Edward Lear, 1812-1888 There once was a poem from Nantucket Whose purpose had gone all amuck: It Had some lines in between, With a rhyme quite obscene, But, alas! Our editor struck it. We'd written an ode to Edward Lear, The master of limericks we hold dear, But true to his spirit, We can't engineer it, In locution mature and austere. So today, in honor of limericks, We celebrate poems with such limp shticks, As puns bold and bawdy, And subjects so naughty, They horrify readers in prim cliques. Suggested Sites... The Limerick - a detailed look at the limerick. Edward Lear Home Page - all about the man and his nonsense. 5lines - a limerick a day. The Limerick Special Interest Group - true limerick fans unite!

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