Relax with a Limerick & Writing Tips

Reading limericks can be fun, silly, and can make you laugh before you go to work or before you go to sleep. Limericks have five lines. These short poems describe a person, place, animal, or something. Your children can write limericks and can use limericks to decorate their room. Also, you can write limericks in your journal and read them at night to help you relax. 

In the morning, you can read limericks to help you start your day before you do your chores or other errands. Additionally, rhyme words can help you reduce your stress in the morning or at night. Limericks rhyme throughout every line. The first, second-, and fifth-line rhymes to continue with the story or description of the person, place, or thing. As well as rhyming the third and fourth line to write the limerick. 

The first example of the limerick is about a tree frog. Although limericks are funny to read, it can help in improving your reading skills. It can help you feel creative. You can use writing prompts to write your limericks. However, you can feel inspired to write limericks by looking at magazines, animal books, or anything that gives you curiosity. 

Sometimes limericks can be written as a story. Other times limericks can be used as an introduction to a story. However, limericks can also help end a story. Yet, limericks give a surprise ending or a surprise introduction to a story. Limericks can be written and framed for decorating any room. 

Another way to use limericks is by writing them on a birthday card or for a cheerful card. Make sure the limerick is not offensive but appropriate for the occasion. Short limericks can be written on paper gift tags. Limericks are funny and fun to share during conversations. It can bring laughter, smiles, and happiness during a conversation or while doing chores. 

Write your limericks about any topic. Also write about an animal, place, or thing that you like, or child likes. Next, make sure the words rhyme in each line. Edit your five lines until it is funny for you to read it. Lastly, writing limericks might take thirty minutes or one hour depending on the topic.

 

 

The second limerick example is washing clothes, socks, and fantasy elements. Make sure you or your child have fun writing limericks. Also, it might help improve your memory or recall the words. Nevertheless, always consult with your doctor about memory and recall issues. Here are websites with more ways to write limericks. 

Poetry Foundation-Limerick:

Limerick | The Poetry Foundation

Reading Vine-Limerick Poem Examples and Activities:

Limerick Poem Examples and Activities - ReadingVine

 

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