Anyone for limer(l)icks?

[PeterBilt]

Just thought I'd see - some of these can be quite fun; I'll start it off

A cute little babe from St. Paul
Wore a newspaper dress to a ball;
But the dress caught on fire
And burned her entire
Front page, sporting section and all.

 

[Guest]

Maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I didn't like the part about her being burned entire.

 

[lovetoread]

Cant think of any myself, but yours was cute.

 

[PeterBilt]

to Unregistered

I see your point - the flow was to be entire front page, but perhaps this is insensitive - sorry to offend you. PeterBilt

 

[Guest]

OH!

OH! I see now! When I read it that way, it's very cute! lol

 

[PeterBilt]

more

A buxom young lady from Rio
Caused quite a furor with the trio;
Her dress was too scanty,
And instead of andante
She swung it allegro con brio.

 

[PeterBilt]

For today,

Not a limerick, but a favorite from Ogden Nash:

Some primal termite knocked on wood,
Tasted it; found it good;
And that is why your cousin Mae
Fell through the parlor floor today.

 

[lovetoread]

Okay please explain allegro con brio. I have no clue what it means.

 

[tigerjen]

PeterBilt......

I got a kick out of the limericks about the the girl
from St. Paul and the lady from Rio.....I was laughing
hard in my seat esp. about the one from St. Paul!
Very clever!

Tigerjen

 

[PeterBilt]

well, I need to look up brio myself ...

andante iw smooth, deliberate

allegro is presto! fast

con brio would be with zest? I need to look up brio (Italian)

sorry, I'm as lost as you, but just liked the overall sense of it , but it will be fun to have the full meaning

Okay please explain allegro con brio. I have no clue what it means.

 

[Unmasked Poet]

Looks like something I'll try...



A cute little babe from St. Paul
Wore a newspaper dress to a ball;
But the dress caught on fire
And burned her entire
Front page, sporting section and all.

A lad who was doing the tango.
Put out the quick blaze with fandango!
He noticed her shape
His passions went ape
And he covered her privates with mangos

 

[Guest]

"Looks like something I'll try... "

KEEP TRYING!

 

[garyblue]

form

The limerick may be one of the toughest forms of verse. It is a humorous verse form, often with a blue subject (traditionally social commentary). The structure is strictly prescribed. This definite pattern consists of five anapestic lines. Lines one, two, and five contain three metrical feet, and rhyme; lines three and four contain two metrical feet, and rhyme. The first foot of lines one, two, and five may sometimes appear to be iambic, but in the oral tradition the first syllable is stretched just enough to maintain an anapestic meter (like 3/4 time with the beat on the third quarter note).

Any poet wanting to hone his word skills will find this a challenge. The stone of meter and the strop of rhyme will make the pen if not mightier then at least sharper than the sword.

Haiku, with its three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, and its opposing imagery, is simple by comparison. It is a favorite of intellectual snobs putting on the airs of the literati. (Don't misunderstand. There are serious haiku artists.)

If you write limericks, you may be accused of being a less than a serious poet. Should that be unappealing, think of it as an etude. Bach, Perlman, and even Bob Wills spent hours at their etudes (studies) to master their crafts. Keep to strict form. Cut yourself no slack and you'll soon be a wordsmith extraordinaire.

There is one other reason to attack the limerick. As you finish one, it will be with a smile on your face. And that, folks, is good.

g

 

[PeterBilt]

Unmasked, I thought it was fun ...

and that's why I did this, to have some fun ...

GaryBlue, thanks for your comments.

I want you to all know that I don't write these things; these are just ones I have come across in life or have in books - I will try to attribute them if the author is known.

Thanks to all who contribute.

PeterBilt

And now, for today's

An accident really uncanny
Occurred to an elderly granny;
She sat down in a chair,
While her false teeth lay there,
And bit herself right in the fanny!

 

[PeterBilt]

today's

There was an old miser named Clarence,
Who Simonized both of his parents;
"The initial expense,"
He remarked, "Is immense,
But I'll save it on wearance and tearance."

This may have been from Ogden Nash

Next week I'll try to return to a few "bawdy" ones ... PeterBilt

 

[lovetoread]

I had to groan at that one,peterbilt. Cant wait till I see your bawdy ones.

 

[PeterBilt]

just when you thought it was safe to read ...

A lady both buxom and handsome
Got stuck by mistake in a transom;
She offered much gold
For release, but was told
The view was worth more than the ransom.

 

[lovetoread]

Okay this one was good.....but you cant keep it up for long. Having good limericks that is.

 

[PeterBilt]

Try me?

on, for sighs?

 

[lovetoread]

Re: Try me?

on, for sighs?

Sighs?....maybe...throw up a few more limericks and we'll see.

 

[PeterBilt]

Okay, here goes ...

There was a plump babe from Bryn Mawr,
Who was pinched by her low strapless bra;
So she loosened one wire,
Whereupon the entire
Dress fell, and left her quite raw.

 

[lovetoread]

Oh this was good....

Okay maybe I was wrong......maybe you can keep it up after all.

 

[PeterBilt]

want to have a contest?

Who can last the longest?

 

[PeterBilt]

and today ...

There was a young lady of Condover,
Whose husband had ceased to be fond of her;
He could not forget
He had wooed a brunette,
But peroxide had now made a blonde of her.

 

[lovetoread]

I liked todays.