Read And Write A Limerick. Comical Poem and Poetry Information and Instruction by Angela Lansbury.

A teacher wrote a limerick

Sat down and did it very quick

Re-read it, very quickly

Thought adverbs should end l y - quickly

Better change it very quick

Her own error made her sick.

Can you write a limerick about English, grammar - or pronunciation. Remember the song, You say tomato and I say tomato.

I have added an extra line to the limerick. That is two errors in one limerick. 

Here  are some conventional limericks.

  There once was a lady in Harrow

Who lived in a street high and narrow

It took lots of will

To climb up the hill

With her shopping in a wheelbarrow.

Indians moved to Hillview Road

Proud of their new olde worlde abode

Smart garden's foxes

Bred under boxes

Where gold rings and bangles were stowed.

In England's streets we fly our flags

And welcome visitors in drag

We've a king and queen

And royals not seen

On tee-shirts, caps, key rings and bags.

Useful Websites

Pronunciation

Limericks

Useful Websites On Songs, Pronunciation And The Meaning Emotion The Words

https://www.songlyrics.com/ella-fitzgerald/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomato-lyrics/

ELSE SPEAK App reviewed

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapaest

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My first version of the poem on Hillview Road, was written thinking of my late neighbours Loudon and Alice who had foxes in the back garden. However, Hatch End now has many Indian restaurants and new residents, so I changed the limerick to fit the new reality.

The rhyming scheme is eight syllables for the first couplet. only five for the second two, and return to eight for the fifth and last line. You need two rhymes. Using the letters of the alphabet for short to show the rhyming lines, to aabba.

Now write a limerick using the name of your street, area, city, or country.

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Nobody Knows

 What you do in the bathroom

Nobody knows

If you wash your hands after 

Blowing your nose

If you are wearing too small, or too large

Or stained underclothes

If you don"t tell, nobody knows

If you keep a secret which nobody knows

So long as you don't forget and tell

Nobody cares, because nobody knows

After death if you go to heaven or hell

If you don't tell, nobody knows.

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Read and Write a Limerick. Comical Poem and Poetry Information and Instruction by Angela Lansbury.

 There once was a lady in Harrow

Who lived in a street high and narrow

It took lots of will

To climb up the hill

With her shopping in a wheelbarrow.

Indians moved to Hillview Road

Proud of their new olde worlde abode

Smart garden's foxes

Bred under boxes

Where gold rings and bangles were stowed.

In England's streets we fly our flags

And welcome visitors in drag

We've a king and queen

And royals not seen

On tee-shirts, caps, key rings and bags.

My first version, thinking of my late neighbours Loudon and Alice who had foxes in the back garden. However, Hatch End now has many Indian restaurants and new residents, so I changed the limerick to fit the new reality.

The rhyming scheme is eight syllables for the first couplet. only five for the second two, and return to eight for the fifth and last line. You need two rhymes. Using the letters of the alphabet for short to show the rhyming lines, to aabba.

Now write a limerick using the name of your street, area, city, or country.

Please share links to your favourite posts.

Whatever can go wrong goes wrong. Comical poem by Angela Lansbury.

  Whether my day is short or long

Whatever can go wrong goes wrong

Whether I am early or late

Some things you can't anticipate

Even if I stay home and write

All day I edit, put wrongs right

Then, when I see the fading light

It's time for me to jaunt at night

I took great care with what I wore

Welcomed those I'd not seen before.

Friends gave me a lift to my door

My door key won't open the door!

What can I do now left alone?

Son's miles away, who can I phone?

I call my old friend from next door

She pulls, pushes, and three times more

We have no choice, it is a pain

She pulls and pushes once again

At last it opens. And no doubt

Friends help, but I'm scared to go out

Because I know, days short or long

Whatever can go wrong, goes wrong.

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Angela Lansbury is the author twenty books, including several books of comical poems, such as Animals Pets and Pests. She has also written  books on about writing poetry such as Poetry Workbook, which you can browse of buy from Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com and Lulu.com  She has also contributed poems and chapters to anthologies edited by Carolyn Street.

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So expensive - so cheap. Comical Poem number 823 by Angela Lansbury

Babies are very expensive

They need burials if they die

But need nappies if they live

Powdered milk costs, you wonder why

Children are very expensive

They need to follow school rules

The right colours, hats and ties

Wear uniforms, use school tools

Weddings are very expensive

The bride's all important dress

Invitations embossed in gold

Nothing but the very best

Old folk are expensive

 The cost of walking frames

You wonder why, they need pills

If they ate right, they're not to blame

I have always liked a bargain

So today I shan't complain

About the quality, it's cheap

I found discounts, freebies, again.

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How to write A Sonnet. Comical poem 822 by Angela Lansbury.

William Shakespeare, who wrote sonnets.

 

A sonnet's an old basic rhyme

A,b,a,b is how you do it

Liked 'cos it doesn't take much time

Three four-line verses  - one couplet

The word sonnet sounds so grand

I taught English so understand

Son means sound or song, that’s all

And et, that simply means small

It's just three verses, very short

And can easily be taught

You can write it in just one hour

A simple message, just one thought

You sum up in the last short couplet

My message, we all can do it!

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A Poet's Rapturous rap. Comical poem 821 by Angela Lansbury

 I heard a singer improvise rap

And thought, we poets could do that

Fine minds did that in ancient times

Shout for the deaf, paint for the blind

A paid scribe wrote lovers' letters

Wrote praise of the loved, and sender

Instantly made each thought bettet

Helped urgent borrower, or lender

Even the stupid improvise

When caught out, quickly make up lies

In places where the old folk meet

Alzheimer's use rhymes, and repeat

I do not  need to sing in tune

 I'll get away with moon and June

I do not need to make a band

All that I ask is clap your hands.

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