Bogeyman

Hi, Fandango’s one word challenge for today is ‘aficionado’, https://fivedotoh.com/2022/10/24/fowc-with-fandango-aficionado/, we are invited to write a post using this word – prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction or even just a picture or a drawing. Here is my limerick: https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

Deadly Pitch

Hi hope everyone who is enjoying a bank holiday has a good one, Fandango’s challenge for today is the word ‘Deadly‘ and Ragtag’s word is ‘Pitch’, I have combined the two for a limerick today, you can see their links below. Here is my poem:

The Limerick (2)

I have previously blogged about the limerick, https://wordpress.com/post/poetisatinta.wordpress.com/526 But today I decided to do one for My NaNoWriMo challenge and I also thought I would share some excellent examples of this poetic form! Perhaps the most famous for writing in this style is English writer, poet and illustrator, Edward Lear(1812-1888) The great American comic poet

Limerick

Another comic verse is the famous, limerick, usually humorous and frequently rude, they follow a pattern, the first, second and fifth lines have the same rhythm and rhyme: AABBA The origin of the word ‘limerick’ is thought to be after the City or County of Limerick in Ireland in the early 1800’s, the form was