We all enjoy a good Mirickle

Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear in his ‘Book of Nonsense’. He did, however, tend to make a potentially funny verse fall flat through repeating the first line in the last line. We want no such thing!

SteemTrail and @ebryans are excited to present this engaging initiative.

The metre and scanning of the verse is easy and they are supposed to be funny!

Here are a few examples:
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When I dined with the Duchess Of Lee,
She said “do you fart when you pee?”
I replied with some wit,
“Do you belch when you shit?”
And felt it was one up to me!
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There once was a man from Madras
Whose balls were made of brass
In stormy weather
They clanged together
And sparks flew out of his arse!
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There was a young man from Bengal
Who was asked to a Fancy Dress Ball
He decided to risk it
And go as a biscuit
But the dog ate him up in the hall.
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Image: Pixabay

The Limerick Contest Regulations

1. Participants must use the #limerickcontest Tag as the primary tag of their posts. Please use #poetry as your secondary.
2. More than one entry is permitted, though this may be reviewed!
3. All entries must be in English.
4. Organisers reserve the right to publish all entries submitted.
5. The contest will run from Wednesday to Monday. All entries must be submitted by 6pm NY time on Monday, 3rd April.

Each week you will be provided with the last word of the first line.
All you have to do is complete the limerick.

The Word of the Week has kindly been provided by @gardenlady to whom I owe enormous thanks for her relentless support for the writing-trail Contests.

Without further ado, this week's Word:

“NED”

## Prizes are as follows:

1st place receives 400 TRAIL and 10 STEEM
2nd place receives 200 TRAIL and 6 STEEM
3rd Place receives 100 TRAIL and 4 STEEM

Image: Pixabay

The winning rhymes will be announced each Tuesday and published here on steemit and on other Social Media Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

I leave you with this classic:

There once was a man from Peru

Whose limerick stopped at line two …

The organisation of this contest has been given huge support by the guys at SteemTrail.

If you have not already done so, head over to the SteemTrail Discord server and check out what they’re up to.

You will need an Open Ledger Account which is free. Simply click the Trail Coin and follow the instructions. For a Streemian Account, click the Streemian logo.

NEW CONTEST: WRITE A LIMERICK. WEEK ONE. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL IN PRIZES. GET RHYMING STEEMIANS!