Limerick City
Jon Coley
For Harper, who really knows how to laugh.
Copyright ©️ 2023
What is a limerick?
In the classroom, you may learn that it’s a kind of poetry with a distinct rhythm, meter and rhyme scheme, AABBA.
Boring!
Limericks are a lot of fun. They are usually funny and sometimes nonsensical, just like life itself. In other words, Limericks are a humorous celebration of life.
Believed to come from Limerick, Ireland, these poems were recited in pubs and parties for silly fun. Well, let’s have some of that. Shall we?
These are a few limericks I wrote about some kids I know. There is no relation between the actual children and the weird things they are doing in the lines of these poems.
However, I assure you that these kids are pretty strange. That being said, welcome to Limerick City!
Limerick City
Welcome all to our Limerick City
Where poetry reigns without mercy or pity
The kiddos are crazy
And some even lazy
But sometimes they can be quite witty
Jillian
There once was a young lass called Jillian
Who danced with joy at cotillion.
She slipped on a peel
And fell with a squeal
So now she’s suing for fourteen million.
Talon
There once was a lad named Talon
With his friends he went a pallin’
He drank a large cup
Of some very sweet stuff
Then he peed half a gallon
Laynee
I know of this lass called Laynee
Who sits under trees quite shady
Where she sips sweet tea
And writes poetry
Such a precocious young lady!
Gibson
There is a young lad, name of Gibson
Which is not his last name, but his first, son
With a brother named Fender
Here’s the mind bender
They think playing guitar is like treason!
Riley
(RYE lee)
There’s this young girl named Riley
She’s sometimes pretentious and wiley
But she’s a heart of gold
Or so I am told
But people are sometimes beguiling.
Alexa and Camryn
(KAM rin)
Two girls, Alexa and Camryn
Went to the meadow to watch a young ram run
But the beast turned around
And put its head down
Now it’s watching both of them run.
Eliga
(E-lie-jah)
And now a tale of Eliga the twisted
Who reached for the ball, but woefully missed it
He stumbled around
And fell himself down
And the earth? Well, he kissed it
