2. Limericks are a short funny stories, with a very strong rhythm
and a particular way of rhyming. Limericks are often bawdy
and humorous nature. A limerick as a poetry form is by
nature simple and short. Limericks only have five lines.
Examples: There once was a young girl
There was a young fellow named
There once was a man who
3. Poems I found
There once was a young fellow named Tim.
Whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell off a dock.
And sunk like a rock.
And that’s the end of him.
4. There once was a clover named
Kate
There once was a clover named Kate.
Who sat at the edge of the plate.
The fancy folk dined.
On foods of all kind.
They tossed her at quarter passed eight.
5. Young cannibal Ned
There was a young cannibal Ned.
Who used to eat onions in bed.
His mother said’, sonny,
It’s not very funny,
Why don’t you eat people instead.
6. Poems I made
There once was a very old dog.
Who sat on a very old log.
When he got up he went SPLAT!
Onto a very flat mat.
He stayed there all day long.
