(04 October 1943 / Germany)

poet Herbert Nehrlich
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The Art Of Writing Limericks

A limerick can be rather funny
when the syllables are on the money.
But when none of it fits
it can give you the shits
Would you stop writing limericks, sonny?

Submitted: Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Edited: Saturday, May 14, 2011

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  • John Brown (11/10/2012 7:41:00 AM)

    A crazy little limerick Herbert. I've written a few myself. If you would like to take a look at some of them, I'm sure you will enjoy them.

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  • Caroline Bulleck (11/4/2012 10:01:00 PM)

    hahaha. I like it. This is a great how to on limericks.

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  • Gillian Commerford (11/4/2012 6:55:00 AM)

    Funny and true as well.I liked it

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  • Mahnaz Zardoust-Ahari (8/24/2005 7:28:00 AM)

    I'm not a big limmerick fan....but this is funny!

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  • Herbert Nehrlich1 (8/24/2005 3:07:00 AM)

    It was actually aimed at a poet on this site who posted a bunch of limerickoids.
    H

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  • Enemacles Redux (8/24/2005 1:20:00 AM)

    Very good Limerick.

    Interestingly, the first time I read this, my 'internal metronome' was a little off and the syllables, when I read them, didn't actually fit. I even started writing a comment praising your irony!

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  • THE LAST REMNANT OF SANITY BIDS YOU ADIEU (8/23/2005 11:18:00 PM)

    Funny, Sonny! .............

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