I'm getting really annoyed at myself for disappearing on you again. I'm starting to consider posting more than once a day sometimes to make up for not posting on other days. This time isn't entirely my fault though, since my internet kinda died for the last 10 days and it's hard to write a post about stuff when I can't look anything up or load pictures or anything like that.
But, for today, I've got a post for you about National Limerick Day, and that sounds hilarious to talk about for me.
It's one of the more recognizable forms of poetry, one that most people can recognize even if they don't know many of them. They're usually...interesting commentaries about a girl from Nantucket, or someone from Kent, in public knowledge. The form is 5 lines long, with a rhyme pattern of A-A-B-B-A, and usually rather humorous, though it isn't a requirement.
Today got chosen for this because it's the birthday of Edward Lear, who spent a long time writing a lot of limericks in the 1800's. They weren't called that then, but the form is still very recognizable in his works.
To close this out, I've got sources below of the history of a limerick, just a bit, and a few links to a list of limericks, if you're interested. As a final thing, before the sources for you though, is this. My favorite limerick:
A funny old bird is the pelican,
His beak holds more than his belly-can,
He can hold in his beak,
enough food for a week,
and I'll be damned if I know how the heli-can.
Sources:
Days of the Year-- Limerick Day
Smithsonian Institute Archives-- Happy National Limerick Day (There's a kinda funny limerick here from a Smithsonian worker that's getting in on the fun of the holiday.)
The Poetry Foundation-- Limericks, a list of them
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