Queasy About Quaterns
Every once in a while I like to experiment with a new (to me) form. Today, it’s the quatern. Writer’s Digest’s Poetic Asides Blog, which is holding a quatern contest, describes the form as follows:...
View ArticleExperimenting With Poetry Form (Framed Couplets)
Once in a while I like to experiment with a new (to me) poetry form. Today, its the framed couplet, explained in detail and illustrated over at dVerse by Gay Reiser Cannon. (The main rules are: 9...
View ArticleHappy National Clerihew Day! (July 10)
I just found out that today (July 10) is National Clerihew Day. What the heck’s a clerihew? It’s a “whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.” More specifically,...
View ArticleMacaronic Music (Limerick)
This is my second attempt at macaronic verse — a poem that mixes two languages in a humorous manner. While Latin is often the second language, this macaronic limerick uses musical terms: Macaronic...
View ArticleHappy New Year Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
Since 2013 is almost here, I’m offering you an alternative: You may write a limerick related to new year’s resolutions, using any first line. Next week I’ll present an extra award — one for the best...
View ArticleAcrostic Madness (Musical Acrostic)
I’ve decided to post an extra challenge this week, just in case my Limerick-Offs aren’t keeping you busy enough. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write an ACROSTIC poem that has...
View ArticleAcrostic Madness (Edible Acrostic)
I’ve decided to post an extra challenge this week, just in case my Limerick-Offs aren’t keeping you busy enough. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write an ACROSTIC poem that has...
View ArticleLimerick Pair (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleAcrostic Limerick Ode To Chubby Checker
Happy birthday to Chubby Checker! The father of the twist (my favorite dance) was born October 3, 1941. I thought I’d celebrate with an acrostic limerick, which is as mind-bending as the twist is...
View ArticleLax Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleFleeing Limericks (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: DECK at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: SNIPE at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook...
View ArticleUPDATE: NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 6, 2020 at 4 p.m. (Eastern) [DUE TO NOT...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleJudge “Mental” About Limericks
In the off chance that anyone cares what I look for when judging my Limerick-Off contests: My favorite lim’ricks are clean. (Though I’m fine if a smart lim’s obscene.) Be it up or dystopic, No matter...
View ArticleAbandoned Verse (Limerick)
Once again, I’m having fun with a new-to-me word: EPINICIAN. I once nurtured a worthy ambition To compose a fine ode epinician. Then I learned with chagrin That such verse needs a win. I surrendered,...
View ArticleBuzzy Quatrain
Here’s a quatrain for a change of pace: Be careful when using A popular buzzword. You’re likely to learn it’s A “formerly-was-word.”
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