May 12 (UPI) --National Limerick Day, celebrated annually on May 12, marks the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer who popularized the comedic style of poetry. The holiday's exact origins are ...

A bit less than 200 years ago, Edward Lear sat down somewhere in England and wrote a particular series of poems in a particular style that eventually was dubbed “limerick style.” As an isolated event, ...

Maybe we shouldn't have been surprised by the overwhelming response to the Star Tribune's limerick contest, held in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. After all, during a limerick craze in ...

One man’s joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition. Chris Strolin was teasing English buffs in an online forum years ago when he said the dictionary should be rewritten in ...

On 414 Day, which was Sunday, we asked via our Facebook page for friends to write Milwaukee Limericks – just for fun and to celebrate Milwaukee and National Poetry Month. Molly Snyder started writing ...

PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, December 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Around the World in Five Lines is James B. Anstead’s collection of limericks inspired ...