[Newspoetry] limerick that scans like a chicken

[sigfried at shout.net]

	There once was a Sam
	From San Fran, whose ditties did
	Fail to scan.  As much

	As he tried, all his
	Chickens were fried, and his eyes
	were occlud'd with sand.


I call this poetic form a Heimlich.

Sigfried


Dirk Stratton said:
> 
> >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:::::
> 
> 
> 
> 
> A Haicoup in the Shape of a Limerick
> 
> If every syllable
> were billable
> don't you suppose
> poets would write prose
> and drink where everything's refillable?
> 
> 
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