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The home of five line verses written in Limerick style The original limericks, written by Edward Lear in
1846, were humorous and often ribald. They had a rhythm of My verses also do not all pretend to be humorous as I have used my versions of Nursery Rhymes I heard as a child, ( and that was many many years ago), and current news items and present day events as subjects. All I can say is "you never know what my devious mind will think of next", and in paraphrasing some famous words "I am sure that I cannot please all the people all the time". The limericks on this site are but a small selection of the 7,000 - 8,000 verses I have written. Some are joined together to form short stories
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