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(09-20-2023, 01:28 PM)O. M. Geezersnaps Wrote: (09-20-2023, 01:12 PM)Fearful Symmetry Wrote: (09-19-2023, 08:25 AM)rayheinrich Wrote: My answer to the question: "Are you serious about poetry?" is another question: " Are limericks serious?"
Only if you’re serious about them 
I’ve only written anything that might be dubbed light poetry in the last couple of years, and I for one don’t think they required any less (CAUTION! HIGHFALUTIN WORD AHEAD —>) craft. Yes, the form of the limerick holds your hand, and its brevity means there’s likely less to chew on while you’re trying to sleep or wandering the grocery store, but otherwise it seems that you still tend to get out what you put in.
It's seriously hard to be serious with limericks -- they always sound like a joke.
Agreed, but they are still a useful exercise in rhyme and meter. I'd compare writing limericks to faithfully doing calisthenics before the big game.
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(09-20-2023, 01:28 PM)O. M. Geezersnaps Wrote: (09-20-2023, 01:12 PM)Fearful Symmetry Wrote: (09-19-2023, 08:25 AM)rayheinrich Wrote: My answer to the question: "Are you serious about poetry?" is another question: " Are limericks serious?"
Only if you’re serious about them
I’ve only written anything that might be dubbed light poetry in the last couple of years, and I for one don’t think they required any less (CAUTION! HIGHFALUTIN WORD AHEAD —>) craft. Yes, the form of the limerick holds your hand, and its brevity means there’s likely less to chew on while you’re trying to sleep or wandering the grocery store, but otherwise it seems that you still tend to get out what you put in.
It's seriously hard to be serious with limericks -- they always sound like a joke.
So true, so true, but I think there’s a difference between taking something seriously and a serious sounding result.
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(09-20-2023, 02:23 PM)Fearful Symmetry Wrote: (09-20-2023, 01:28 PM)O. M. Geezersnaps Wrote: (09-20-2023, 01:12 PM)Fearful Symmetry Wrote: Only if you’re serious about them
I’ve only written anything that might be dubbed light poetry in the last couple of years, and I for one don’t think they required any less (CAUTION! HIGHFALUTIN WORD AHEAD —>) craft. Yes, the form of the limerick holds your hand, and its brevity means there’s likely less to chew on while you’re trying to sleep or wandering the grocery store, but otherwise it seems that you still tend to get out what you put in.
It's seriously hard to be serious with limericks -- they always sound like a joke.
So true, so true, but I think there’s a difference between taking something seriously and a serious sounding result.
I am in agreement. I was trying to make a joke. It's probably best for everyone if I stick to taking things seriously 
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(09-20-2023, 02:32 PM)O. M. Geezersnaps Wrote: (09-20-2023, 02:23 PM)Fearful Symmetry Wrote: (09-20-2023, 01:28 PM)O. M. Geezersnaps Wrote: It's seriously hard to be serious with limericks -- they always sound like a joke.
So true, so true, but I think there’s a difference between taking something seriously and a serious sounding result.
I am in agreement. I was trying to make a joke. It's probably best for everyone if I stick to taking things seriously
I picked up what you were putting down 
And to celebrate:
A limerick may not be the answer
To inspire the sombrous dancer,
But here’s one that’s sad,
With news that is bad —
This limerick has given you cancer.
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i'm so serious, i was once a dog
that's now a pile of ashes
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He asked me quite straight: Was I serious?
I am, I replied, least in theoryous.
Then I pulled out my gun,
And he started to run,
And I shot him for being so queryous.
"I'm very serious about poetry, it's just the words I find amusing."
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I'm hoping maybe Ray can host another ice zebra princess challenge soon, it's ridiculous, but you have to be serious to finish
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(09-22-2023, 02:19 AM)CRNDLSM Wrote: I'm hoping maybe Ray can host another ice zebra princess challenge soon, it's ridiculous, but you have to be serious to finish
working on it 
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(09-22-2023, 02:24 AM)Tiger the Lion Wrote: (09-22-2023, 02:19 AM)CRNDLSM Wrote: I'm hoping maybe Ray can host another ice zebra princess challenge soon, it's ridiculous, but you have to be serious to finish
working on it
He knows whereof he speaks.
The IIce Queen Herself has penned a decree: The Seventh of this January.
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