ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

The Limerick
© John Peel 9/3/2012

There once was a poet called Lear
who said, "Well now, what have we here?"
Two lines rhymed from my pen,
two more rhyming again -
it's the start of a Limerick, I fear!

I reckon now just to be sure,
this Limerick still needs one line more.
If I struggle and strive,
I'll rhyme one, two and five
with a different rhyme on three and four."

These poems will bring me great fame
and Limerick is such a good name!
Some of them will be rude
with some witty and crude -
though some may be boring and tame!

Great work John, You've done the challenge, first past the post.

Excellent John!

Thanks Neville and Heather

The first four lines had been floating around in my head for a long time and to finish it off with just a single line didn't seem to work, so I decided to give the challenge of "linked Limericks" a go. Roughly five years ago, I attended a poetry event at Trentham in Victoria (Part of the "Words in Winter" Festival that they have in that area) and I saw a gentleman read a poem that was made up of linked Limericks - I think it was about the antics of his family. It was quite cleverly done.

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John Peel

Limericks are really fun poems aren't they?

I would have to agree with you there Heather.

One of the first rhyming poems that I can remember writing was a Limerick. That was back when I was in year 5 at school as an eleven year old. It was called "Ben":

There once was a young boy called Ben,
who lived in a little chook pen.
He ate some chook food,
and thought it was good, (OK, so I used a sight rhyme here - I was only eleven but I had seen them often enough in other poems that I had read at the time)
so then he turned into a hen!

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John Peel

still cackling that fluffed my feathers John

Glad you enjoyed the poem, Maureen

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John Peel

G'day,

What a clever little Johnny you are!

Thanks Zondrae

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John Peel