Join the fun with Susanna Leonard Hill, children's author.
THE WEENSIE WITCH
Alone stood the witch
Other days of the year
But on Halloween
She showed no fear.
She mounted her broomstick
Kicked it in low gear
Her holiday began
Filled with cheer.
The sidewalks were filled
Goblins and ghosts
Ninjas and pumpkins
And a bat by the post.
She glided through
Close to the ground
She wanted to fit in
Her identity not found.
Down the sidewalks
Up the stairs
Children running
Everywhere.
“Thank you” echoed
Throughout the night
The candy-filled bags
Held very tight.
The young witch was shy
Candy smelled sweet
With down cast eyes
She whispered, “Trick or Treat”.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Limerick Game And A Prize
The limerick has been on my mind since four AM. I must stop this! I need sleep. If I slept, blogging would not be a true addiction.
Wickapedia says:
A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
The following example of a limerick is of anonymous origin.
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
Gershon Legman, who compiled the largest and most scholarly anthology, held that the true limerick, as a folk form, is always obscene, and cites[1] similar opinions by Arnold Bennett and George Bernard Shaw, describing the clean limerick as a periodic fad and object of magazine contests, rarely rising above mediocrity. That is to say, from a folkloric point of view, the form is essentially transgressive; violation of taboo is part of its function
Now here's the game...We are writing limericks today. My favorite will get a surprise.
My favorite limerick from somewhere, just floats into my mind now and then is:
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Wickapedia says:
A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
The following example of a limerick is of anonymous origin.
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
Gershon Legman, who compiled the largest and most scholarly anthology, held that the true limerick, as a folk form, is always obscene, and cites[1] similar opinions by Arnold Bennett and George Bernard Shaw, describing the clean limerick as a periodic fad and object of magazine contests, rarely rising above mediocrity. That is to say, from a folkloric point of view, the form is essentially transgressive; violation of taboo is part of its function
Now here's the game...We are writing limericks today. My favorite will get a surprise.
My favorite limerick from somewhere, just floats into my mind now and then is:
*
There was a young lady from Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger!
*
My poor attempt at a limerick:
There was a lady named Gail
Who tried to write poetry and failed
She could not sleep
And could not eat
Now she has no tale(tail)!
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Sick but fun! Care to join me? January 18th will be the dead line. The prize will be picked to fit what I think is related to the winner.
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