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  2. 7 Famous Limerick Examples That Will Inspire You to Write ...

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    There once was a limerick example, but this is just the preamble. Read on for more famous verse to explore, and we'll do our best not to ramble. The post 7 Famous Limerick Examples That Will ...

  3. Silly Verse for Kids - Wikipedia

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    Silly Verse for Kids is a collection of humorous poems, limericks and drawings for children by Spike Milligan, first published by Dennis Dobson in 1959. [1] [2] [3] Silly Verse for Kids was Milligan's first book. Many of the pieces had been written to entertain his children, who inspired some of the poems.

  4. Limerick (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of the fable of Hercules and the Wagoner by Walter Crane in the limerick collection "Baby's Own Aesop" (1887). The standard form of a limerick is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each; and the shorter third and fourth lines also rhyming with each other, but having only two feet of three ...

  5. Casey at the Bat - Wikipedia

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    It also includes a "Poetry Round Robin" where famous poems are rewritten in the style of the next poet in line, featured Casey at the Bat as written by Edgar Allan Poe. Sportswriter Leonard Koppett claimed in a 1979 tongue-in-cheek article that the published poem omits 18 lines penned by Thayer, which changed the overall theme of the poem ...

  6. Children's poetry - Wikipedia

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    Edward Lear (1812–1888) was the first to use limericks in his writing, authoring A Book of Nonsense in 1846 and featuring silly poetry and neologisms. [ 36 ] Eugene Field (1850 - 1895) born in St. Louis, Missouri, is known for renowned children's poetry, such as “Little Boy Blue” and the “Dutch Lullaby”.

  7. Cricket poetry - Wikipedia

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    A Tingling Catch: A Century of New Zealand Cricket Poems 1864–2009, edited by Mark Pirie (Wellington, N.Z.: HeadworX Publishers). ISBN 978-0-473-16872-8. First anthology of New Zealand cricket poems. Cautionary Tales from the Pavilion: A Short Collection of Verse, by Giscard Drew (2014) Hows Its, by Nick Whittock (Inken Publish, 2014).

  8. There once was a man from Nantucket - Wikipedia

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    The poem has become a staple of American humor.It is often used as a joking example of fine art, with the vulgarity providing a surprising contrast to an expected refinement, such as in the 2002 film Solaris, when George Clooney's character mentions that his favorite poem is the most famous poem by Dylan Thomas that starts with "There was a young man from Nantucket"; or Will & Grace season 8 ...

  9. Category:Sports poems - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sports poems" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cricket poetry; F.