Yet Another Limerick Day Ode to Edward Lear
It’s Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear’s birthday on May 12th, and so…
Yet Another Limerick Day Ode to Edward Lear
By Madeleine Begun Kane
On May 12th I must celebrate Lear,
Though he’s mostly to blame, it is clear,
For my rhyming affliction
And lim’rick addiction;
I’m perversely a fan, so I cheer.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Odd Holidays, Writers
How do I ever get that anapest?
my lim’rick writing would be blessed
so once again a cheer
and salute in beer
and hope poem to be rightly stressed
And what is pinging
may I ask
Is this some kind of
Lear poetical farce?
I like his pairing of
pussy cat and owl
although I prefer
the dog and a fowl