The XMTS Limmericks Thread

[Panache]

ForresterModern created the XMTS Poet Laureate Challenge thread http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/c...473/index.html , from which a great number of our members have set their hands to another form of poetry... The Limmerick!

Surely such fun is worthy of its own thread!

The Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks the Scot.com are hereby given leave to cut loose their creativity in the area of kilt related limericks!

For comments on either thread use this thread

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/c...x.html?t=48473

FM does ask that:

The only rule is you have to follow the limerick structure this time (I hope I don't have to explain that one). Oh, and lets try to keep it as clean as possible---this is a family show.

Have at and have fun!

Cheers

Jamie

[ali8780]

There once was a man called Milt
Who bought himself a fine kilt
Because of his beliefs, he shucked off his briefs
And caused all the ladies to wilt

I'm not sure if it's iambic pentameter....

[Alan H]

My kilt, it is made out of wool
and in it, I live life to the full.
The lasses they've liked
when my kilts' upwards, hiked
and downwards, I've neglected to pull.

[fluter]

I'm not sure if it's iambic pentameter....

(Chuckle) That was for the other thread.

Limericks traditionally are in an anapestic meter. The anapest "unit" is (short short long) or (soft soft hard) if you prefer. The limerick's lines contain 3, 3, 2+2, and 3 of those.

dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (trimeter :-)
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM (tetrameter)
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM


Iambic pentameter means 5 iambs (dee DUM) as in:

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;

Iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme, for instance most of Shakespeare's plays, is called blank verse. Rhymed couplets, available at extra cost, are a nice way to close out a speech.

True wit is nature to advantage dressed
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed

[piperdbh]

I know of a fellow named Sandy
Who with his keyboard is real handy.
He posts quite a lot
On X Marks the Scot,
And in a white tie, he looks dandy!

A fellow named Matt made my kilt.
My silk dandelion won't wilt.
I make my own hose
To go with my clothes
And try to dress "Scotch to the hilt".

Grandfather often is hot,
And so I think I'd rather not
Attend it this year,
But please have no fear,
Gatlinburg will hit the spot!

[ccga3359]

dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM
dee dee DUM dee dee DUM dee dee DUM

I'll admit that your submission rhymes and has a certain flow but to me this is cheating.

Oh crap! Now it's stuck in my head.

[Alan H]

Now, my kilt, it is yellow, white and blue
and I wear it regimentally, it is true.
Not that anyone really knows
'cause the color of my hose
commands attention, and my sporran is askew.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Up in his wee Highland Glen
Lives a man many of us ken;
Tis our own JockScot
Who always has taught
"Tradition is best my friend".

[Barry]

I never was very good at following rules

An eager young Mum name of Ali
To post in the thread didn't dally.
In her haste and her speed
the rules didn't read.
She's really a bit of a scally.

scally: abbr. for scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous

[ccga3359]

My name is Grant
And here is my rant:
When in the heck
Will I ever get
That ever elusive kilt check?