We all enjoy a good Mirickle

Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear in his ‘Book of Nonsense’. He did, however, tend to make a potentially funny verse fall flat through repeating the first line in the last line. We want no such thing!

SteemTrail and @ebryans are excited to present this engaging initiative.

The metre and scanning of the verse is easy and they are supposed to be funny!

With thanks to @jacobtothe, the lines should go like this:

da= unstressed syllable
DA= stressed syllable

da da DA da da DA da da DA
da da DA da da DA da da DA
da da DA da da DA
da da DA da da DA
da da DA da da DA da da DA

Wiggle room: Add or subtract an initial unstressed syllable as needed.

Winner of last week’s contest:

Post by @richardjuckes

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The father was writing his post
Whilst the bishop was blessing the host
As his thoughts were adcending
Father prayed it was trending
Little caring his future was toast
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Image: Pixabay

The Limerick Contest Regulations

1. Participants must use the #limerickcontest Tag as the primary tag of their posts. Please use #poetry as your secondary.
2. More than one entry is permitted, though this may be reviewed!
3. All entries must be in English.
4. Organisers reserve the right to publish all entries submitted.
5. The contest will run from Wednesday to Monday. All entries must be submitted by 6pm NY time on Monday, 17th April.

Each week you will be provided with the last word of the first line.
All you have to do is complete the limerick.

The Word of the Week has kindly been provided by @richardjuckes who is a great supporter of these contests of a literary leaning.

Without further ado, this week's Word:

“BIRD”

## Prizes are as follows:

1st place receives 400 TRAIL and 10 STEEM
2nd place receives 200 TRAIL and 6 STEEM
3rd Place receives 100 TRAIL and 4 STEEM

Image: Pixabay

The winning rhymes will be announced each Tuesday and published here on steemit and on other Social Media Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

The organisation of this contest has been given huge support by the guys at SteemTrail.

If you have not already done so, head over to the SteemTrail Discord server and check out what they’re up to.

You will need an Open Ledger Account which is free. Simply click the Trail Coin and follow the instructions. For a Streemian Account, click the Streemian logo.

LIMERICK CONTEST: A NEW WEEK FOR BAWDY VERSE. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL IN PRIZES. GET RHYMING STEEMIANS!