Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .......Celebrity limerick.....
10 winning placements. New poems only, please date them at the bottom. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LIMERICK RHYTHM TO QUALIFY
Limerick Rhythm
Limericks have a distinct rhythm. The rhythm is as follows:
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM 7-10 syllables A
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM 7-10 syllables A
da DUM da da DUM 5-7 syllables B
da DUM da da DUM 5-7 syllables B
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM 7-10 syllables A
Example
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.