserve a salute i... Jan 18 11, 14:39 JustDaniel Salubrious fruit don't sound good --
seems lik... Jan 19 11, 06:24 Larry Some detest or shun wholesome repast
Though the me... Jan 19 11, 10:04 JustDaniel Yer fast food should only be water
an' juice m... Jan 19 11, 10:52 Larry Juice and water are nice, I concur;
But the rule b... Jan 19 11, 17:50 JustDaniel In back o' the shed's where a bum
learned ... Jan 20 11, 07:34 Larry I remember that Ann and I spent,
On a brief educat... Jan 20 11, 15:47 JustDaniel Ann atomically speaking blew up
the size of her br... Jan 21 11, 01:02 Larry Yes, the issue of tissue arose
But there wasn’t en... Jan 21 11, 14:36 JustDaniel Talk of Martian volcanoes and such
is disturbing i... Jan 21 11, 15:35 Larry Metaphoric inflations construe
That the Martian vo... Jan 22 11, 00:43 JustDaniel I once met a phoric inflation
that brought me abre... Jan 23 11, 01:50 Cleo_Serapis !! Jan 22 11, 16:42 Larry Many Eucharists I have seen blessed
But what’s giv... Jan 23 11, 11:03 JustDaniel A romantic encounter's brief quiet
comes just ... Jan 27 11, 16:21 JustDaniel A batter with no air to breathe
makes pancakes on ... Jan 28 11, 12:17 Larry Hi Daniel,
In answer to your prior post, I have t... Jan 28 11, 18:46 Larry I had heard of that young man who tried
To eat pan... Jan 31 11, 11:53 JustDaniel Since the walls at the newlyweds' bed
(both th... Feb 1 11, 16:06 Larry Dr. Seuss on the loose just won’t do!
Could it... Feb 1 11, 19:44 JustDaniel Since I'm batchin* for three weeks, I tried
ou... Feb 2 11, 09:05 Larry First of all Daniel, congratulations on your new g... Feb 2 11, 17:30 JustDaniel It snowed here this morning -- a dusting
so weathe... Feb 10 11, 13:15 Larry A mere dusting is what I have seen
From the Arctic... Feb 11 11, 13:52 JustDaniel During night-before-last, our main froze
somewhere... Feb 14 11, 11:07 Larry We don't have water mains where I stay
For we ... Feb 14 11, 15:40 JustDaniel I pay little mind to the profit
of others, and oft... Feb 15 11, 15:22 Larry Though the mouths of the prophets exude
Direst war... Feb 16 11, 11:08 JustDaniel So pinch bucks and pennies for stock
and fill up t... Feb 18 11, 06:43 Larry There once was an old miser who’d grieve
O’er the ... Feb 19 11, 09:06 Alan NON-RUSSIAN COLLECTIVE
The collective for grabber... Feb 19 11, 17:18 Larry Well, Hello Alan,
Welcome aboard the Limerick Lim... Feb 20 11, 16:30 JustDaniel I'm trying to follow your rhyme
and meter... b... Feb 22 11, 13:51 Larry Most of mine are in anapest form
One two three, On... Feb 22 11, 15:06 JustDaniel The storm was a farce, my good friend;
was pretend... Feb 22 11, 16:03 Alan PSALTERTED COD ?
Larry, pay no mind to our Daniel... Feb 22 11, 16:16 JustDaniel Is our Larry a cannibal, Al?
Would you spank me an... Feb 22 11, 18:50 Larry Can o’ Bull? I’d much rather have Coors
With that... Feb 23 11, 01:13 Alan Can 'e ball ? Can't 'e ball ? Well who... Feb 23 11, 01:55 Larry Priers pry, prayers pray, preyers prey
As the ti... Feb 24 11, 15:03
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