Limericks For the Bard

When an old fashioned poet named Will
wrote a sonnet he chose words to thrill,
in a metrical time
with a word perfect rhyme
fourteen lines gently flowed from his quill.

This William he also wrote plays
that reflected the life in those days,
from Scotland McBeth
then to Denmark for death,
that Prince Hamlet he had funny ways.

With Anne Hathaway he'd often spoon
an experience he used very soon,
to pen a romance
put Juliet in a trance,
the very first print, Mills and Boon.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Laurie Avatar
January 8, 2016 at 6:42 PM
G'day Mike... very nicely written in limerick form - thank you - Lindsay
Merryman Avatar
June 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM
Fantastic limericks, Mike! Thanks for pointing me in this direction! Love, Kim
Allison Avatar
June 2, 2015 at 9:13 AM
simply wonderful string of limericks on the bard - very very clever I loved them all - 7:-) hugs Jan xx
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