LIMERICKS
A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure. A true limerick is supposed to have a kind of twist to it. This may lie in the final line,or it may lie in the way the rhymes are often intentionally tortured, or both.
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
Into space that is quite economical.
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
HISTORY AND ORIGIN
The origins of the actual word limerick is obscure. The first dictionary reports it only in 1898. The name is often linked to an earlier form of nonsense verse which was traditionally followed by the refrain that ended "...come all the way up to Limerick?", Limerick being an Irish town.
There are quite a number of famous writers who have contributed many limericks.Ogden Nash is renowned for humorous short poetry, and often used the limerick form:
There once was a miser named Clarence
Who Simonized both of his parents;
"The initial expense,"
he remarked, "is immense,
But it saves on the wearance and tearance."
RECURRING THEMES IN LIMERICKS
The island of Nantucket has been an especially recurring theme in limericks, including the following,which is likely the best-known of all poems in the form:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all of his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket (Nan took it)
For more information on Limericks Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)
The following is an original composition of a limerick from me. Hope you like it!
WIN TAY FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
It is has been quite sometime now since my poem you have have heard
I am still trying and this is only my third.
I am about to weave one hell of a story
A bit too comical a bit too gory.
There was a man called 'Win Tay' from Trinidad and Tobago
He had a habit of consuming too much tobacco!
He puffed and puffed and smoked away to glory,
Little did he realise that his life would become such a sad story!
One day while he was driving in his Mitsubishi Lancer,
His spanish doctor called him on his cell and informed that he had Cancer!
The poor guy's heart was really broken,
Now he regretted every puff of smoke he had taken!
In a frenzy he brought his car to a screeching halt,
He now contemplated on ending his life with cyanide salt.
Then he saw an unbelievable sight,
Of a stray dog laughing and barking at his sad plight.
He went up to the dog engraged
To be laughed at by a dog, he really felt disgraced!
He took a stone and aimed it at the dog,
The throw was off target and the stone landed on a rotting log.
The laughing dog ran away howling,
However the log now had started rolling.
It was coming directly at him,
He knew his chances of survival were really dim!
His whole life flashed past him in a second,
He had hardly a few moments of life left he reckoned.
He repented his deeds and started showing signs of compunction
He prayed to God with a solemn heart and great devotion.
He vowed that he would refrain from smoking,
He also admitted that hurting other beings too was a cause for his undoing.
High in the sky the Gods smiled and nodded,
Convinced that he had transformed, to him a new lease of life was awarded.
Then his cell phone rang again,
It was the fateful Doctor calling from Spain.
"My Dear boy there has been a grave mistake,
Lately there has been a considerable increase in my alchohol intake!
Drunk, I switched your file with my patient called 'Tin Way'
You are quite healthy and have every reason to be happy and gay!
I am sure you will live a very long life,
With many a children and a wife!"
Win Tay gave a big sigh of relief,
what had happened that day had gone way beyond his belief!
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