One of the oldest and most cherished forms of poetry, the limerick has been around for centuries. Long before his sonnets and plays made him famous, Shakespeare was paying his bills writing limericks for tourists. Sadly and unfortunately the Shakespearean limerick was lost along with his early attempts at gangster rap.

Luckily for us, other drunken bards have taken up the limerick and passed it down through the ages. We’re left with such classics as ‘There Once Was A Man From Nantucket.’

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

So - if you’re feeling particularly creative today and are looking to write something that will last through history, here you go:

How To Write A Limerick

1. The limerick consists of 5 lines of verse, with a rhyming scheme of AABBA.

2. Lines 1, 2, & 5 each consist of 7 to 10 syllables and all rhyme (A).

3. Lines 3 & 4 have 5 to 7 syllables each and rhyme with each other (B).

4. The limerick is one form of poetry that is particularly known for being bawdy, lewd, and crude. So what this means for you is that really no topic is off limits.

5. We could get into stresses and which syllables to place them on, but seeing as how the majority of How2Blogger’s readers are above average, we’ll keep this really simple. Follow the rhyme scheme and the number of syllables and you should be alright - with limerick writing at least.

So - good luck with your efforts, feel free to leave your best attempt at a limerick in the comments. And I’ll leave you with 3 quicky examples that I wrote while going potty today.

There once was a blogger named Beth,
Who worked her poor fingers to death.
Her boss was a tard,
Boob sniffer in her yard,
It seems West Virginia’s all on Meth.

In South Texas lives a blogger named Karen.
Whose a little bit fond of swearing.
Her cat likes to pee pee
All over her little tee pee
I would have run him over with my ‘88 Chrysler Lebaron.

There once was a dude named Jason.
Who blogs and likes to poke fun.
It seems he likes apes,
Some sushi, maybe grapes?
And sometimes buys whale blubber by the ton.

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