What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, silly stories. They can be about anything, as long as they follow their ...

The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form (or OEDILF) has published more than 97,000 definitions written in the singsong poetry of a five-line limerick. Here are some examples selected from ...

When The Advocate decided to host a limerick competition in memory of longtime columnist Smiley Anders — who died in May after more than 50 years of writing for the paper — we knew readers would be ...

The Nantucket doggerel verse that appeared here a couple of weeks ago inspired my friend Irving Rosenfeld to new heights of creativity. It was close to a perfect limerick which, he reminds us, “is a ...

Have you ever written a limerick? If you haven’t, you should try it out. I would argue that of all of the poem types, limericks are the most fun to write. And to read. What is a limerick – you may be ...