posted July 12, 2015 01:47 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
Guess what? I was sorting some papers and found another limerick I wrote years ago for my kids. It's not astro related, but here it is:

There was an unusual ungulate
Whose hooves were a sight for the vet
With three toes in the back
Four in front, that's a fact
It's a Tapir, I'm sure you have guessed.

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posted July 24, 2015 10:29 AM            

The best way to learn how to write a limerick is to study them, or at least read them when you get the chance. Especially the ones by the greatest limerick writer, Ogden Nash. You could also look up Edward Lear designated as the best by the experts, but I prefer Odgen Nash.

You will get a sense of the syllables and rhythm, the rhyming and the rules in general.
Five lines for each stanza.
The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other.
THe two shorter lines in between, the third and fourth lines, rhyme with each other. The pulse of the lines go something like this:

ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM
ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM
ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM
ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM
ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM ta-ta-TUM

or

ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta
ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta
ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta
ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta
ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta ta-TUM-ta

You get the gist, right?

posted July 24, 2015 10:43 AM            

Looking forward to one of yours.

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here's one just for you:

From the South there's a gent we call Randall
His new poem would sound great afterall
From the South he would write
With much ease, not with strife
And when spoken we'd translate the drawl

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posted August 19, 2015 12:56 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
There's an accidental sentinel
Who's sleep habits are detrimental
Alert all night
Warding off all fright
In the morning, temperamental

Gemini??? Can you relate?

There once was a twin, with a mind very clever
Who neglected her chores, whatever the endeavor
Her sister would date
The same boyfriend 'till late
Until he asked to be married forever, however

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Yay Gemini! ~~ You're quite good at these PS. You ought to look into making a little money on the side with submitting these kinds of astro limericks to magazines, like The Mountain Astrologer, or the DELL Horoscope Magazines (there are two of these).

You're probably already familiar... With TMA, you could ask them for the topic or theme for issues, then craft your astroLimericks around their themes?

You can do this! Why not? You're good at it!! You could probably write and do the complete submittal process (start to finish, inclusive) in less than 3 or 4 hours time, right?

TMA has issues coming out every other month. Have you read some of the "funny" articles they do on astrology signs near the back-pages? I'm telling you, your stuff is just as good as those! ...

posted September 03, 2015 01:00 AM            

It can't hurt to check into it.

I wrote an astrology song, too. Wish I had enough courage to video myself and post it. Someday I will have a YouTube channel for my songs.

posted September 28, 2015 02:13 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
are you going to try and write one?

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posted September 28, 2015 11:10 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
I wrote an astrology song, too. Wish I had enough courage to video myself and post it. Someday I will have a YouTube channel for my songs.

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