Apparently it's Limerick Day!
https://www.checkiday.com/cb3818667f892c311bcc23d90304d4d4/limerick-day
He once wrote iambic pentameter.
The crowds cheered the words they could barely hear.
At Stratford-on-Avon
He could gain much more fame on
A limerick and hoisting a beer.
Let's get this hashtag going! #LimerickDay #limerick
Limerick Day celebrates both the limerick poem and the birth of Edward Lear, who popularized the poems and was born on this date in 1812. It has been celebrated since at least 1987 and is marked by the reading and writing of limericks. Limericks are short, often humorous or ribald poems. They consi…
Happy National Limerick Day!
A limerick is a five-line humorous poem with a distinct AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm.
Edward Lear (born today) popularised the form in the 19th century, frequently using them in his #Book of Nonsense.
What is your favourite limerick? Feel free to share 😉
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Happy #LimerickDay! In lieu of a (bad) limerick of our own, we’ll point you to our video about Verse, which talks about the basics of poetic form, including the limerick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFzgH0y9Jw
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Happy #LimerickDay! In lieu of a (bad) limerick of our own, we’ll point you to our video about Verse, which talks about the basics of poetic form, including the limerick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFzgH0y9Jw
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This past Friday was National Limerick Day!
"Commedia dell'arte and limericks?
Two arts much alike once you consider it's
Both rather bawdy,
Often quite naughty,
In the end it's all just just jokes about... tricks."
https://nationaltoday.com/national-limerick-day/
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