Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, ...
It is believed that limericks date back to the 14th century, and originated in the Irish town of Limerick. The limerick is a humorous five-line poem with two rhymes: one shared by the first, second, ...
Bill Kurtis reads three news related limericks: Dummies In Love; We All Scream for Iceland; and Silent But Beefy. Coming up, it's Lightning Fill In The Blank. But first, it's the game where you have ...
And learned a few things they’d not known, see? Full disclosure: We wrote that one. And it’s true that the word poetry doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule?
Plenty of people in baseball have written a book. There’s Jim Bouton’s Ball Four, Josh Lewin’s You Never Forget Your First – hell, even actress Alyssa Milano has written a book about baseball. Eric ...
Bindy Bitterman, a Chicago-area woman in her 80s, recently emailed me to ask what I thought of limericks. I am a fan, as is Bitterman, who subsequently sent me a smattering of the limericks she writes ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “Mom, what’s a limerick?” Gracie asked. “It’s a funny little poem, honey.” ...
We’re big fans of the offbeat here at STAT. So what better way to round out the last days of 2017 than to bring you the year in review — in rhyme? Without further ado, we present our annual life ...
When The Advocate decided to host a limerick competition in memory of longtime columnist Smiley Anders — who died in May after more than 50 years of writing for the paper — we knew readers would be ...
In December 2017 while performing in Seattle, our phone lines failed, so we gave our audience members a chance to play Limericks. Sponsor Message BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT ...