A collection of poems for The National Poetry Month 2020.
All in different forms. Each a learning experience.
🏆 First place in Azurite Awards (Moonstone - Poetry)
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On Wednesdays, we wield words for witches, As they spin spells for hexes and hitches; Lines for love, runes for rain, Elixir for ecstasy, potions for pain; Or a callous charm that irritates and itches.
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Finally a limerick, I never thought I would get a chance to write one.
I found the prompt a little humorous, having to start with the lines "On Wednesday we wield words for witches". I mean a witch is supposed to say the incantation yet the prompt indicates otherwise. Hence the idea of writing a limerick. And continuing with the style, I added a few alliterations, too. All in all, a super fun writing excercise.
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.
~Source: writersdigest.com/poetic asides by Robert Lee Brewer
