Limericks are no more taught in schools
As they are thought fit only for fools
Poetic skills they don't hone
Sadly they are left alone
Are limerick writers then mere mules?
Limericks are for the brilliant poets. They are crafted in exceptional level of skill. A well authored poem....... Truly fascinating......5 stars*****
some people are stuff-shirts and too full of themselves. we need to laugh. a proverb says, laughter does good like a medicine. i say yay! for those who write humorous verse. -glen
" Yes, we need to laugh '.......! Yes, you are right. So writing of limerick is justified! Thanks a lot Glen for your encouraging response!
We are NOT just mere mules, Valsa Dear, It is much worse than that, I do fear! Not just underrated, perhaps we are hated; before long we will all disappear!
An excellent limerick that describes a real situation; limerick, nay poetry at large, being downrated everywhere.
Sadly, I have been pooh-poohed by my own people for, as they say, 'wasting time' on writing poetry! Particulaly, my efforts at writing poetry in English, rather than my mother tongue, are oftn laughed at. But thanks to poetry, I live on, as I engage with them, either writing or reading. Poetry is the culmination of the yearnings of the heart, no matter whether anyone reads them or not.
'Thanks to poetry, I live on'! It cannot be put any better! Thanks a lot Khairul.... for stating a truth that can be understood only by people who have poetry in their blood!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Not just limerick alone, poetry itself is shunned throughout the world. It is no longer eulogised as before; for that matter, not even traditional literature is! Though centered around limericks, this piece exhibits the bedevilling truth of poesy's predicament. Now-a-days, only simplistic poetry is extolled, rendering linguistic splendour unnecessary. Poetry is not just a rhyme or verse, not a mere hymn too: it is the amalgamation of semantic acme and expression.