limerick

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

Angry Dan, from Walthamstow, east London, is known for his vibrant colours and memorable rhymes - writing an original limerick which he paints on each mural.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022

He asked the student to read a limerick about a monster-like machine that “munches up socks by the pair.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

"I insist upon hearing this limerick," Miss Honey said, smiling one of her rare smiles.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

This Poe is a rum sort, pallid and pie-eyed and with a fondness for limericks.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

Essentially, raucous processions involving songs and the rattling of cacophonous instruments, the performance of short plays and bawdy limericks, and the burning of effigies occurred outside the homes of the accused.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021

This year we did limericks that feature words and names beginning “he-.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021

Mr. Bell — in normal times — would accompany his twin 10-year-olds, Samuel and Benjamin, to a special music school near Lincoln Center, connecting with them by playing trivia games and coming up with limericks.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2020

"Well Matilda, I would very much like to hear one of these limericks you say you have written. Could you try to remember one for us?"

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl