Lazy, Crazy, Mayzie (humor)

Limerick

Author's Note

Constructive critique is always welcome. : )

Try one of these … it is a really easy and fun form to write-in!

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Lazy,Crazy, Mayzie(humor)
Richard,
It is enjoyable to learn and see a little about a form which I have always enjoyed. Your take on the limerick is surly a good example. It's really nice to be informed of how to go about doing it as I read your response as well as featured review and author's note. I wish you continued enjoyment in your writing and teaching
Bless you bunches.
Kathy

[Richard🖌]

M'Dear Sweet Kathy 🎶

I cannot ever recall receiving a harsh or poor review from You. You voice has always kind, soft, appreciative, full of enjoyment and applause.
if there were but one reader left in this world, I'd want it to be You.

If I could, I'd love to give you a huge, warm, cozy, Texas-size HUG! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Richard,
if you can continue to enjoy your craft and enjoy others that will be so good! That's what I wish you; continued inspiration and just joy in your sharing. Bless you dear writing friend and encourager to all you come across.
Blessings galore to ya!
Kathy

[Gee]

This is not mine:
There once was a fella from Leeds
who swallowed a packet of seeds
in less than an hour
his arse was a flower
and his balls were covered in seeds :)

[Richard🖌]

That's quite comically creative, Gee 😃

Thanks for sharing! ⁓ Richard🖌

[J.J. NIGHTINGALE]

I'll forgive you for using FORM..lol
I like this...cute...fun..

Jazzy ♥

[Richard🖌]

Thanks, Jasmine! : )
I'm so glad we could have fun with this together … I always smile after reading it.

Big hugs! ⁓ Richard ; )

[J.J. NIGHTINGALE]

.:).................................YRW

[GreenShoes]

Hmmm, well, it's good, but from what I understand, a limerick has a distinct series of stressed and unstressed syllables. You have the last word of lines 1, 2, & 5 ending with a BA boom sound, and lines 3 & 4 ending with a ba BOOM sound. To be a limerick, lines 1, 2, & 5 should sound like ba BOOM ba ba BOOM ba ba BOOM, and lines 3 & 4 should sound like ba BOOM ba ba BOOM. But I could be wrong.

[Richard🖌]

Thanks, Karen, for reading this fun little piece and for the compliment, Karen! : )
You are not wrong for a Free Limerick, and, yes, I've ended some lines trochaic, and I assume you are referring to iambics with "baBOOM", and you would be correct, if mine were a Free Limerick, but it is an English Limerick … see rules below:

Limerick (in general)
A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines.
The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables, while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm.
The third and fourth lines only have to have five to seven syllables, and have to rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm.

Limerick (English)
A humorous poem of five lines with a rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a
Lines 1, 2, and 5 have a syllable-count of nine, while lines 3 and 4 have six-syllables each.

Limerick (Free)
The rhyme scheme of a Free Limerick is a-a-b-b-a, and there is no set meter or syllables. A lines are iambic tetrameter and B lines are iambic trimeter.
Often times, the third and fourth lines are shorter than the other three.

Example:
There was an Old Man with a Beard, by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!--
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!

Limerick (Irish)
Has five lines, with a syllable-count of 8/8/5/5/8, and a rhyme-scheme of a-a-b-b-a.

[GreenShoes]

I had no idea there were so many variations of the limerick. Thank you for explaining all this! :)) As for that example poem, although it's amusing, I'm not a fan of the fact the first and last lines end with the same word.

[Richard🖌]

Karen, as a long-tenured teacher of poetry, I guess I had to know a bit more about forms, than most. ; )
As to the example Limerick and its repeats, you'll have to complain to its author … LOL!
"EDWARD LEAR"
Edward Lear was an English poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form he popularized.
Born: May 12, 1812, Holloway, United Kingdom
Died: January 29, 1888, Sanremo, Italy

[Death's Poet]

This is funny and cute! Well done :)

[Mary]

I love this fun limerick! My 5 year old niece drew a picture of a princess with her arms raised up because her armpits are "stinky" and she needs to air them out. I think I shall try to write a limerick about this very strange princess.

[Sultrysoul]

Mazy looks like a joy. I might want to be lazy with Mazy. I love everything that comes out of that brilliant mind of yours.

[Annie Gryphon]

There was a girl named Mayzie
maybe my memories are hazy
but trust me when i swear
bees and birds lived in her hair
that was quite crazy about Mayzie ...

[mattavelli]

But it looks like it would be a privilege to serve her. That's a fun read, Richard.

[Richard🖌]

Hi, Matt!
Yes, I am thinking it would be crazy fun, and maybe get Mayzie out of being so lazy, too … LOL!
Thanks, guy! ⁓ Richard