<![CDATA[There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku]]>There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7f5cd2bc-0194-44a8-90f2-19d60791549f/there-once-was-a-manfrom-peru-whose-limericksturned-into-haikuRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 11:10:39 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:18:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:28:00 GMT]]>@DamonWakes @tychotithonus @inthehands

Sometimes in a bit of a hurry
With tweets coming out in a flurry
I think I've a plan
But it doesn't quite scan
Or rhyme, but I put it out anyway

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weaselx86/statuses/116723684526438152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/weaselx86/statuses/116723684526438152Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:28:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:05 GMT]]>@tychotithonus
I'd at least move the man to Lausanne

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116723102850992447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116723102850992447Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:52:47 GMT]]>@tychotithonus
Oh, because in English "Verdun" rhymes with "one", I presume, but to me that's awfully wrong
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116723074173396327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116723074173396327Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:52:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:26:42 GMT]]>"... whose limerick stopped at line 1" (but one can't say that) 😉
@waltertross

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116722971592883894https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116722971592883894Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:26:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:43:44 GMT]]>@tychotithonus
didn't get this one
(I mean, I know Verdun is where one of the biggest battles of WWI was fought, but...)
@inthehands

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116722802665321609https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/waltertross/statuses/116722802665321609Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:43:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:13:24 GMT]]>@inthehands
He said with a laugh,
"I cut them in half, for it's
much more fun with two."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116722447468872657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116722447468872657Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:00:15 GMT]]>@stephen @inthehands

Nice!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/artnacrea/statuses/116722159843442347https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/artnacrea/statuses/116722159843442347Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:00:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:04:01 GMT]]>@inthehands

a poet from Peru has once declared:
"my limericks, i see, have grown quite stale"
to breathe life in, he changed parameters,
they're now in iambic pentameters

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://plush.city/users/mynameistillian/statuses/116721938667069630https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://plush.city/users/mynameistillian/statuses/116721938667069630Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:04:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:58:20 GMT]]>@artnacrea @inthehands https://vital.org.nz/entry/title/on_listening_to_national_radio_while_doing_the_dishes.html]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ephemera.vital.org.nz/objects/6d892043-0732-48d2-a474-74bab5d2b7cchttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ephemera.vital.org.nz/objects/6d892043-0732-48d2-a474-74bab5d2b7ccTue, 09 Jun 2026 19:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:46:51 GMT]]>@DMTomas @inthehands

For me, a poem is not about separate lines
nor perfect rhymes.
It's about capturing truth in metaphor that can't be captured in a net of facts.

But that's me, I'm guessing there are thousands of ways of seeing this.

(and in English "white" verse is "blank verse")

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116721871163478574https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116721871163478574Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:49:53 GMT]]>@gjm @inthehands

You are probably right. Not sure where I got the idea that it was Spike.

Either way I'm very fond of it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/artnacrea/statuses/116721647191563785https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/artnacrea/statuses/116721647191563785Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:15:29 GMT]]>@artnacrea @inthehands I've always heard this (or something very like it) attributed to W S Gilbert, as in Gilbert and Sullivan.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gjm/statuses/116719860441264335https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gjm/statuses/116719860441264335Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:12:51 GMT]]>@tychotithonus @inthehands And don't get me started on the one about the man from Montero.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gjm/statuses/116719850076569309https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/gjm/statuses/116719850076569309Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:12:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:54 GMT]]>@inthehands

Brilliant!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/RuthODay2/statuses/116719669407723795https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/RuthODay2/statuses/116719669407723795Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:27:22 GMT]]>@inthehands

Roses are red, Vio-
-lets are blue, cunningly ren-
-dered as a haiku.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/tomchadwin/statuses/116719435265804559https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/tomchadwin/statuses/116719435265804559Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:37:19 GMT]]>@inthehands thank you! I can appreciate this haiku, even though it’s technically not haiku, but it f*kin rhymes. As someone who writes poetry (for myself, not for sharing;) - I can’t stand “white poetry” (don’t know how it’s in English;) - poetry that doesn’t rhyme:
we can all write words
in separate lines
this, however -
does not make it a poem,
i think.
And hailu is math, not poetry IMHO. With a single exception- this!;) 🫶

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DMTomas/statuses/116719238476260872https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DMTomas/statuses/116719238476260872Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:37:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:20:18 GMT]]>@inthehands My favorite part is the garden path repronunciation of "limericks" from 2 to 3 syllables only after I reread the poem.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/twifkak/statuses/116718935662759005https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/twifkak/statuses/116718935662759005Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:20:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:50:13 GMT]]>@inthehands
That's the cleverest
wordplay I've seen in yonks.
Thanks for cheering me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Andii/statuses/116718817361672573https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Andii/statuses/116718817361672573Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:50:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:35:32 GMT]]>@inthehands @gnate

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/thearcanecomposer/statuses/116718759608025764https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/thearcanecomposer/statuses/116718759608025764Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:35:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:21:52 GMT]]>@inthehands

I think it's brilliant nevertheless.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/quincy/statuses/116718705867186224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/quincy/statuses/116718705867186224Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:21:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:04:55 GMT]]>@inthehands
ok I'll give it a go:
There once was a man
From Limerick, whose poems
Ended thoughtfully.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pulpnash/statuses/116718639214625103https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pulpnash/statuses/116718639214625103Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:04:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:58:10 GMT]]>@inthehands

There once was a man from Berlin
Whose limericks never did rhyme
Or scan
And they ended too soon

(Not original)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/passenger/statuses/116718612646524795https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/passenger/statuses/116718612646524795Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:26:13 GMT]]>@inthehands

There once was a man from Nevada
Who half assed his limerick, uh...
Yadda yadda, yadda yadda

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116718251093097283https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116718251093097283Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:26:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku on Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:58:43 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116718142973179449https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116718142973179449Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:58:43 GMT