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Take Off Your Prose!

Dirty limerick unofficial challenge

By Harper LewisPublished about 5 hours ago Updated about 4 hours ago 1 min read
My favorite soup du jour

Welcome to the Temple of the Profane.

I know, right? Whodathunk I’d ever encourage end rhyme? If it’s offensive, I’m okay with it. Grab a pint of Guinness or Jameson’s and don’t tell me “dirty limerick” is redundant. I’m well aware that if it isn’t dirty, it’s not a true limerick. But some people try to ruin a good time with some puritan Pollyanna bullshit every chance they get. I’ve read some clean limericks, and there’s something about them that’s more wrong than an olive in a Bloody Mary or a stalk of celery in a fucking martini. If I can figure out how, I’ll fine anyone who tries to sneak a clean limerick in here, and I’ll press criminal charges if sentimentality enters the equation. It has no place outside of Hallmark cards and movies, and we’re not dumbing down this room.

Obviously, after St. Patrick’s day, this is closed. Nobody likes a still-drunk Irishman on March 21st.

More obviously: limericks only.

Most obviously: if it isn’t dirty, don’t bring it here.

Please include a link to my challenge in your limerick (preferably not interrupting the text of your poem with my link; subtitle is a logical place), and drop your entries in the comments.

I’ll get this party started.

Don’t bring any sunshine in here unless it exposes something dirty.

Challenge

About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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  • Paul Stewartabout 5 hours ago

    Glad you made this an official thing. Am I allowed to use an older piece as an entry?

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