Shama's Dilemma Limerick

There once was a girl named Shama
Who wondered about her karma
As a poet her rhymes
Were always out of time
To most her terza rima was trauma








Deborah's
limerick contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Dietrich Avatar
June 11, 2011 at 7:34 PM
LInda, are you ever coming back,sweetie?
Milgate Avatar
July 20, 2018 at 6:41 PM
hope you are well, have been dealing with difficult cancer and a lot of treatment, hope I will get back think it would be good for me.
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January 18, 2011 at 12:53 PM
The meter requirements are driving me bonkers, Linda. I gave more significance to syllable counts. Each to his own. However, I just love your limerick and hope you do well in Deb's latest contest! I always found limericks to be a source of entertainment. Now they seem more like a chore. Yours is very funny and I would rank it high! Love, Carolyn
Guzzi Avatar
January 18, 2011 at 8:31 AM
hmmm & even your way you have 10 syllables and you want to strive for the same as line one and two, though the meter is MORE important than the syllable count! Don't be so wedded to the words terza rima?
Guzzi Avatar
January 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Oh please LOL God in Heaven [see Deb praying ;)] call me Debbie, I haven't been a bad girl and I'm not a biblical prophetess LOL, okies enough of me. There once was a girl named Sharma, who wondered about her karma, as a poet her rhymes, were way out of time, and to most her ...[terza rima/is STRESS unstress/STRESS unstress..see it goes of the pattern?]
Guzzi Avatar
January 17, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Thanks so much for trying, you almost have it my head is spinning I can't stop thinking in limericks! GAH! LOL
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January 17, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Linda, what an ending.. enjoyed your limerick,, good luck in the contest,..p.d.
A  Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Good luck in the contest Linda~enjoyed~skat
La France Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Hi, Linda, great limerick, best of luck in the contest, I am sending you a soupmail in a moment~~
Dietrich Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM
boy, poor Teresa, I can't get a comment to her!! soupmail.
Dietrich Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 3:49 PM
I am just doing a test to see if you get this comment. I think the soup is on the fritz. If you get this, it means it is just one person I am not able to comment to!
Mehta Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Very intellectual and matured write, linda, Namaste
Guzzi Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 2:24 PM
all is well until you hit line 5 which is going STRESS STRESS unstress STRESS STRESS unstress...play a bit more with line 5 you want unstress STRESS/ or unstress unstress STRESS...Light & Love
Dietrich Avatar
January 16, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Oh, this is the perfect limerick for a POET!! Good job with the challenge, Linda. Luv, Andrea
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