CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Limerickizes Favorite Comedians!
This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling Poetry challenge. Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.
Friday Fling #210 for December 14th 2012
Michelle suggested that this week just for laughs we write about a comedian that made you laugh so that you couldn’t stop. As a onetime class clown and aspiring comedian myself, I naturally thought this was a good idea.
Michelle also suggested a format, the Limerick. Limericks are usually written to bring a smile, so they are a good fit for this topic.
Limericks are five line poems of roughly 9-9-7-7-9 syllables each, more or less, with a similar matching rhymescheme of A-A-B-B-A. The first line sets the character and theme, and the last line is the punchline.
Here’s an example I wrote just for this challenge:
An hilarious comic named Caesar
is fondly recalled by this geezer.
He used funny accents
to speak foreign nonsense
which was always a TV crowdpleaser!
This week the Friday Fling recalls big laughs with our favorite funnyfolk!
Be sure to save time to read and comment amusingly on your fellow Pals’ laughable creations. Then go enjoy a mirthful weekend!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 7th
Congratulations Angel Love!
So who is is that made you laugh so much that it hurt? Write about them in a Limerick.
