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vandiemenspeak
vandiemenspeak
Jun 06, 2017 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

A young man from Geelong (seriously a limerick)

There was a young man from Geelong
Who felt like he didn't belong
So off came his shirt
Thrown into the dirt
And killed all the townsfolk with song

About This Poem

Last Few Words: This was Jess' fault - I couldn't help myself! And it is partly true.

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Tasmania, AUS

Favorite Poets: Glen Richards, Thomas Hardy, Phillip Larkin, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Carol Ann Duffy , Ani DiFranco, Seamus Heaney, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Elliot

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Comments

vandiemenspeak

vandiemenspeak

8 years 1 month ago

Spam, spam spam,spam..

I don't like spam! (I kid) Haha, I do like the limerick.. and in Black-town, Rooty Hill Novatel at the moment, the RSL, the pokies, the night has been long...so to speak. Does wonders for composition. Thanks Jess.

weirdelf

weirdelf

7 years 3 months ago

You can, Wesley.

You just don't really want to.
If I was your mentor I would strap you to a chair with a 'puter in front of you and make you write dirty limericks and filthy senryu until your fingers bled.

Um... maybe that's why I have so few protegees [grins].

jane210660

jane210660

8 years 1 month ago

Great one

Warning....... they are addictive.
I can't get the bloody form out of my head. Jx

weirdelf

weirdelf

8 years 1 month ago

Not strictly speaking but they are strict,

if you get my drift.
The rhyme scheme is always AABBA.
Different meters can be used although should be consistent throughout.
Usually 3 foot, 3 foot, 2 foot, 2 foot, 3 foot.

Remember, Mark, meter is counted in feet, not syllables. There are usually 2 or 3 syllables per foot.