Untitled Limerick
Why is this limerick untitled? Because Thursday Think Tank has prompted us to write an untitled poem. Writing without a title frees up our creative juices … at least that’s the theory:
Untitled Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
To title a verse can be hard —
A challenge for most ev’ry bard.
But a title-less work
Can drive me berserk.
It feels jarring and fake-avant-garde.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Creativity, Poets United, Thursday Think Tank, Title Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
love!
(okay, wordpress just told me that my comment was too short and i should “go back and try again.” fucking wordpress. is this long enough?)
(madeleine, the love! is for you and your limerick, the rest is for wordpress.)
Soooooo true, untitled drives me mad, but we don’t have to visit the catacombs very often. I liked your post :)
Nice; I love the play on words~ Very clever and so true!
Brilliantly clever Madelaine – no more need be said!
Anna :o]
Madeleine,
I like your words, but I prefer to have a title to work with too!!!
Best wishes, Eileen
A poem without a top end
is something we now need to mend
let’s give it a name
like a red headed dame
and call it a title-less friend
HaHA! I love that you rhymed both berserk and avant-garde. :)
Nice take on the prompt. Not titling a poem makes me feel incomplete too.
I agree, Mad! Great limerick :)
Thanks so much for all of your enthusiastic words!
This was a fun piece of spontaneous writing!
Seemed challenging enough to try it myself.
Best Regards
Thanks, Gary!