Lets create a limerick

[Asset]

the spelling is crap

KARTER - where have you gone? only trying to help

[TillieTrotter]

Deserving of a slap

[RosieH]

and lowers the tone completely

[TillieTrotter]

Hurrah!!

[TillieTrotter]

I was fishing for compliments just then.....

[citizenED]

Newbie!

The dogs running round in the park

[TillieTrotter]

Is their bite much worse than their bark

[karter]

just sign the petition

[Asset]

no war of attrition

[mockney piers]

As it's all just a bit of a lark

[Nero]

There was a forum fave called Keef

[TillieTrotter]

who liked a bit of a beef

[mlteenie]

He gnawed on the bones

Morning Tillie!

[bagpuss78]

and everyone groaned

cos he'd stole everyones helpings, the teeth!

[TillieTrotter]

A very good morning to you Mlteenie. What early birds we are....I feel a limerick coming on....

The early birds catching the worms

[Asset]

are doing it on their own terms

[citizenED]

they took to the wing

[Asset]

and started to sing

[Ant]

Asset, you missed some stresses out up there. It ought to be:

da DA da da DA da da DAA

da DA da da DA da da DAA

da DA da da DA

da DA da da DA

da DA da da DA da da DAA

Also, the DAAs can be replaced with DA-DAs if need be. ('There was a young man from Nantucket' being a famous example.) As for whether we're talking anapests or amphibrachs, well...

More info here: http://www.speedysnail.com/limericks/metre.html

[Asset]

ok, was meant to be a loose pointer and it's a bit tricky getting the das to da da properly in type.

You have done a masterful job though - well done.

(tu)

[Nero]

and set up a courier firm.

[Ant]

You should take more credit, Asset, you did the lion's share of the work. All I did was to capitalise a trio of DAs. :)

[georgia]

New one...

Hoopers was called The Ivanhoe..

[Asset]

but nobody wanted to go

[georgia]

So it had a makeover