Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, ...

May 12 (UPI) --National Limerick Day, celebrated annually on May 12, marks the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer who popularized the comedic style of poetry. The holiday's exact origins are ...

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Itching For A Photo; Half and Half-life; Blame It On the Dog Star. Coming up, it's Lighting Fill In The Blank, but first it's the game where you have to listen ...

I received this limerick in The Style Invitational’s Limerixicon contest, Week 1502. It’s pretty good — rhymes well, scans well — but like hundreds of other pretty good limericks I received, it didn’t ...

Maybe we shouldn't have been surprised by the overwhelming response to the Star Tribune's limerick contest, held in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. After all, during a limerick craze in ...

As we have every August since 2004, when his life’s work was a wee little dictionary-baby, we check in once again with limerick impresario Chris Strolin and his quest to create a full English ...