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Re: Erica Ehrenberg's "Exquisite body' as a limerick
Well, NoStar, I guess when my parody gene's stuck in the ditch, all I have to do is read one of your limerical rewrites and it gets pushed back on the road. Stand by for a full-throttle HOTR parody! wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Erica Ehrenberg's "Exquisite body' as a limerick
This week's poem is hard for me to get a handle on. While poetry can distill, refine and give meaning to life and help us understand it, sometimes all a poem does (or needs to do) is reflect it. Adolescence is filled with as much misunderstanding as understanding. As a transitional phase, it is without clearly defined meaning. It is the search ...
Posted to Poems by NoStar on July 21, 2009
Limericks and meter
Dear Ghost, Leaving aside the various degeneracies to which the limerick form often descends (and yes, I've gone that route too at times)...a-hem... Two much worthier writers of limericks than I, NoStar and Paul_Breslin, have weighed in on the Poems Fray, and I suggest a peek at their posts regarding meter in limericks (here, here and here). ...
Posted to Best of the Fray by White_Rabbit on July 17, 2009
Limerick for MaryAnn--Denny made me do it.
This limerick's about MaryAnn,Academic-type poetry fan.''I just read, but don't write them;It's fun to recite them.Don't ask me to change my game-plan.''
Posted to Poems by NoStar on July 16, 2009
Re: Congratulations - Mary Ann
Hey, very cool, Denny and NoStar. I'd like to see that awarded limerick, if you don't mind tipping me off when it's presented. Congratulations from my end also, MaryAnn. I just looked up NoStar's limericks on the OEDILF...at least the ones deemed worthy of a general audience! Hmm... wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2009
Blog: The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form
In belated formal kudos to NoStar for his Centurion status on the OEDILF (and to the OEDILF itself), I have composed this entry on my blog. I think that if you click on this link, you'll see some of his entries. I can. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2009
Why not respect MA's alleged wishes?
Because I think she underestimates herself as a potential poet for no good reason. Let me give you an analogy. There are a lot of pretty decent musicians out there (my late mother having been one of them) who are ''tone deaf'', requiring the backup of an instrument to stay on pitch. I don't have that problem; I'm my own pitch pipe. It's other ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 15, 2009
Re: RE: Pepsi Challenge
Hi MaryAnn, Don't let NoStar fool you. Good limericks are as hard to write as is any other good example of light verse. This one is not at all bad (only an extension of the thought into more stanzas could improve it). Maybe you've found your niche as an original poet, and only need to exercise it through practice? wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 15, 2009
Re: Sophie Cabot Black's "Biopsy" as a limerick
I haven't read ''Biopsy'' itself yet, but I agree: this is top-notch as a chain limerick, certainly the best I have ever seen you do. Perhaps ironically, it is driven not by your usual sense of parody, but of pathos -- even in your introduction to it. Kudos to you as well. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 14, 2009
Sophie Cabot Black's "Biopsy" as a limerick
Kudos to Robert Pinsky for this week's selection.Sophie Cabot Black's descriptions of the examination room and the demeanor of the ''People dressed in the exact clothing of each other'' is dehumanizingly spot on. ''Biopsy'' triggered many different memories for me: Taking my daughter to have a sliced thumb superglued and not stitched, learning ...
Posted to Poems by NoStar on July 14, 2009

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