Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How do I write a limerick?

A limerick is a silly, five-line poem. It has the rhyme pattern (scheme) AABBA. It usually starts with the pattern "There once was a ______________ named/called __________."

Here is an example of a limerick I wrote in class today:

There once was a pizza named Pie
Who fell down out of the sky
He landed on the ground
Without making a sound
Until he started to cry

Please publish some of your original limericks here!

3 comments:

  1. There once was a girl named Taylor
    Who thought that she was a failure
    Though once a beginner
    She became a winner
    And now her friends all hail her.

    From Taylor V.

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  2. There once was a horse named Minnie
    Her friends all called her a ninnie
    She could bark like a dog
    Even oink like a hog
    But she never could learn how to whinny

    Posted by Mrs. Vickers
    It just came to me and I had to share!!

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  3. I love the poems! Thanks for sharing, Taylor and Mrs. Vickers!

    -Mrs. Valter

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