Eight Lines On Demand (Updated)
A verse of eight lines
has been ordered today.
So a lim’rick won’t fit.
Must I really obey?
I’ve already done five.
Counting this one, it’s six.
Since I’ve traveled this far,
guess I’ll finish, for kicks.
(DVerse Poets asks for 8-line poems today.)
UPDATE: I just realized that today’s double dactyl for John Mortimer (of Rumpole fame) also fits the bill:
Higgledy Piggledy
John Clifford Mortimer
Barrister, Author,
Rumpolian wit.
Bailey, his bailiwick
Prima-facetiously
He and his Horace sure
Loved to acquit.
Tags: DVerse, Writing & Publishing Humor
To write without the anapests
is not what Mad Kane likes the best
cause she gets her kicks
from Limericks
and eight lines is a gruesome test
Don’t take this the wrong way
But limericks are more your forte
Peace, Linda
Eight line poems are like 10 word poems, at least for me; just an exercise in aesthetics. As you know most of my poems are a bit wordy. Yours made me smile; thanks.
Thanks, Glenn.
Very funny, Bjorn!
Can’t argue with you, Linda.
How fun & I am smiling at Bjorn’s comment, ha ~
I enjoyed this octet. It made me smile.
sometimes it is good to challenge oneself and do something out of character.
I like your eight line poem very much and was made to smile broadly at the addition beneath it. I too have my specialty but sometimes, when we step outside of them, we delightfully surprise ourselves – and others!
I thought of you when I suggested the prompt – but of course a limerick is always in order….
LOL! Thanks everyone!
And yes.. but ynot write
an octet as a limerick..
or a triolet as a violet..
or a violin as a viola or
a keyboard as a typewriter
of ebony and ivory flow
or am i getting close enough
to end this now at eight..:)
finish for kicks…lol. could there be better reasons?
Things Could Be More Reliable
Always fun when you join in, M. I wish I could be as sharp with the limericks as everyone else. It takes great acumen!
Haha! I loved your limerick-ey octet. :-)
MK, you always know how to have FUN, whether limerick, octet, or PUN :)
Oh, very good! Your meter is perfect, which makes it a delight to read.
You wrote not a lim’rick today
but you did really good anyway
you wrote in eight line
yes you did really fine…
this lim’ricks so bad that you wish I’d go away… :-)