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dragonyphoenix ([personal profile] dragonyphoenix) wrote2017-10-09 09:21 pm
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There was a young man
From Cork who got limericks
And haikus confused

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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2017-10-10 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Good one!

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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[personal profile] conuly 2017-10-10 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
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."
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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2017-10-10 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] conuly 2017-10-10 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO good one!
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[personal profile] double_dutchess 2017-10-17 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Fun!