Terry Flood Poet Limerick

Gimme Five

[First go at a poem in six lines contest]


A poem in six lines? That’s slick
I reckon I can do that trick
Oh wow, snakes alive
I wrote one in five
All hail the mighty limerick

[But what about that one spare line... well that one line is mine, all mine!]

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Jan Allison May 17, 2021 at 3:29 PM ha ha ha this is such fun, love the clever way you ended the poem:-) hugs jan xx Terry Flood May 17, 2021 at 4:03 PM Thanks Jan. I know we didn’t have to use six lines, but with a line going spare, why waste it? Glad you enjoyed. Terry.

Lindsay Laurie May 16, 2021 at 4:44 PM Hello Terry ... well written limericks are great and this is a great one - thanks Terry - Lindsay Terry Flood May 17, 2021 at 11:30 AM I wonder how many people have no idea how tricky it can be to get a limerick right. They look so simple on the face of it don’t they? Thanks Lindsay. Terry

Tom Cunningham May 16, 2021 at 2:31 AM Im with you there Terry, ive tried many forms but always come back to rhyme. Tom Terry Flood May 16, 2021 at 3:57 PM We should get badges made and form a club ;-) Terry

L Milton Hankins May 15, 2021 at 7:11 PM Two haiku will work. Terry Flood May 16, 2021 at 12:45 AM And so they will, but some of us are Mr Limerick and others are just posh! Seriously though, I’ve penned a couple of haiku but they don’t really gel in my mind because I have this unshakeable need to rhyme. Terry