TML <thomasl@mninter.net> wrote:
>In article <4b2vkvo2t2ti63s294nq6cbbs628qjubls@4ax.com>,
> Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote:
>
> . . . . . . . . . . .
>( much snipped)
>
>The best collection I know of is:
>THE LIMERICK, ed by G. Legman
>Bell Publishing Company, New Yotk
>ISBN 0-517-139111
>copyright 1969
>
>There are 1700 limericks in this book, in 19 general catagories, with an
>index and list of sources.
Well ... I only know about 500 offhand ... But I'll bet that at
*least* 100 of those aren't listed in the book you name. For probably
about 1/4 of those I remember were written *since* 1970. Not to
mention, probably 30 or more, by me alone. ;-}
Limericks are an evolving species ... at least in colors and content,
if not structure.
An old Limerick Writer named Steve
Started a new poem this eve.
He worked through the night
Until broadest day light,
When the librarian forced him to leave.
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