Today as of late afternoon/
The perigee proved opportune/
Tonight what was present/
Was not just the crescent/
For you saw the whole of the moon.///
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My jumping off point for this one was this song by The Water Boys, the key line of which near as dammit fits a limerick metre. Story below.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42211288
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There is an old fellow called Mick/Who's been penning the odd limerick/I admit he's no Keats/But he does them in tweets/So to follow, you just have to click. https://twitter.com/#!/twitmericks
"The limerick master of the twitterati" (The Guardian).
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GLORIOUS SUBJECT—SUPERB LIMERICK–HEAVENLY POST!!! LOVE IT ALL. 😀