It’s #NationalPoetryDay! As a lover of poetry and a huge fan of limericks I didn’t feel I could let this day pass without posting something.
I think limericks are an often-overlooked form of poetry and I’m currently working on a collection of my own which I plan to self-publish sometime next year. It’s going to be for kids so right now I’m researching illustrators – very exciting!
Anyway, I’m keeping lots of my limericks to myself at the moment (rather than posting them on the blog) but I thought I’d share a couple that are completely unrelated to the theme of the collection (and indeed each other). The first is one I wrote for the Limerick Nation anthology published by Iron Press last year. Four of my limericks were included in the anthology – this wasn’t one of them but I’ve always rather liked it nonetheless.
A pianist from Northumberland
Refused to perform in a cummerbund;
He said he felt funny
With a sash round his tummy
And looks-wise the thing made his bum rotund.
I also recently wrote this limerick for my Harry Potter obsessed son (for the uninitiated, the ‘Hogwarts Express’ is the train that runs from platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry):
One day on the Hogwarts Express
Harry said to his friends, “I confess
These trousers are itchy
They scratch and restrict me
From now on… I’m wearing a dress!”
Good for Harry, I say.
And now I’m off to live like a poet… which involves picking kids up and making tea.
Your limerick book will be a success, so funny & great for kids.
Thanks! I appreciate all your lovely comments about my limericks. x
I think limericks definitely count as poetry and yours are always great!
Happy National Poetry Day 
Thanks Lisa! Happy National Poetry Day to you too (although it was a few days ago now!)
I love a good limerick. Writing them, and reading them, is such a mood-lifting experience!
I totally agree, thanks for commenting Lucy.
I love your limericks Maddy! Looking forward to the collection
Thanks Rachael, Hopefully I’ll get it sorted and published next year! x
Firstly, so sorry I haven’t been over before. I am SO pleased to hear that you are putting all your limericks into a book. They are going to be amazing – as are the ones you have published here. Thank you so much for linking to Prose for Thought x
Can’t wait for the little book of limericks to be published lovely lady. Both fab, but The Harry Potter one especially is amazing. Well done xx
Good luck with your limerick book. I think they are a great form of poetry and never cease to bring a smile to my face, if not an out and out chuckle!