Rhyme and Reason
‘The Limerick Man’ continues to spread joy and laughter, and support a worthwhile cause in the process
ln the April-may 2018 issue of Our Canada, I was honoured to be able to share news about my new book, For Better or Verse, in the Showcase department. It’s a book of limericks and “accessible” poetry I have written over the years. I set out on this self-publishing adventure in support of Plan International, a humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls worldwide.
The interesting thing is that by now my brain is trained to function in five-line “creations,” aka limericks. I won’t see age 94 again, and find it neat to think in limerick whenever it happens. And it happens a lot these days! For example, I have care workers coming in every a.m. and p.m. to “sock it to me” with pills, etc.
This one time, I asked a new female attendee, “What’s your name?” and was greeted with a smiling, “Grace.” My brain being what it is, though, the first thing that sprang to mind was:
There once was a nurse named Grace Who fell to the floor on her face
Grace tried to arise
With tears in her eyes
She fumbled all over the place
I can’t seem to help it, but as I said, I do enjoy it and, lo and behold, I produced a second book!
Recently, thanks to COVID-19, I found myself locked inside with time on my hands and facing the big question: What to do?
2020 a year of plenty
Prose, poetry to please the gentry My how time does fly
When you’re forced to try Sherlock says: That’s elementr’y
And so my third book is now at the printers, containing what to me is a captivating cornucopia of amusing limericks, poetry, prose and artwork. I explained to a friend that Ripley had been contacted, and he didn’t believe it…ripley, that is. Nevertheless, it’s all for a good cause!