"You too can have your ten seconds of radio fame!"

[mundungus42]

San Diego's NPR station, KPBS, has requested that people send in limericks on the subject of public radio. Never one to resist writing limericks or a "do our work for us before our fall membership drive" campaign, I submitted mine today

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[koloagirl]

*bows* Those are... stunning! I realize you're up against a bunch of fellow NPR listeners, which means the competition will be stiff -- even so, I bet you earn some sort of mention :D Other than being read on the air, what do the winners receive?

[mundungus42]

To the best of my knowledge, that's all the winners receive. Still, I live in fond hope of being able to read mine on the air, after which I will be contacted by a publisher to read their limerick collections for their on-tape edition, thus catapulting me to stardom in the silly-poetry-on-tape reader's circles. :D

But seriously, I'm glad you enjoyed my limericking! I can't wait to hear the other entries. As you say, NPR listeners are a pretty creative bunch, so I have high hopes.

[anonymous]

Brava!

[thymidinekinase]

That was me. D'oh.

[mundungus42]

You are too kind, m'dear! I was really worried last Friday when I tried to write them. It's amazing what a bit of sleep will do for one's rhyming and scanning!

[keladry_lupin]

See icon for my reaction.

*applause for you* I'm always in awe of anyone who can write poetry -- I haven't managed anything better than mediocre haiku or dreadful teenangst free verse since I was in elementary school.

[mundungus42]

I live in envy of your icons!

As evidenced by my prediliction for answering fanfiction challenges, I enjoy writing within narrow constraints, and classical poetry forms (does the limerick count?) are definitely constraining. I shudder to think what I'd produce if you told me to write something free verse, though.

And you must check out Limerick Inferno, where a couple of nuts have translated Dante to Lear. The site requries a password to see the whole thing, but if you click on the bottom page, you can see a few sample stanzas. Too funny!

limericks got me through many a staff meeting

[glasswater]

so at sarah's wedding we couldn't clink our glasses to get them to kiss; instead they wanted haikus. i humbly submit our table's two (from the mind of yours truly). you may find the second set appropos:

go northwestern go
you are now our puppets
kiss right now you fools

-and-

we don't play by rules
a limerick is coming
you ready for this?

the day that she went for a run
he knew s.t. was the one
her family's all pastors
and she's now the master
there's kissing now to be done!

love.

Re: limericks got me through many a staff meeting

[mundungus42]

*applauds enthusiastically*

Bravo! Bravo! I particularly like the third line! I cracked up!

Here's my own humble offering in honor of your bravery and skills!

Since the finger foods discouraged mooching,
And the toasts enforced fermez le bouche-ing,
Your transcendent haiku
Helped the couple debut
With an instant commencement of smooching!

Much love and smooches to you,

LibRT