Macaronic Limerick
First off, this limerick (despite its name) has nothing to do with macaroni. I’m not suffering from Passover pasta-withdrawal. Nor do my dreams (or nightmares) ever feature anything of a noodle nature.
So why the title? I just learned, from the delightfully informative Miss Rumphius, about the rare and usually comic form called macaronic verse. What the heck is macaronic verse? We’re told that it’s a usually absurd and nonsensical “poem in a mixture of two languages, one of them preferably Latin,” and that “the poet usually subjects one language to the grammatical laws of another to make people laugh.”
So naturally I had to try it, mixing legal terms (mostly Latin) in with standard limerick English:
Macaronic Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The corpus is AWOL. Oh my!
I attest that I left it hereby.
What a bona fide mess.
My mentis has stress.
It’s de facto I mortemed that fly.
(Linked at We Write Poems pairings prompt.)
Tags: April Holidays, Insect and Bug Humor, Jewish Holidays, Law Humor, Legal Jargon, Legal Limerick, Light Verse, Macaronic Verse, Passover, Poetry Forms, Stress Humor
People are walking by my office wondering why I’m in hysterics! Well done. (You know I’ll be repeating this every time I kill one of the little buggers!)
Thanks, Tricia! I knew my law degree would come in handy, one day. :)
The two forms combine well for a jolly rhyme….it gave me a good chuckle. ;)
My love is like a Rose Sauvage,
My stomach needs gastric lavage.
My tastes outclass my meager budget,
I needs must fly, ’cause tempus fugit.
(And, yes, I know that fugit does not rhyme with budget. Poetic license, we calls it.)
Pesach has passed
Easter has massed
La Dia de Madre is coming
My birthday cake will be yumming!
Ach du lieber this year is fast!
Thanks for the laugh, Madeleine :)
Pamela
Hilarious Mad should we call you “The fly killer”? And then Bill? English Spanish and German too funny thanks for the heads up on Holidays Bill!
Awesome and fun! Thanks, friend.
Wonderful, WONDERFUL!! I never fail to leave your blog with a smile on my face and laughter in my heart! You creative spirit is such fun!
That’s hilarious! It’s made my day.
I’m doing this from my iPad, which keeps correcting all my foreign words. Although I’m of Irish Catholic extraction, I prefer the Vaudeville/Catskills tradition of peppering my verse with Yiddish. I present the tale of Frankenstein:
A meshuggenah doctor named Victor
Built a Golem quite large. What a picture!
He shocked it to life
It demanded a wife
Vic said no, so Vic’s bride? Monster nicked ‘er.
Thanks for your delightful verse Elisson, Bill, and Bob.
And thanks everyone for your enthusiasm. I enjoyed writing this and am glad to hear you enjoyed reading it. :)
lolsss
That’s a brave attempt!! I so loved it for its humorous nature.. lolssss
Wishing you a nice week!
Hugs xox
Thanks, Olivia!
Mad, I never heard that term before, thanks for the education. I must say this is really, really good. The construction is just so very clever…the result…perfect. You’re great. vb
Versebender, what a lovely compliment! Thanks so much!
Saw this and thought of you.
Royal Wedding Limericks
Thanks for letting me know about it, Nicole. :)
“It’s de facto I mortemed that fly.” lmao
haha…love it…fun word play…even the bona…smiles.
thanks for the chuckles !
What a great story. Laughed all the way through.
Lisa
InspiredbyLisa
This one is pretty clever.
That was fun and legally intoxicating.
Learn something, enjoy something: wonderful!
Well, it works! This was the first response I read and you should write more of these.
I love the way your limerick tickles my tongue. I will be grinning all day. Thanks for the rib rub.
Regards,
Don
So fun–I’ve got to try it!
What a fun combo! Thanks for linking into the Smiley Sociology Study. :)
And here I thought it was gonna be about the invention of wireless… till I put my glasses on! Thanks!
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments!