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Mid-Month Poetry Prompt

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LIMERICK

This five-line rhyming poem is often silly, funny or bawdy. Limericks have a waltzing rhythm (anapestic) and a rhyme scheme of AABBA. The third and fourth lines are shorter with 5 or 6 syllables, while all other lines are around 8 or 9 syllables (but sometime up to 12).

Limericks were made popular by Nonsense Poet Edward Lear back in the 1870’s. The word Limerick is the name of a town and a county in Ireland, but there is no record to say that this poetic style originated there.

Limericks are traditionally about people or places, but there are plenty of ways to break the rules and still have a Limerick style.

Loony Limericks by James Aitchison

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There was a young man from Crete,
Who walked on his hands not his feet,
What a fun affair
To have your knees in the air,
And shake toes with the people you meet.

There was a young man from Peru,
Who swallowed a mouthful of glue.
His lips were sealed,
His nose was congealed,
And his face turned a bright shade of blue.

Loony Limericks by James Aitchison

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Amelia Hicks by Marque DoBrow

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A girl named Amelia Hicks,

Went to Discount Day at the flicks.

She sat right through Jaws,

Halloween and Star Wars

For a cost of Sixteen Sixty-six.

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Limerick Day by James Aitchison

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May the twelfth is Limerick Day,

So I thought I’d better just say,

Limericks are fun,

Have a go at one,

Grab your pen without delay!

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“An Acrostic Weekend” & “Don’t Lose Your Thong in Geelong” by Ronan Redmond (age 8)

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AN ACROSTIC WEEKEND

Footy is always a very fun sport,

On weekends you always have to be a good sport.

On Sunday, I like to call it a fun day!

Tackling is very dangerous,

Your footy teams have all been to the finals once!

DON’T LOSE YOUR THONG IN GEELONG

There was once a man from Geelong,

Who wore out his size-10 thong.

His feet were bare,

But he didn’t care,

He walked all the way to Hong Kong.

Acrostic & Limerick poems by Ronan Redmond

Woops! by Pat Simmons

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Woops!

There once was a poor ballerina

Whose blue tutu was often much cleaner

But she munched on a biscuit

A blunder to risk it

A Tim-Tam, a small misdemeanour.

 

Pat Simmons

Clowning Around by Pat Simmons

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Clowning Around

 

A clown with a cauliflower ear

Decided that he would appear

In a colander hat

With a cute climbing cat.

But the cat said

‘Not likely my dear.’

Pat Simmons

Limerick by Sioban Timmer

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There once was a postie called Progge

Who had a most wonderful dog

It could carry more letters

Than fifteen red setters

And he never got lost in the fog!

Sioban Timmer

Sioban says: I wrote this in primary school after we learnt about limericks – and for some reason I have always remembered it!

 

Limerick by Doug MacLeod

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Limerick

The glorious lady Godiva,
Of fame we would never deprive her,
A nude horseback dash
Might seem crude, even brash,
But my gran has done worse for a fiver.

© Doug MacLeod