Limerick
is a rhymed humorous, nonsense poem.
Here are some fun examples:
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.-Ogden Nash
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.-Ogden Nash
A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican.
-Dixon Merrit
Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock;
the clock struck one
and down he run;
hickory dickory dock. -Mother Goose
the mouse ran up the clock;
the clock struck one
and down he run;
hickory dickory dock. -Mother Goose
-Miss Bates.
The Mother Goose one's my favourite. I'm working on a variation of Humpty Dumpty for a photoblog.
ReplyDeleteEdward Lear wrote dozens of limericks. He is the person I most often associate with the word. There is a second verse to the pelican one, I had it quoted at me once, but never heard it again.
ReplyDeleteWonderful limericks!
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