The Limerick Game

Most of us enjoy reading limericks. This new game allows members to write their own. The first two sentences of a limerick have to rhyme.. same as the third and fourth while the fifth must rhyme with the first. (see below)

enjoy.

I will kick things off with an attempt at an authentic Irish limerick. The next member takes over.

There was a young man from Dublin,

 

Who spent his day eating pumpkin.

 

Pumpkin is close to Dublin I suppose.

There was a young man from Dublin,
Who spent his day eating pumpkin,
He ate so much he became very unwell,

 

There was a young man from Dublin,
Who spent his day eating pumpkin,
He ate so much he became very unwell,
left us his sad story to tell,

 

Good one Shirley.

There was a young man from Dublin,
Who spent his day eating pumpkin,
He ate so much he became very unwell,
left us his sad story to tell,
Happily the young man is now bubblin'.

 

There was an old man from Kent,

 

There was an old man from Kent,
He had a stick that was bent,

 

But after he went to the gym,

 

He came out quite slim

 

These are really weird limericks, imo.

Aren't lines (1, 2) and lines (3, 4) supposed to have the same number of syllables?

Carry on... I'll catch you on the next round.

 

"A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme."

"haiku
[ˈhīˌko͞o]
NOUN

1. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
   • a poem in English written in the form of a haiku."

I don't think limericks have to have the same number of syllables, do they?

 

There was an old man from Kent,
He had a stick that was bent,
But after he went to the gym,
He came out quite slim ,
But he still had a bad scent.

 

Now what is wrong with that. Perhaps the last line needs to be a touch longer. Do we have to follow the exact Limerick rules?

Shirley or someone else start next one.

 

There once was a very young poet

 

There once was a very young poet,
Who liked the odd drop of Moet,