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Gibberish Limerick

Inspired by My Nephew

By Sapphire RavenclawPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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The first verse of this limerick was originally written in 2014 while the second verse was written in September 2017, with the final three verses composed in October 2017. Verse one is the original, while the new verses were all composed specifically for this publication.

While I have no recollection of the conversation leading to the creation of a limerick, a recent Facebook memory alerted me to the fact that it had been written but, until now, had gone unpublished. The memory declared that my nephew, 21 years old at the time of writing the original verse, had inspired it.

Please enjoy the silliness.

Verse 1 (The Original)

My nephew asked me to write a limerick

So here I am talking gibberish

but these aren't very good rhymes

but give me a little more time

and I still won't come up with a word that rhymes with limerick

Verse 2 (Written September 2017)

Usually, one verse for a limerick

But this makes no sense, that's its gimmick

I needed more words

No matter how absurd

And I still can't think of a word that rhymes with limerick.

Verses 3, 4, and 5 (Written October 2017)

A limerick, usually, has just five lines

But I need to reach a word limit

I feel like I'm waffling

I'm running out of rhymes

It's becoming a crazy exhibit.

Wiffling, waffling

Kiffling, Koffling

Now, I'm just making it silly.

Is it complete? Is it neat? Is it sweet?

The words are flying out willy-nilly.

We've come to the end

Thanks for reading, my friend

I hope you've enjoyed this delight

I've found some absurdities in the wordities

That's me done with the limelight.

About My Poetry

I have been a writer for many years. Poetry has been my passion throughout that time. It is usually emotional poetry and reflects moods. It is often inspired by family. You can read more of my poetry here.

I enjoy nonsense poetry and limericks but it has been a challenge to write something silly.

My own poetry is often quite short. It starts with some inspiration, often family but, at times, observations about life, perceptions, and other things. Then the words flow until the poem comes to a natural end. In this way, writing a limerick, with one verse and five lines, was fun. It was, however, a challenge to add to it. Nevertheless, it was also enjoyable.

It was a lot of fun trying to find rhyming words, to experiment with rhymes, and with a form with which I had not previously worked.

Rhymes with Limerick

It was not easy to come up with any words which are exact rhymes with "limerick." However, there are, of course, a lot of words with an end rhyme i.e. words which end with an "-ick" sound. 1369, in fact, according to Rhymer. From single syllables such as "kick," "flick," and "stick" to longer words such as the pentasyllabic word "monosyllabic," or "overenthusiastic," with seven syllables.

I have used the word "gimmick" which has both a first syllable and end rhyme with "limerick," and "gibberish" which shares the same vowel sounds in its first two syllables.

There are, though, no words which share the exact same sound pattern as "limerick." The closest words are, perhaps, "synergic" or "rhetoric."

I am a lover of words—a lexophile, if you like, which is, of course, related to the word "lexicographic" which also shares its end rhyme with "limerick."

I could write all day about words but I must digress. I hope that you have enjoyed the limerick itself and that this here waffly bit has inspired you to have a go at something new, to do some research on rhymes, and to discover rhymes you never knew existed. I am, as mentioned, a lover of words with an unnecessarily large vocabulary, yet I still discover new words and new meanings of words, and it is absolutely fascinating when this happens.

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About the Creator

Sapphire Ravenclaw

I am, among other things, a freelance writer and mother. I enjoy writing poetry and articles. Currently, much of my spare time is spent working on a book about Paganism (one of many subjects which interests me).

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