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Tom_133317

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Community Limerick Thread 2012
May 6^th, 2012, 7:23am

A good card has an appealing front image, but the inside verse many times makes the sale. One attractive approach is to use a targeted limerick for the inside verse.

A limerick has 5 lines, with lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyming, and also line 3 and 4 rhyming.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 ideally should have 9 syllables, and the 4th and 5th having 6 syllables. It is possible to have a good sounding limerick that varies from the syllable rules a bit.

I thought it would be fun to post some Community Limericks that any and all artists could use in their cards as a way to potentially increase sales. If you target one for an occasion it helps a lot.

Here is one I did for a card for my niece today that you are welcome to use:
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My silly niece, and I do relate, (9)
She has a birthday, on this fine date. (9)
Left alone with her cake, (6)
Half a minute she'd take; (6)
Just candles-n-crumbs, left on 'er plate. (9)

You can modify the relation and tweak the words a bit as needed.

Do you have one to donate? How clever can you get?

TOM

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Terry_151326 Senior Member artist Posts: 307	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #1 - May 6^th, 2012, 7:56am That is a great idea! Thank you for the use of your Tom. Terry
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Mary__137064 Gold Member artist Posts: 515	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #2 - May 6^th, 2012, 8:36am A man named Tom, he sure could write Funny limericks, to everyone's delight His sense of humor was so odd They called him The Funny Comic God And now he's on stage every night
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Bambi_136382 Full Member artist Posts: 135	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #3 - May 6^th, 2012, 10:52am By the title of this thread, I thought you were going to start a community limerick for fun. and each person has to add a line. Like: There once was a card company named GCU........
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Mary__137064 Gold Member artist Posts: 515	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #4 - May 6^th, 2012, 11:55am There once was a card company named GCU That had many greeting cards for you...
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Tom_133317

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Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012
Reply #5 - May 6^th, 2012, 12:59pm

There once was a card company named GCU (12)
That had many greeting cards for you... (9)

tweaked:

There once was a site, named GCU, (9)
Sold greeting cards, that passed the review. (9)
Though artists would complain, (6)
----------------------------------- (6)
------------------------------------------(9)

Add line 4 someone.

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Bambi_136382 Full Member artist Posts: 135	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #6 - May 6^th, 2012, 1:37pm There once was a site, named GCU, (9) Sold greeting cards, that passed the review. (9) Though artists would complain, (6) And they did so in vain,(6) ------------------------------------------(9)
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Tom_133317 Gold Member artist Posts: 2207	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #7 - May 6^th, 2012, 3:07pm There once was a site, named GCU, (9) Sold greeting cards, that passed the review. (9) Though artists would complain, (6) And they did so in vain, (6) 20,000 more cards hit the queue. (9)
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Tracie_152843 Gold Member artist Posts: 573	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #8 - May 6^th, 2012, 6:24pm Now all that's left to do is establish a date, then request a new category: Holidays>Greeting Card Artist Appreciation Day! I think many a GCU Artist would love to receive a card like that
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Bambi_136382 Full Member artist Posts: 135	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #9 - May 6^th, 2012, 10:56pm That was a fine limerick. Thanks for the limerick lesson Tom
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Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012
Reply #10 - May 7^th, 2012, 6:45am

Greetings!

Just checked back to see what you guys were up to over here in the Limerick thread.

Weaving some fun tales for sure, Bravo Tom and Bambi and Bright!

I didn't know the pattern of the Limerick rhyme and meter, so appreciate it very much Tom and loved seeing one created before our eyes.

Have a great week all.
Warm regards,
Sri

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Tom_133317 Gold Member artist Posts: 2207	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #11 - May 7^th, 2012, 8:03am Here's an example of one whose syllable count is not perfect but it reads well: There once was a young artist named Bright, (9) Who could travel far faster than light; (9) She set off one day, (5) In a relative way, (6) And returned home the previous night. (9)
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Mary__137064 Gold Member artist Posts: 515	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #12 - May 7^th, 2012, 8:17am Everyone should shop and buy A card from that Tom the artist guy He's a legend in his own time He loves the joke and the rhyme And his cards will be worth more than mine
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Mindy GCU Administrator Community Manager Posts: 6537 Gender:	Re: Community Limerick Thread 2012 Reply #13 - May 15^th, 2012, 5:19pm
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