Seed's Poetry Corner: Limerick of a Clone-Dove

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I don't normally much care for limericks, but something I saw tonight suggested one to me.
Limerick of a Clone-Dove
I'll tell you of a doe that I love,
whose picto' was shared by a dove.
We'd bow and we'd rear
and roar in its ear,
but it remained hovering above.


(I keep trying new variations on the ending; does this new one work better than "but it would just hover above," "it just kept hovering above," or "it stayed hovering above"? I like "remained" as a verb, but...)

((This has been an unusually limerick-y visit to Seed's Poetry Corner, your stop for all of your "Poems Written By a Deer" needs.))
Baal's picture

Hmm... I do rather like it

Hmm... I do rather like it either way, though the other version seems to flow better.

That's quite an adorable little limerick. Smiling
Seed's picture

I actually agree; then

I actually agree; then again, I'm pretty sure the limerick lends itself to being adorable. It's not the sort of thing I (and certainly not Seed, who seems to like loftier forms of poetry) usually write.
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Nelle Rovine
Baal's picture

I am glad to see you have no

I am glad to see you have no fear of branching out to the more adorable (and sometimes naughty, I've noticed) forms of poetry.
Seed's picture

No fear; just usually very

No fear; just usually very little reason. This one sort of popped fully-formed, except the dang last line.
I generally prefer free-verse poetry for my personal and class-based work; it's only when I'm writing stuff for Seed that I use forms frequently, though Seed's taste in what forms he likes are very much my own (I love me a pantoum, for example.)
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Nelle Rovine
ocean's picture

I likes "but it would just

I likes "but it would just hover above". It works with the rhythm. However, both are good. *laughs at the poem* Nice limerick. ^^
Baal's picture

lol. Well, we can't all have

lol. Well, we can't all have perfect reason always. Smiling

I tend to prefer reading free-verse. I never really understand most of the forms poetry can take on. I fail in it so never bothered to learn it. But I do like to read it.

You have lost me completely with pantuom, but I do have the internet. :searches: Ah! You know, I have to agree with you. That is a fun little style of poetry.
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Indead; it's hilariously

Indead; it's hilariously fun...especially because it's only half the work ^^

@ocean: thanks ^^
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Nelle Rovine
Baal's picture

lol, cheater. :)

lol, cheater. Smiling