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

Date: 5/17/2021 3:29:00 PM

ha ha ha this is such fun, love the clever way you ended the poem:-) hugs jan xx

Terry Flood
Date: 5/17/2021 4:03:00 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

Date: 5/16/2021 4:44:00 PM

Hello Terry ... well written limericks are great and this is a great one - thanks Terry - Lindsay

Terry Flood
Date: 5/17/2021 11:30:00 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

Date: 5/16/2021 2:31:00 AM

Im with you there Terry, ive tried many forms but always come back to rhyme. Tom

Terry Flood
Date: 5/16/2021 3:57:00 PM

We should get badges made and form a club ;-) Terry

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/15/2021 7:11:00 PM

Two haiku will work.

Terry Flood
Date: 5/16/2021 12:45:00 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