The history of the limerick is something of a mystery wrapped in a wisecrack. Trying to determine who wrote the first limerick is a little like […]
Longer prose excursions addressing topics related to limericks, poetry, art and philosophy.
The Russians have a somewhat well-known proverb which says that “the morning is wiser than the evening.” You might wonder what that means, or you might […]
As a writer of esoteric limericks, I don’t have the same number of fans as a superstar like Taylor Swift or JP Sears. But I know […]
I only got into limericks about 15 or 20 years ago. I suppose it’s a long time to spend writing limericks. But at the same time, […]
If you ever see me sitting alone on a park bench, next to a trail, or in the bath tub, scribbling something on a scrap of […]
The limerick is a relatively simple form of poetry. It has five lines in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme together; and the third […]