Halloween Comes But Once A Year, My Dear

Yesterday I bumped into a Seer

And did I ever want to sneer

But lust took me over

I could see exposure

Fear stopped me, as I wanted to cheer

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P.S. A Seer is someone who knows or can see the future.

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The origin of the limerick is shrouded in some mystery, but most sources seem to point to the early 18th century — one theory being that soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick started the form, the other theory pointing to the 1719 publication of Mother Goose Melodies for Children. Either way, Edward Lear popularized the form in the mid-19th century.

Basically, the limerick is a five-line poem consisting of a triplet split by a couplet. That is, lines 1, 2, and 5 are a bit longer and rhyme, while the shorter lines of 3 and 4 rhyme. After studying many effective limericks, there is not a precise syllable count per line, but the norm is about 8–10 syllables in the longer lines and around 6 syllables in the shorter lines. ROBERT LEE BREWER, OCT 28, 2007 Writers Digest

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First published by Badform on medium.com