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The blue light special. (Limerick) by Jeremi B. Handrinos

Thank god, I sold the dark one my stock Before Kmart blue lighted his flock For a poop mop and pail 'twas a hell of a sale They even gave Bachus free kale. I just wish that Settle could see My solidarity to our homosexuality Why lord must he jest? As he de-furs my chest While doing his best David Gest.

hipster flare 16-Jan-03/5:57 AM
Here's my point, if you don't keep to the form of a particular type of poem, then classify it as "freeform". The idea behind a poem following a certain style is the fact that the poet recognizes the constraints and used the constraints to free their creative process. Maintaining a form continues a tradition---and I'm all for doing your own thing--Don't get me wrong. But you can't call a tent a house just because you want to- to hell with an agreed upon format. Go ahead and do your own thing, expirement with rhyme schemes, etc., but doing so slips your poem into a different category. that is my point. your poems have ceased to be limericks as soon as they deviated from the traditional format. I do believe that you are capable of writing a limerick that meets the definition of one. These, however, are misclassified.




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