http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/limerick-day/
This form is credited to Edward Lear and popularized in his A Book of Nonsense. Here's an example of his craft:
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
Today is the 12th of May,
ReplyDeleteAnd each is his or her special way,
Marks the moment,
With a 5-line poem,
And celebrates National Limerick Day!