About Here Be Limerick Poems: A Wee Introduction

A little about Here Be Limerick Poems and how the Web site came to be. Language is the skill that distinguishes us from our estimable fellow creatures. For this purpose, writers’ groups are born. In the spirit of barbed camaraderie, we meet weekly to ever so gently lambaste each other’s offerings.

Molly (a pseudonym for the owner of the pub and a Web site “persona” for the author, ) is fortunate to be included in such a fraternity and proclaims to the high heavens the benefits of such an association. Their home page will be given as soon as they will have seen fit to prostheletize (they are somewhat retiring.) Yet we hold out the hopes that eventually they will choose to skirt the Scylla and Carybdis of Web site by committee and join the Web community. About Here Be Limerick Poems and Molly

Well, this is Molly’s time to play, and thus the Web site.

A number of visitors have asked where all these limericks came from. Except for a handful from talented contributors (and those are attributed) they are all original, written by me, Jeannette Ramirez.

However, I write in other genres as well: freelance fiction non-fiction, ghost writing, and other poetic forms including children's poetry. Please note that I am enthusiastic about freelance endeavors. Should you find this writer’s style matches your requirements, we welcome your inquiries.

Allied to the writers’ group, and indeed, a subset of them, are the Losantiville Limericists, who are less retiring, and have even hurdled the daunting task of a joint book production. A book by committee has the problem of an elephant being described by several blind persons, one of whom describes the trunk, another, the ears, and a third, the tail, all of which adds considerable delay in understanding the entire animal.

Other characters in the pub are Edward Lear, the father of the limerick poem, and Kathleen, the barmaid. All the limericks (except for guest limericks) are attributed to her. She takes silly limericks very seriously.

Molly lives in the Midwest, is married to a very supportive husband, and together they have five children. All those children have delightful spouses, one of whom is in Iraq with JAG (Judge Advocate General). Among them, four hold doctorates, and the fifth, like her mother, a masters. Four of the delightful spouses also hold doctorates, and the fifth also holds a masters. Go figure.

To date, they count six grandchildren and as Garrison Keillor says, they are, “all above average.” There are also assorted grandcats and granddogs (oh, yes, and there was a grandsnake, who recently succumbed). Funny poetry is here, but if you enjoy Molly and Kathleen's style, you can order Keepsakes for your wedding, Valentine's Day, or anniversary.

This may not surprise our Dear Reader who has visited us, and we appreciate your interest about Here Be Limerick Poems, but a book of limericks is also in production. It is a very different type of limerick, however, and Molly has dubbed it, Literati Limericks. Check back from time to time for a progress report on that project.

And, of course, as a writer, there is the obligatory “Great American Novel” underway and currently standing at 337 pages. It is an historical fiction. Also, she has done some freelance work for a local magazine.

And yes, there is a great deal of the Irish in Molly.

We sincerely hope you enjoy this page, About Here Be Limerick Poems, bookmark this site and return often for our New Brews. Please feel free to make suggestions for new themes to tickle your funny bone.

About Here Be Limerick Poems, we have guest limericists who contribute. By and by, we will tell you more about them.

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