National Limerick Day

There once was a man from Nantucket

Who kept his cash in a bucket

But his daughter, named Nan,

ran away with a man-

And as for the bucket, Nan-tucket.

You guessed it!  Today is National Limerick Day!

This day celebrates the birthday of Edward Lear, an artist, illustrator, author and poet.  Limerick poems became popular after Lear's book, Book of Nonsense, was published in 1846. A limerick is a very short, humorous, nonsense poem.  It contains five lines with an AABBA rhyming pattern.

How to observe #NationalLimerickDay

Write your own limerick poem.

Share on social media.

Enter a limerick contest.

Read some funny limericks.

I thought I would participate by sharing my limerick.

There once was a woman who lived by the beach

she loved to brag about it to everyone within reach.

   She walked her dog there everyday

    went in the sand to play

but had to keep her dog on his leash.

Let me see your limericks in the comments (and try to keep them clean!).