What I call getting into a tight hole
The knight´s fall was so deep
That he instantly fell asleep
But the lady fair
Pulled his hair
He woke up feeling a sheep.
What I call getting into a tight hole
The knight´s fall was so deep
That he instantly fell asleep
But the lady fair
Pulled his hair
He woke up feeling a sheep.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Through the haze the knight tried to see her
He clinked and clanked with onomatopoeia
She smiled sweetly
He blushed completely
And said to Evelyn - "Art thee Dulcinea?"
Uhhhh...
In a hole there once fell a brave knight
Who thought when he fell things ain’t right
But sweet Evelyn’s kind
And he’s out of his mind
Since she kissed him and turned out the light.
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Evelyn, down in a hole just sittin'
With a knight whose head was a splittin'
Wake up sweet prince
Words I won't mince
Like you to me, I for you, am smitten
Uhhhh...
As a knight pure and true he must ride
But he fell and then couldn’t decide:
Pick the angel or babe?
And the choice that he made
Led to hell but with Babe by his side.
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There once was a knight who was brave
And he rode on his steed like a wave.
Up and down, up and down,
Bouncing up, down the town
Seeking someone, besides him, to save.
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Thank you for reviving this thread, Yes/No.I´m a bad limericker myself but I enjoy reading the poems.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I'm glad you enjoy reading these more or less nonsense poems, Danik. I generally like easy-to-read, light poetry.
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One of the things I like about poetry is it´s great flexibility as to form and content.
I´ve been learning a lot about it on this site.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
You should try a limerick, Danik! However, I don't think I could write a limerick in Portuguese or Spanish for which I know some of the vocabulary. Getting that expected anapestic meter is difficult even for native speakers, but once one can hear the way the poem should sound, these poems are very easy to write.
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He was the bravest of all in Olde Britain
The damsels of yore were all but smitten
The knight, he was bold
The night, it was cold
Under his armor his parts were frostbitten
Uhhhh...
When a knight and his damsel ride there
Where sweet love birds take dumps in their hair v
Then the kingdom will shine
Like good gold in a mine
And the universe hasn’t a care.
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I have written two or three limericks in this thread, Yes/No, but for me it´s not so easy. The verses don´t come naturally like it happens with natives. I have to research rhymes first.
There are popular poetry forms in Portuguese too like the trova:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trova- It´s Iberic, not only Cuban, I think
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
The trova sounds interesting. I can't play the guitar, but writing them may be possible.
Limericks aren't easy. I don't find them hard, but I've written perhaps a thousand of them over the years (or decades). It is easier to write a haiku than it is to write a limerick. I sometimes use rhymezone to look up rhymes. http://www.rhymezone.com/
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I looked up "trova con letra" on YouTube and found this collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gew2...-eQxRJMAR2GW02
These are way more difficult than limericks. They are popular songs. Very nicely done.
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