There once was a man
from Cork who got Haikus and
Limericks confused
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LOL, was literally going to post the same book. I picked it up when I was a used book buyer- it didn’t meet the requirements for the store to resell (not recent or popular enough) but I knew a treasure when I saw it.
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I got my copy from my half sister nearly 40 years ago. And then, a couple decades later, when I first met my now in-laws and found a copy on a shelf in their living room, I knew we’d get along great.
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Amongst others, this one I wrote for a work colleague (Senior Vibration/Modal Test Engineer) back in the day. He loved limericks-- but only dirty ones:
There once was this pilot, named Haddick
Whose libido was on automatic.
All the ladies would vie
For his approving eye.
His pitot-tube was not quite static.
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My BF came up with this 'un a few months ago
marjorie taylor green
died of a ruptured spleen
The doctor had said,
“It was as big as her head,
and had made her unnaturally mean.”
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COOL!
Sometimes I opt to hyphenate certain multi-syllabic words in order to control the rhythm.
Example: “His arrival at noon, was quite im-portune.”
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Oh, good idea.
in-famy has better cadence.
Thanks
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A rare example of a clean limerick:
There was a young man from Purdue
Whose thesis had much new and true.
But that which was true
Was not very new
And that which was new was not true.
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You’re well-come!
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Claiming privacy at any price
On his wedding night, Jack was concise.
“We may yield to our rut
For the door’s welded shut.”
But no answer; she’d gone to get ice.
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A butcher’s assistant from Macon
In matters of love was mistaken
For his girlfriend got sick
When he coated his prick
With the grease from a package of bacon.