If she don't get here pretty soon
I think that I really may swoon;
it's been far too long...
I don't know what's wrong...
my heart now is humming a tune!

Quote:


Dear Mary, we know of your pain,
when eight hours sleep is great gain.
Though to sickness you fell,
we're glad you're now well,
and are hoping you'll always remain.


TM

D. Allen Jenkins wrote on Oct 29^th, 2003 at 3:36pm:


I like 'em, TM, even though I feel them slightly different than you may:

Visiting Lim’rick

Here you’ll find you may do these quite well...
though my feet mightn't fall where yours fell;
but in Lim'rick I've found
that off-beats may abound:
when some step on your toes, their heads swell.

© Daniel J Ricketts 28 Oct 2003

awry Light smile, Daniel  8)

alien wrote on Oct 9^th, 2003 at 12:53am:

Gotta smile at that one, alien!

An alien ate me fer dinner,
but somehow the act made him thinner.
Seems he couldn’t keep down
the thought of this clown;
though I alienate, I’m the winner!

© Daniel J Ricketts 16 Oct 2003

Hey Daniel

I'll keep this one alive -- if you can stand my ill-metered attempt...


Well, I'll try this beat on for size
please be kind when you criticize
on dance floors I glide
with struts and a slide
but with words, I can't bat my eyes.

I flirt from behind my black pen
bring blush to your cheeks now and then
but thats in free-verse
here flirtin's much worse
please show that beat once again

My feet love to get in the groove
and my hips they know how to move
when meter's required
I know I'll get fired 
my iambs you'll never approve.

Take it away now Daniel-san
lest this lim'rick go on and on
I know you'll come back
with song or a quack
and show me what all I've done wrong.

tee hee

Hope that wasn't too pitiful.

Mary

I'm not going to offer any history or 'rules' about limericks here.  Just note that the beasties are 5 lines of fun . . . and that they have three feet in the first and second lines; two feet in the third and fourth; three feet in the 5th -- and ya need to be able to do the jig with 'em!  Other than that, I ain't picky!  K?

Here's one that I offered today elsewhere, to get us off on the right foot:

Less ‘n a Limerick

Well, I ain't gonna join in debate; 
it confuses my beat and my gait!
But I still have to say,
"Get yer feet in the way,
and you'll trip ev'ry time; that's yer fate!"

You can write in five lines to cinquain;
if ya do, I ain’t gonna complain,
but a Lim’rick’s a Lim’rick
whatever yer gimmick.
“One rule: it must jig!” my refrain.

3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3  it must be
if a Lim'rick ya call it, ya see.
With those feet we can prance.
Sure, it won't be romance,
but your toes will be safe and bruise-free!

Call it anything else; I’ll rejoice!
Make a fool o’ yerself in loud voice,
and I’ll clap with the rest
both in joy and in jest,
but a Lim’rick’s a Lim’rick.  Yer choice!

© Daniel J Ricketts 08 Oct 2003