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for some one who is always sprouting poesy(your word)
you could at least learn to rhyme.
batting and belting don't. nor do batting and swatting
or program and pogrom.
i agree my rhymes are not perfect, but if you want to improve the quality of submissions, start with charity, (to our poor ears)and remember charity begins at home!
maybe you should particapate in a workshop, and learn how to write a basic limerick.
meter is harder, (and i often fail-- with close butrarely ever perfect meter.) but get a clue!
Mav gave one set of directions, i gave another, (i have several more, from previous threads of limericks, (were i also dominated and posted on average, a 3:1 (of all other posters combined!))
but then i do like them.. (i have a complete collection of edward lears, and other..)and i don't see this a a competion. I don't join in hogwash (i don't really understand how it's played.. (and i have read the directions twice..) and i never can understand when its over, 1) what the correct defination is, and 2) why there are points.. (the points are about as useful as a tit on a bull) but I am, if not alone, a definate minority..
here in limerick land, i am in the minortiy too.. it doesn't really bother me (the laments about being hated and ignored are just for fun) and i know, eventually almost everyone will end up posting a limerick.
it's not a competition. there are no points for quantity, (but quality is always going to be judged--even if nothing is said!) its WRODPLAY AND FUN.
If you think its a competition, go right ahead and try to keep up with me.. (i don't care if you post a gazzillion.) if if they are all as poorly formed as most (if not most then a large part)of the ones you've posted, well its no competition..
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In times that are now long past,
With limericks, we all had a blast
Starting was slow
In the end tho,
The collection of them was quite vast!
At first they were really quite chaste
(As if we were all rather straight-laced)
First a blush
And then a gush
Of ribald ones appeared, post haste!
Now remember, this site is rated G
For children and others to see
The best case
For this place
Is one that has children asking “explain it to me?”
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well, I am one who has whinged about scansion (read: meter). should you brave Chris Strollin's world (OEDILF) you will encounter very strict requirements for meter. not even passing the rather basic gate of having equal numbers of syllables within the aabba pattern will suffice there (da-da-DUM). http://www-b.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?View=Meterhaving read some fine examples of the art by the likes of Nash and Asimov, and having tried my hand at it and discovered the effort needed to approach something I'd want to make public... here's something by Ogden Nash: There once was a miser named Clarence Who Simonized both of his parents; "The initial expense," he remarked, "is immense, But it saves on the wearance and tearance." --- you may want to complain about the syllabification, but this is one of the tricky things. try saying it aloud: there-ONCE-was a-MIS-er nam'd-CLAR-encewho-SIM-on iz'd-BOTH-of his-PAR-ents;"[the]* i-NI-tial ex-PENSE-,"he re-MARK'd-, "is im-MENSE-,but it-SAVES-on the-WEAR-ance and-TEAR-ance" *acting, I gather, rather like a pickup note
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ok, it ain't perfect, but.
edit still working on it...
tis a lim'rick that often displays it,
and I find that they're usua'lly my fave'rit,
just a wee anacrusis,
and a bit of huh, who's this?
and you'll see where the pickup words do fit!
formerly known as etaoin...
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If you think its a competition, go right ahead and try to keep up with me ...if if they are all as poorly formed as most (if not most then a large part) of the ones you've posted, well its no competition..
How gracious of you to say so, Of Troy.
P.S. I took your advice.
"belting" doesn't work any better than "swatting". So I substituted "rat-tatting". Hope you like it. Thanks for advice.
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There on the screen all shimmerous
a thread had gone all limerous.
I thought I'd join in
but my rhymes are a sin
so now I type all timorous.
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I’m told monkeys and typewriters might
Create limericks rather than fight ~
For the love of sweet ‘fike’,
This one’s just for you, Mike:
I’ve worked specially hard but it’s still not quite right! ;)
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I'm sorry I haven't been here.
It seems like it's been a full year!
Some things take priority -
In truth the majority -
But I'm back, as it doth appear.
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Two gentlemen wrote jolly limericks
From dusk on to dawn. Both were quite slick
With the right count and rhyme
That their sharp minds could find.
They cheered and they drank till straight-out sick.
*Note: 'rhyme' and 'find' aren't rhymes, but an instance of assonance, in which the vowel sounds are the same...an off-rhyme that I hope won't be too offensive here. Also, as indicated in tsuwm's link, I took the cue to use 'limerick,' technically three syllables, knowing that the astute readers of limericks here would allow 'lim-rick' to sound in their colossal brains. And what indulgences would be complete without that friendly line picker-upper, the anacrusis. Also, the last line twists my tongue.
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The action is picking up fast,
A fad, how long can is last?
As we pick up the pace,
Can we find us an ace,
Who’s efforts will leave aghast?
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