How to write a Limerick poem

Writing poetry is fun and rewarding. A limerick poem is a poem that is meant to be funny usually. So here is how to write a Limerick along with an example I wrote in High School.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pen and paper and an idea

1. First decide what your poem will be about. Like a person and a place or both.

2. The poem will have five lines.

3. The first line, second line and the last line will rhyme and the third and forth line will rhyme.

4. 
    

   Here is an example of a limerick poem so you will see what I’m telling you.

5. There once was a man from Barute.
   Who played with his toes a flute!
   His toe got a cramp!
   It was extremely damp.
   And that was the end of the lute.

6. There once was a man from Barute.(1)
   Who played with his toes a flute!(2)
   These two lines rhyme.
   
   His toe got a cramp!)3)
   It was extremely damp.(4)
   These two lines rhyme.
   
   And that was the end of the lute.(5)
   And this line rhymes with the first line.
   
   See how the lines rhyme and the fact it's pretty funny. That's how you write a Limerick poem.

7. Make up your own and make it fun because that's what Limerick poems are all about.

[douglaswhaley]

on 9/1/2009 I don't understand the limerick offered here. What does a cramp in playing a flute have to do with getting rid of a lute? Change the last line to something like "So he traded the flute for a lute," and it makes sense.

[uniquechoices]

on 5/19/2009 TOO CUTE!

[xrayness]

on 5/19/2009 There once was a writer for eHowWho wrote 465 articles nowHe wrote and he wrote like he was in schoolHis eHow articles were so very coolHe making so much money to buy his chow!