megustaleer Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 First, a definition: What Is A Limerick? "A light, humorous style of fixed form poetry. Its usual form consists of five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA; lines 1, 2, and 5 contain three feet, while lines 3 and 4 usually contain two feet. Limericks range in subject matter from the silly to the obscene..." Example - in Limerick form: A: What is /a limerick,/ Mother? A: It's a form/ of verse,/ said brother B: In which lines/ one and two B: Rhyme with five/ when it's through A: And three and four/ rhyme with/ each other. The thing that I enjoy about Limericks is the challenge of fitting the subject matter into the rhyme scheme - this seems to be something that a lot of people find particularly hard. Lets see if members here have more success with it than a couple of other online forums, and two RL poetry groups I have known.. The Game: I will post a first line below, then we take turns to post a line in the Limerick form. The person who posts the fifth line also posts the first line of the next Limerick. A BCF member said "Look!" Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 A BCF member said "Look!"Whilst looking up from their book Quote
megustaleer Posted February 10, 2021 Author Posted February 10, 2021 It would be best if each contributor posted the earlier line(s) along with their own, to end up with the completed limerick. A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 I did that Meg, it's just that the first line isn't in bold. Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, megustaleer said: Not very observant, am I? Quote
~Andrea~ Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book A penguin walked by Edited February 10, 2021 by ~Andrea~ Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book A penguin walked byWhile sucking a fly Quote
Chrissy Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 A BCF member said "Look!" Whilst looking up from their book A penguin walked by While sucking a fly And reading aloud from its Nook. (I'll go straight on to Limerick number 2) There once was a goose with a cold Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 There once was a goose with a cold Whose libarary book was on hold Quote
megustaleer Posted February 10, 2021 Author Posted February 10, 2021 There once was a goose with a cold Whose libarary book was on hold "I want to renew, Quote
Raven Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 There once was a goose with a cold Whose libarary book was on hold "I want to renew, My Aunt's Formica ® pew" Quote
megustaleer Posted February 11, 2021 Author Posted February 11, 2021 There once was a goose with a cold Whose libarary book was on hold "I want to renew, My Aunt's Formica ® pew" This edition is terribly old." A writer of SciFi once tried Quote
lunababymoonchild Posted February 11, 2021 Posted February 11, 2021 A writer of SciFi once triedTo eat eggs that hadn't been fried Quote
poppy Posted February 11, 2021 Posted February 11, 2021 A writer of SciFi once triedTo eat eggs that hadn't been fried Too lazy to cook Quote
Raven Posted February 11, 2021 Posted February 11, 2021 A writer of SciFi once tried To eat eggs that hadn't been fried To lazy to cookHe worked on his book Quote
poppy Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 A writer of SciFi once triedTo eat eggs that hadn't been friedToo lazy to cookHe worked on his book Perhaps explaining his massive backside There was a disgruntled bug catcher Quote
megustaleer Posted February 12, 2021 Author Posted February 12, 2021 There was a disgruntled bug catcher Went cutting reeds with a thatcher. Quote
poppy Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 There was a disgruntled bug catcher Went cutting reeds with a thatcher A dung beetle he spied Quote
megustaleer Posted February 16, 2021 Author Posted February 16, 2021 There was a disgruntled bug catcher Went cutting reeds with a thatcher A dung beetle he spied "Eureka!" He cried. Quote
Chrissy Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 There was a disgruntled bug catcher Went cutting reeds with a thatcher A dung beetle he spied "Eureka!" He cried. "I've got me a little egg hatcher" One day in the rain I got lost Quote
Raven Posted February 16, 2021 Posted February 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Chrissy said: One day in the rain I got lost That doesn't surprise me... Quote
poppy Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 One day in the rain I got lost Whilst Raven got his wires crossed Quote
Chrissy Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 13 hours ago, Raven said: That doesn't surprise me... Oi! Cheeky! One day in the rain I got lost Whilst Raven got his wires crossed I looked for a sign Quote
poppy Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 One day in the rain I got lost Whilst Raven got his wires crossed I looked for a sign He'd been pulled back in line Quote
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