Limericks
Recently, Mrs. Stoltz's students have been working on limericks. What is a limerick? A limerick is a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic (two short syllables followed by a long one) lines, usually with the rhyme scheme. Here are two limericks for you to enjoy.
Ferret by Sam Rognlie
A young man once owned a ferret
He fed it three thousand carrots
He fed it so much
It was firm to the touch
So he fed it to the parrot
Fish by Jenn Zobel-Mason
There once was a fish in the sea
Who had a very large beak
All his friends laughed at him
And said he couldn't swim
So he ate them all in one week