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Impossible

I tried out my hand at a Limerick The words that I chose didn't do the trick Every phrase that I tried Left my hand paralyzed A tough trick when writing a Limerick Trying another new style.

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Casarah Nance

Date: 8/20/2014 10:03:00 PM

Well there are worse rhymes for limerick than trick, glad you kept it clean, still sore hands though... :)

Voahanitriniaina Rabary-Andriamanday

Date: 11/28/2012 12:32:00 PM

hahaha! Very funny! It's pretty difficult to have good rhymes and THE perfect rhythm with the right number of syllables! Nice try, Rick! I remember one limerick from our English classes: Doctor Foster went to Gloucester/In a shower of rain/ He stepped in a puddle/Right up to his middle/And never went there again! (And there was a nice tune to it...). I like limericks very much but never got to the idea of writing one!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/9/2013 2:00:00 PM

good memory you have!

Cecilia Macfarlane

Date: 11/22/2012 6:38:00 PM

This is cute....I like it! Good job! Wrote my 1st limerick in Jan this year : )

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/22/2012 6:46:00 PM

thanks

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/21/2012 11:01:00 AM

I like this one..You could try in the last line maybe something like Glad I was not trying a poem epic...Sometimes the words that we choose limit where we can go with a work..Enjoyed reading ..It looks like you have great flow to this one...Thanks for stopping by..Sara

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/22/2012 7:23:00 AM

Thanks for stopping by Sara

Duke Beaufort

Date: 11/21/2012 7:58:00 AM

Richard--goodness you have quite a following. Writing about writing is fun. Very enjoyable. My sources tell me the cliff might just be over-hyped even if we end up on the other side of it for a while. But it makes for great TV news. Debt is ubiquitous.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/21/2012 8:09:00 AM

I think by delaying the measures the politicians are making the problem far worse. Eventually these idiots will bankrupt your country. Thanks for commenting.

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/21/2012 6:53:00 AM

ex: [There was a cold pig from North Stowe/Who despised winter weather and snow/ Sixteen coats never warmed him/They only deformed him/ That fridgid cold pig from North Stowe.] not mine Arnold Lobel

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/21/2012 6:51:00 AM

okies YOU are truly a writer always learning very hard form! the real defining line is line 5..if it isn't funny well..oh well LOL to help until you have it down pat..start [There once was] or [There was] and you will be beginning in the correct meter..incluse a name & a place [this is tradition!]

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/21/2012 8:10:00 AM

Thanks Debbie, also enjoyed the example. Are you a teacher??

Yanny Widjanarko

Date: 11/20/2012 7:37:00 PM

Wow, perfect limerick! Well done Richard :D - Hug, Yanny

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/20/2012 10:19:00 PM

Thanks Yanny

Toquyen Harrell

Date: 11/20/2012 6:42:00 PM

I have to hand to you, Richard. You have the pati--ence. I don't mess with those things. Just write what comes to to my mind. Good try. Love ya, Toquyen

Adria Robinson

Date: 11/20/2012 5:00:00 PM

Nice take on a limerick (: Thanks for all the comments on my poems. I really appreciate it.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/20/2012 5:59:00 PM

My pleasure, Adria, I enjoyed reading them.

Jack Ellison

Date: 11/20/2012 4:23:00 PM

Good one my friend... you had me counting the syllables as I read it! Sure enough, it was 10-10-6-6-10! Go to the head of the class! Cheers!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/20/2012 4:28:00 PM

Thanks Jack. I am trying to do something different each week. My delayed poetic education so to speak.