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Poetry Contest: Limmerick

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We've done these a lot of different ways in the past, but I decided to make them a free for all this year! :) 


 


This thread is a collection place for all Limmericks submitted for the contest.  


 


 


Rules:


No poems will be accepted after April 21st.


Voting will begin the week following April 21st and winners will be announced on April 30th! 


 


Haiku MUST follow the PG13 rules AND the rules for the poem to be accepted as submissions.


 


You may enter as many times as you like, but you can only win for ONE poem! 


 


 


 


Winners will get:


bragging rights


possible sig swag

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borrowed from: http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html

 

A limerick has five lines. 
The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. 
The last words of lines three and four rhyme. 
A limerick has to have a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 
    U S U U S U U S 
    U S U U S U U S 
    U S U U S 
    U S U U S 
    U S U U S U U S

An example is - 
"There was an old man from Peru 
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe 
He awoke in the night 
With a terrible fright 
To discover it was totally true."

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