Poemranker [Poem: The blue light special.] [by Jeremi B. Handrinos] Tue Apr 16 10:03:03 PDT 2024

[4] Robert K Foster @ 209.68.98.120 | 15-Jan-03/9:42 AM | Reply

last line should rhyme with the first two.

[n/a] horus8 @ 24.126.113.154 > Robert K Foster | 15-Jan-03/10:00 AM | Reply

a limerick, not always, need do that.

[n/a] hipster flare @ 209.68.100.19 > horus8 | 15-Jan-03/12:29 PM | Reply

Limericks use the distinctive rhyming scheme of a-a-b-b-a, where the first two lines set the scene, the third and fourth lines quickly twist things about, and the fifth line hammers the conclusion. (first, second, and fifth lines are trimeter, third and fourth are dimeter).

as per the guidelines

[n/a] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 > hipster flare | 15-Jan-03/12:58 PM | Reply

made to be broken, then eh?
like a blue light special, it defies reality.

[n/a] Jeremi B. Handrinos @ 24.126.113.154 > <~> | 15-Jan-03/1:12 PM | Reply

No, Accura auditions defy reality.
I was merely working the extra kale
I have laying around with old manelli
records and david gest interviews.

[n/a] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 > Jeremi B. Handrinos | 15-Jan-03/1:13 PM | Reply

ainsi soit il, mon frere.

[n/a] Jeremi B. Handrinos @ 24.126.113.154 > hipster flare | 15-Jan-03/1:08 PM | Reply

The guidelines? You are are entitled to your opinion, and it is noted, but I am to busy currently to argue your belief in limitations created by guidelines, and if you assume that I do not know, or cannot, write a guidelined limerick than so be it.

[n/a] hipster flare @ 66.24.73.199 > Jeremi B. Handrinos | 16-Jan-03/5:57 AM | Reply

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.

[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. @ 131.111.212.215 | 15-Jan-03/1:55 PM | Reply

I believe this is the 22nd poeme on poemeranker to be -=Dark_Angel=--related.

[n/a] <{Baba^Yaga}> @ 24.126.113.154 > -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. | 15-Jan-03/2:09 PM | Reply

I think they are in the high twenties, actually.

[1] deleted user @ 24.56.194.129 | 15-Jan-03/7:30 PM | Reply

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[1] Edna Sweetlove @ 81.178.117.218 | 15-May-06/5:01 PM | Reply

Unintelligible.