Funny Limerick Poems:
The Poet’s View

Funny limerick poems are both an art and a science. Mostly, they are born from the early reading habits of the limericist. Working Within the Paradigm >

Meter

The meter of limerick poem
Hearkens back to the Zen of a koan
If it's good, then your pittance
Will read like a sentence—
Concise–with dry wit overtone.

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Just Five Lines

Limerick poets agree
Five lines are not much. Quality,
Going by the textbook,
Demands there's a "hook"
And a perfectly metered strophe.

Thank You, Sister Mary Leo
(Your Work Was Not for Naught)

While a child, Sister Mary Leo
Taught piano to me. Even though
I did not practice much
Still, her efforts were such
That I hear meter fortissimo.

Beware the Limerick

The limerick amusing and charming
May also be sometimes disarming.
And before it is through
It may poke fun at you
And the feeling can be darn alarming.

Sharp as an Arrow

Though a limerick may seem to be light
And the verse and the rhythm are tight,
And the format is clear
But the message, my dear,     
May be sharp as an arrow in flight.

As they say, the child is mother to the woman, and some children read by flashlight under the covers.

Reading By Flashlight

The parent who one day discovers
His(her) child reading under the covers
By dint of flashlight
You've done something right
Such children become language lovers.

When is a limerick not a limerick? When it's a limerick parotic!

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