Have you ever been to a poetry reading?

A limerick is a poem with five lines.

Some write it while drunk on fine wine.

They rhyme and are witty

Are comical and a ditty

Please join us and write just one line.

I’ll begin with the first line, and each person can add one more line. To refresh your memory from your high school poetry course, lines 1, 2, and 5 all rhyme with each other, as do lines 3 and 4. Have some fun! Here’s the first line:

There once was a man who had five cats,

this is our haiku

syllables five seven five

one line at a time

I’ll begin with five syllables, the next person will write a seven syllable line, then the next person will finish up the poem with five syllables. Person #4 will begin a new Haiku, etc…..

macy’s day parade

this is our haiku

syllables five seven five

one line at a time

I’ll begin with five syllables, the next person will write a seven syllable line, then the next person will finish up the poem with five syllables. Person #4 will begin a new Haiku, etc…..

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