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Welcome to Late Night Poets
Second Annual Limerick Contest !
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Limericks are short poems not meant to be taken seriously.
They consist of five lines with rhyme scheme aabba.
The pattern of syllable stresses is not set in stone,
but it is generally anapestic (unstressed, unstressed, stressed).
The first, second, and fifth lines contain nine syllables,
while the third and fourth have six.
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This is a dry and technical explanation for a poem which is,
in reality, simple and fun to write. Limericks frequently
make slight departures from the ‘proper’ form,
and this is perfectly acceptable.
The limerick below gives you an idea of what limericks are all about.
Winner will receive Our Much Coveted
Pot O’ Gold
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There was an old lady from Kent
Whose nose was horribly bent.
One day Im suppose
She followed her nose
And nobody knows where she went.
IamSherrie0030
there once was a man from key largo
who danced around on a bar-stool
till this lady did bump
his chair with her hump
and down he went like obamas approval
RisinSun28
There was a young lady from Paris
whose specialty was dancing bare assed
she’d drink crummy gin
till the sailors came in
and CanCaned tll THEY were embarrassed
Feign
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There once was a lady named Jean
She was never obtuse rude or mean
She was always a fine poet
And her verses did show it
The best poetry I have seen
EyeOfTheTiger2u7
There was an old man from the sticks
Who had a strange potion he’d mix
When he drank it down
His head spun around
It seems that he’s in quite a fix
B9Patric
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