St. Patrick's Day is around the corner and The Boston Globe has listed popular limericks submitted by readers from last year. Limericks are typically witty poems (sometimes naughty) that follow the A-A-B-B-A rhyme pattern. I'm sure most Americans (certainly anyone from New England) are familiar with the notorious limerick, Man from Nantucket, but I opted to share one of my favorite limerick's submitted to the Globe last year by Christopher Russo of Boston.
A summer we'll spend at old Fenway,
Watching our team win both night and day.
What pitching! What defense!
It's only commonsense--
Print the World Series tickets today!
If you feel inspired, include a favorite limerick in the comments section.
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Here is a "clean" version of the limerick Man from Nantucket
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his gold in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
Bosguy our limericks requested
So my time I gladly invested
To conjure a limerick
Sure to make him pick
As clearly the winner, unbested
He said with a loud sigh,
Its time to say goodbye.
FU said me -
You're nobody -
So why do I want to cry?
There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose...
God, I can't finish it!
Happy St. Patty's Day, bud!
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