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An old Lambourn trainer named Nicky
With his champs was exceptionally picky
A particular hate was the long Sandown straight
More so when the going was stickyA trainer named Gordon they said
Always brings home the jam and the bread
They swore he’d go far and that he’d be a star
Till he sat on a horse that was deadI hope you like this one Nathan:
There once was a horse name of Goshen
With talent as deep as the ocean
But come big race day
Best option is place lay
As he goes past the post in slow motionIt would be remiss to not also contribute an Ian Davies poem. This one, which is in blank verse, is entitled “Putin, Davies?”:
The finger hovers over the button
Then goes in for the kill
From the world, no soundA desperate punter known as Noddy
Killed his granny, sold her body
Told the judge he’d needed cash
For a stone cold cert in the Epsom DashA jockey by the name of Skelton
In races likes to press on
His mounts travel well until
They meet the Cheltenham Hill
And then their chance is completely gone.A sudden plethora of limericks, Chezza notices.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"“which is in blank verse”
No it isn’t.
Pity there isn’t a TRF Poetry Pedant of the Year award. 😉
No offers Gladders!
Chezza doesn’t really consider limericks to be poetry.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"“Chezza doesn’t really consider limericks to be poetry.”
Agree with you there, Chezza. Same applies to free verse: the whole point of poetry is its structure. Without a defined form, poetry is mere prose.
Haha re the blank verse! Thank goodness you are here to uphold standards Gladiateur (this is not sarcasm). This forum is an education
They say that a limerick’s not poetry
Sets me wondering just how much they knowetry
They’re fretting and terse
When critiquing a verse
Would someone please say, ‘It’s not soetry!’A young Spanish jock known as Bruno
Said there is one thing I do know
The Ryanair’s fine
The Queen Mother divine
But the Gold Cup is numero uno
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