My First Attempt
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471506)
Switzerland
February 28, 2016 3:35am CST
I have always admired the limericks written by my fellow myLotters.
Many of my friends insisted that I should at least try.
English is not my native language and it's not easy to write a poetry in a language different from yours.
Anyway, this morning, looking at the cat of my neighbor acting weird, I came out with this short limerick.
There was a cat that went astray,
born on April fool day,
started a fight
on a commercial flight
and feather flew in every way.
Say nothing, I know that it's silly.
Have you already posted a limerick?
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86 responses
@allknowing (136442)
• India
28 Feb 16
Good attempt. You should not have that thought that only native speakers can write poetry.I have been writing poetry for many years and some of them have been published.
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@allknowing (136442)
• India
28 Feb 16
@Butchcass4 some local magazines and sites
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@allknowing It is awesome that you have some poetry published. Congrats for sure.
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@allknowing (136442)
• India
28 Feb 16
A limerick consists of 5 lines the first two and the last should rhyme with each other and the second and third line should rhyme with each other. Try it.
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
28 Feb 16
@allknowing I see that you know much more than I know. Have you written one?
This is all what I know about limerick:
QUOTE"A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming, popularized by Edward Lear."
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Feb 16
What do I say? I barely understand poetry. But this one of yours sounds all good. After all the so many above mine cannot be wrong.
But yes, I did appreciate your trying it out and it worked out all good.
As for me, I did attempt one much early on, on one of @Jessicalynnt 's threads. And I have no desire to walk on these roads just because I simply do not know my way out on these.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt But what about those who have no idea what they are getting into. I did read the stuff I wrote on yours a few days later and I had been laughing at my miserable (read horrible) attempt
Somethings are just not meant for me, I guess
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Feb 16
I have many poetry threads, and welcome all travelers both seasoned and lost
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
28 Feb 16
That was good and your English is far better than many Americans!!!
I have done some of these, but they are 'off color'....
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
28 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I need to be in the right mood to write rhymes, even in my own language.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@LadyDuck It wasn't that hard, once you get started..you sure got the hang of it so it seems.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
28 Feb 16
Woo hoo It was a great attempt @LadyDuck... Better than mine even.....
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
28 Feb 16
@Daljinder I think that they are good and stop dieting.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
28 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I did try.... Here is what I wrote on Jabo's post...
I fear if I tried any diet
I would give every one a fright
I am all skin and bones
With dieting it too would be gone
There wouldn't be any skeleton left in sight
Every one enjoy bike rides
Speeding and jumping past high tides
But there are a few
Whose balance is all screwed
They have vast experience with sore behinds
I need improvement on my rhythm as Jabo said ... I am working on it.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Feb 16
Great job @LadyDuck . And funny too. I could actually see something like that happening. lol
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I can just that hitting youtube now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Feb 16
nice short limerick. I want to make one myself but my mind cannot create one.
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
28 Feb 16
@ridingbet As you said, I least now I can say that I wrote one.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Feb 16
@LadyDuck but at least you have one limerick you can be proud of, my friend
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@abrielle28 (502)
• Philippines
28 Feb 16
not yet but i wanted to make one day.;)
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
28 Feb 16
@abrielle28 Thank you, you are very kind.
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@abrielle28 (502)
• Philippines
28 Feb 16
by the way,that's a very good one, for first attempt on limerick.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
28 Feb 16
I just tried to read that loud with a Fake Irish accent. damn it, I can't mimic an Irish accent.
I posted Poetries here before but I prefer Acrostic poems over other formats. The last time I wrote a Limerick is during my sophomore year in highschool. I think I should write one again.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
28 Feb 16
HHeeyy I like that .... well done...., you've done much better than I could....and your english is excellent ... you wouldn't know it was not your first language.....
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 16
Well done Anna that is not bad for a first attempt. I am useless at such things.
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@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
28 Feb 16
Great for the beginner in limericks. I haven't tried limericks so far.
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