A POPULAR Limerick poetry festival is set to return for its 13th year this April, bringing the power and the pleasure of the ...

Is there a higher poetic form than the limerick? Of course there is. The limerick is the corny uncle of the poetry world, the one you hope doesn’t drink too much at Thanksgiving and embarrass ...

“A poem,” he said, “should be like a good pint — strong, honest, and without froth.” This is something he said in other ...

And learned a few things they’d not known, see? Full disclosure: We wrote that one. And it’s true that the word poetry doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule?

May 12 (UPI) --National Limerick Day, celebrated annually on May 12, marks the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer who popularized the comedic style of poetry. The holiday's exact origins are ...

A bit less than 200 years ago, Edward Lear sat down somewhere in England and wrote a particular series of poems in a particular style that eventually was dubbed “limerick style.” As an isolated event, ...