{"id":5364,"date":"2011-03-19T19:19:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T23:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2016-03-21T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:01:40","slug":"world-poetry-day-limericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2011\/03\/19\/world-poetry-day-limericks\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick Ode To World Poetry Day — March 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, March has been a big month for celebratory limericks. I’ve already limericked about International Women’s Day<\/a>, Daylight Savings Time<\/a>, Pi Day<\/a>, and St. Patrick’s Day<\/a>. And now it’s time for a two-verse limerick celebrating World Poetry Day, which falls on March 21st: <\/p>\n

Limerick Ode To World Poetry Day
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

On World Poetry Day write some verse,
\nOr in poetry reading immerse.
\nTry a lim’rick, haiku,
\nSonnet, ode, clerihew —
\nSomething witty, or languid, or terse.<\/p>\n

On World Poetry Day have some fun:
\nCompose quatrains, blank verse, or haibun.
\nDouble dactyl, sestina —
\nThe poet’s arena
\nWill even permit you to pun.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: I discovered and corrected some serious errors on Wikipedia’s World Poetry Day<\/a> page (Google’s top entry for the World Poetry Day topic.) The most glaring error was made more than a month ago, on February 15th, by someone who apparently was manipulating Wikipedia on behalf of a UK-based “global grocery and general merchandising retailer” named Tesco. All references to UNESCO, which had declared March 21st to be World Poetry Day, had been changed to TESCO.<\/p>\n

I was stunned that nobody was monitoring Wikipedia well enough to catch and correct this error, and that it took me, an infrequent Wikipedia user, to fix it.<\/p>\n

So let that be a lesson to people who rely on Wikipedia. While it’s often useful, it’s far from the gospel. And if you find errors there, be a good Internet citizen and fix them.<\/p>\n

One more thing — I urge all poets and writers who are at all publicity-minded, to create their own Wikipedia page. Here’s mine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2:<\/strong> Commenter Tilly Bud inspired me to combine my two limericks, turning them into a two-verse limerick. Thanks, Tilly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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