There was a young man from Japan Whose meter just never would scan When told this was so He said "Yes, I know, But I always try to fit as many words in the last line as I possibly can."
The limerick, peculiar to English Proved exceedingly hard to extinguish When Congress in session Decreed its suppression People got around the ban by writing the last line without any rhyme or meter whatsoever.
Thanks for commenting today and letting me see this today. I'm frustrated over a smoke detector that's been chirping since Tuesday morning. My landlady called in unreliable boy to fix it. Grrr! I needed cheering up@!
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Date: 2017-10-10 04:43 am (UTC)There was a young poet from Mainz
Whose limericks had no last lines
When asked why this was,
He said "It's because
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Date: 2017-10-10 05:28 am (UTC)Whose meter just never would scan
When told this was so
He said "Yes, I know,
But I always try to fit as many words in the last line as I possibly can."
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Date: 2017-10-10 02:39 pm (UTC)Proved exceedingly hard to extinguish
When Congress in session
Decreed its suppression
People got around the ban by writing the last line without any rhyme or meter whatsoever.
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Date: 2017-10-10 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-10-11 02:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-10-17 09:27 pm (UTC)no subject
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