Limerick laughs

Friday Funny

Limericks. Those are the five line poems, usually kind of naughty and funny with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. I'm sure you have heard the following, or a variation of it. 

There was an old man of Nantucket

who kept all his cash in a bucket

but his daughter, named Nan

ran away with a man

as as for the bucket, Nantucket

Edward Lear popularized limericks, he did not call them limericks, in the 19th century.

As a poetic form, limericks adhere to a set of rules. Actually, limerick rules are rather strict compared to other poetry. 

They are:

• Limericks are five lines long
• Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme
• Lines 3 and 4 rhyme
• Limericks are typically funny

Here's another example. Author unknown.

The limerick packs laughs anatomical

Into space that is quite economical.

But the good ones I've seen

So seldom are clean

And the clean ones so seldom are comical. 

And now, here's my go at it.

There once was a woman writer

whose mental blocks would bite her;

but she kept at her keyboard

til a story struck a big chord

now her job is a money counter

Now, your turn.