[Newspoetry] limerick that scans like a chicken

[Joe Futrelle]

On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 10:26:52PM -0400, Dirk Stratton wrote:
> >My a sand your face
> >the news but advert eyes the
> >cover ties to the
> >
> >- Sammy
> 
> Wm--
> in response to the second time (that I can recall) that limericks and 
> haiku have been confused by a Newspoetry correspondent:::::

Not confused, my friend.  Oh, no.  You see, we are radically
redefining the limerick and the haiku as each other; a milennial swap
intended to promote renewed harmony between the Brits and the Asians.
Yes, that's right.  But we on the vanguard of this new poetic form are
used to being misunderstood and marginalized.  Oh, you can cling all
you want to your old "haikus" and "limericks", go on with you.  But
the tide is turning, slowly at first, then in a great poetic tsunami,
in our favor.  Soon limericks and haikus will be forever swapped and
the old forms will seem laughably naiive.  Soon you will not be able
to lick us, and will have to join us.  But for now you can have your
fun, I suppose.

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