Lymmerik's Limerick Contest # 4 WITH A TWIST!
Lymmerik's Limerick Contest #4 WITH A TWIST!
Welcome back to Lymmerik's Limerick Contest!
Here Comes Contest #4!
I promised a twist! A twist you'll get!
What is a Limerick?
A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines only have to have five to seven syllables, and have to rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm. A limerick can be on the raunchy side as well.
How Do I Write a Limerick?
The first line sets up the character(s) and setting of the poem so the reader knows right away who/what the story is about. Line and Rhyme. Only five lines long, limerick poems have an AABBA rhyme scheme, which means the first, second, and last lines rhyme while the third and fourth lines rhyme.
Where Does the Word Limerick Come From?
Limericks (1903) THE origin of the term Limerick, as applied to a certain form of five-line stanza, seems to be as yet undiscovered. A statement was recently made that this stanza is so-called because it was invented by Edward Lear, and that he was born in Limerick, Ireland. William Shakespeare used the limerick's rhythm in Stephano's drinking song in The Tempest, as well as in Othello and King Lear. Yet it wasn't until the early 1700s that soldiers returning from the continent-wide War of the Spanish Succession brought the limerick form Ireland.
This contest is open to all Steemians
The rules are simple, fair and without a doubt, this is going to be a test of your poetic abilities, wit, and creativity!
The Theme
Write Your Original Limerick About Halloween, CAREFUL, READ THE RULES, THERE IS A TWIST!
The Rules
- Write an Original Limerick about the above Theme and post it with these tags; the first tag should be #contest and and the second tag should be #lymmerikslimericks.
- Plus three other tags of your choice, (I suggest that poetry be one of them, but that is your call.) Here are the tags I chose: #contest #lymmerikslimericks #poetry #writing #busy you can copy and paste them if you want. (contest lymmerikslimericks poetry writing busy).
- Only ONE (1) Entry per Steemian.
- Reply to this post with a link to your post.
- UPVOTE this post.
- RESTEEM this post. (You May Follow @Lymmerik, But It Is NOT a Requirement).
- You may NOT use the word Nantucket! No Seriously!
*THIS IS YOUR FIRST LINE: "The Last Time I Dressed Up for Halloween" - Entries must be posted and must be placed in the comments below no later than Midnight MST (Phoenix Arizona Time), Monday October 30, 2017. Here is your countdown timer!
I've returned!
Here is my entry:
The last time I dressed up for Halloween
I tried all the drugs and those in-between.
My friends later shared
How I loudly declared,
"HEY, Y'ALL! I can party like Charlie Sheen!"
And HERE is my post with a bonus limerick!
Alright, I recall promising a bonus halloween limerick or two...
Here's one!
The last time I dressed up for Halloween,
I wore stilts and painted my body green.
From the Torah I read,
Yamaka on my head,
I yelled at my friends, "Call me Frankenstein!"
I understand that I have already submitted my entry, just wanted to share!
And HERE is another Halloween poem I shared yesterday called Nefertiti's Curse...
yowza!
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Love these limericks! Here's mine!
Crown This
Hey @lymmerik. Nice twist this week. Here's a link to my Halloween special limerick.
That is really clever!
Hello @lymmerik, Here's my Halloween Lymmerik's Limerick #4 poem- https://steemit.com/contest/@nairadaddy/lymmerik-s-limerick-contest-4-the-last-time-i-dressed-up-for-halloween
Thanks for the beautiful works you are doing!
I'm in. I see what you did with that first line. Very clever and challenging.
My entry is entitled I Looked Good.
I'll probably think of some other random halloween limericks this week, and you know if I do they'll get posted right here in the comments! 😜
https://steemit.com/contest/@chrisroberts/i-looked-good-an-original-halloween-limerick
Nice challenge, not gimme at all lol :)
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/contest/@lost108/my-entry-for-lymmerik-s-limerick-contest-4-with-a-twist
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https://steemit.com/poetry/@twotripleow/you-wonder-if-heaven-got-a-poet-writersblock-youarehope
This is my entry I hope I made it right.
i think you wanted this in the #youarehope contest! I like it btw.
It isn't that I want for #YouAreHope contest. Well it was "pops don't cry" :P and thank you sir.
@twotripleow,
Yes you want the tag #youarehope, But now you know about my Limerick contest. join us!
@Lymmerik
Hello sir I did joined already. I'd like to thank you though. Shall I remove that tag sir?