There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku
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@inthehands Ha! Reminds me of the (less sophisticated):
There once was a man from Peru
whose limericks stopped at line two.A longtime favorite of mine!
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A longtime favorite of mine!
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A longtime favorite of mine!
@inthehands (and of course, that's what you were riffing off of!)
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands That. Is. Masterful.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands There was a young man from Dhargee
Who was stung on the neck by a wasp
When asked "Did it hurt?"
He said no not a bit
It can do it again if it likesI believe this may have been Spike Milligan but not 100% sure.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuYes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacation -
@inthehands There was a young man from Dhargee
Who was stung on the neck by a wasp
When asked "Did it hurt?"
He said no not a bit
It can do it again if it likesI believe this may have been Spike Milligan but not 100% sure.
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Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacation@inthehands Flouting convention to lure the pedants, eh?
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuHe would try hard to fight it
But all he would get was renku -
@inthehands Ha! Reminds me of the (less sophisticated):
There once was a man from Peru
whose limericks stopped at line two.@tychotithonus @inthehands
There once was a man from Peru
whose limericks stopped at line two
But he carried on
so the humour was gone
and also it didn't rhyme or scan properly either. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands ooh! Well done!
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands Well done indeed! -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
A man from Limerick
Described a poetry style
It was a haiku -
Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacation@inthehands
One of my proudest works was a haiku shaming one of my lab colleagues for leaving a half full bin of Red Vines for months.
He loved it. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuThere once was a man from Nevada
Who half assed his limerick, uh...
Yadda yadda, yadda yadda -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuThere once was a man from Berlin
Whose limericks never did rhyme
Or scan
And they ended too soon(Not original)
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
ok I'll give it a go:
There once was a man
From Limerick, whose poems
Ended thoughtfully. -
Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacationI think it's brilliant nevertheless.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
That's the cleverest
wordplay I've seen in yonks.
Thanks for cheering me.
