“I see that your eyes are so blue,”
said Jenny to charming young Hugh.
She blew him a kiss
of ultimate bliss
and fainted head first in the stew.
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Category Archives: Forms of Poetry
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Custard (Limerick) by Graham Seal
Leave a commentThere once was an eater of custard,
who one day became quite flustered.
He cleaned off his plate,
but realised too late –
he’d mistakenly eaten some mustard.
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Loopy Limericks by James Aitchison
Leave a commentThere once was a girl named Ludmilla
who lived on a hill in Manila.
She got rid of her cat,
which was scared by a rat,
and bought herself a gorilla.
There was a young man from Cuba
who tried to play the tuba.
He puckered his lips,
pushed hard with his hips,
and blew himself to Bermuda.
There was a young poet called Lear,
whose rhymes were a treat to the ear.
After eating some turmeric
he composed a limerick
and fell asleep for a year.
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Polly-wally-doodle-doo by Jeanette Swan
Leave a commentThere once was a chicken called ‘Polly’,
whose name sounded happy and jolly,
‘til one morning at two,
she crowed, “cock-a-doo,”
now our chook is a rooster called Wally.
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Limerick by Pat Simmons
Leave a commentAn impressive, aggressive iguana
while eating his breakfast banana
slipped on the skin
went into a spin
and ended up flying to Ghana
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Mid-Month Poetry Prompt
Leave a commentLIMERICK
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.
Native Australian Red Triangle Slug (Haiku) by Leigh van der Veen
Leave a commentAfter rain, timid
tentacles rise. Gum leaf-like,
algae grazer, glides.
Photo taken by Leigh van der Veen
Did you know?
Red triangle slugs are Australia’s largest native land slug. They can grow up to 14 cm long. They are safe in your vegetable garden as they prefer the microscopic algae found on smooth-barked eucalypt trees.