Write your Limerick!

[Buckeye]

Saw this on another forum, thought it might be cool to do some:

What's a limerick?

A limerick is a poetic form that can be particularly fun to read and to write. Limericks are often humorous, mean-spirited, or pornographic(let's avoid this). I'll explain the form, and you can decide how down and dirty you want to get.

Limericks consist of five lines. The rhyme scheme is aabba. In other words, Lines One, Two, and Five all rhyme with each other, and Lines Three and Four rhyme with each other (in some limericks, Lines One and Five end with the same word and rhyme with Line Two).

Here's an example of a classic limerick by Edward Lear, where the first and last lines rhyme:

There was a Young Lady whose eyes,
Were unique as to colour and size;
When she opened them wide,
People all turned aside,
And started away in surprise.

Here's another example by Lear, where the first and last lines end with the same word:

There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
But some very large bees,
Stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover.

The typical rhythm of a limerick is like this:

bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH
bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH
bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH
bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH
bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH bah-bah-BAH

Here's mine I came up with quickly...I think these are supposed to be bit self-deprecating....








In Ohio walked a hunter named 'Buck'.
Known to some as a bit of a shmuck.
He searched artifacts all day...
and sought what he may...
But sometimes just ran out of luck!

[drdave514]

There was a man from Nantucket.
He used to pick up points by the bucket.
But thanks to the plows...
and fields full of cows...
Sometimes he just stays home and says..

[ghost recon]

A crafty old knapper named Jack
Thought no one could see through his knack
But little did he know
His handiwork did show
And now he's considered a hack


( Mine is about a " fictional " artifaker named Jack )

[Steve Valentine]

There once was a hunter named Cleve
That a farmer had asked to leave
He came back that night
With a bright head light
To see just what finds he'd achieve

[OneOneNiner]

There once was a farmer named Steve
Whom this hunter thought was naive
He shot at a strange light
One dark weary night
Now the widow of Cleve must grieve

[Rockit Man]

there once was a drought in Texas
where the cowboys left their x's
lets leave em on this midden
where we know its forbidden
and cover all our bases

[sandhills]

I once was rock laying in the sand
soon to be picked up from ancient mans hand
worked into a tool
to be picked up by a modern day fool
finding me again makes you feel grand

[Cluton]

There once was a man named Cooter
Who always found junky pooters
He drank to much everyday
And missed the killers where the laid!

[_gt]

There once was a hunter named Danny
Who shot a deer in the fanny
Needless to say
The deer ran away...
Such was the luck of Danny!

[manoman]

Re-incarnation can be scary
Just take my old huntin buddy Larry
Whose lust for a Folsum
Became so unwholesome
He died and came back as a Gary