limerick
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Entrants would write the final line of a limerick to enter into the draw to win a brand new car.
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023
For today’s homework, try to mix and match a format, a style and a topic — like, “Write a limerick in the style of Snoop Dogg about global warming.”
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
She donned a green dress, read a self-written limerick to U2 and invited the quartet onstage for an intimate toast of black velvets — Guinness mixed with champagne.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022
"And it's a limerick poem - a five-line poem - which I've written on a pen pot with three crayons in to represent the pastel that Lowry used."
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022
"I insist upon hearing this limerick," Miss Honey said, smiling one of her rare smiles.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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