There was a young man
from Cork who got limericks
and haikus confused
@forreadingaddicts
There once was a man accused,
he had limericks and haikus confused,
he thought that was fair, so wrote down a pair,
and ended with both of them fused.
Reddit – It’s originally from a viewers submission from JacksFilms on youtube (YIAY 583)
A batch from FB’s Bad Archaeology Magazine
There once was a man from Cork
Who got Limericks and Haiku confused
Though with 5-7-5
He was able to thrive
His readers remained unenthused
There once was a man from Cork
Who got limericks and Haiku confused
But with a great lack of syllable
The lines just weren’t fillable
His metrical foot was abused.
This is a haiku
About limericks, but I
Think it’s pretty bad
This is a limerick about
Haikus, though I certainly doubt
It’s that good as a rhyme
But it didn’t take much time
Thanks for reading, I’ll see myself out.
There once was a man from Cork
Who preferred to write poems than talk
It was said of his verse
There is nothing worse
Except perhaps the songs of Bjork.
There once was a man from Cork,
Who got limericks and haiku confused.
He started in error,
But with rhyme and some terror,
He finished with style and bemused.
There once was a man from Japan
whose poetry never would scan
when he was asked why
He said with a sigh
it’s probably because I put too many goddamn syllables in the last sentence
The best limerick I ever heard was this one:
A gay guy who came from Khartoum
Took a lesbian up to his room
And they argued all night
Over who had the right
To do what, and with which, and to whom.