A statue called Molly Malone,
On Facebook just cannot be shown,
They reckon her chest,
Which ranks with the best,
Is something they will not condone.
John Moynes
(RollingNews.ie)
Today marks three years of ‘A Limerick A Day’ by poet, author and comedian John Moynes (above).
On July 16, 2012, with a thoughful meditation on former Health Minister James Reilly, John began reporting the day’s leading events through the medium of five-line anapestic meter.
While some derided John as the ‘Charlie Manson of scansion’, A Limerick A Day has gone on to become a cherished moment in the 24-hour news cycle for lovers of current affairs and poetry alike. Thank you John from everyone at the ‘sheet.
To celebrate three years of limericks why not wish John many happy returns with a birthday ‘rick?
ANYONE?
Poet, Author and what now?!
I believe he has worked on sketch shows like Savage Eye, scripting the sketches… or somthin’
The new Pictorial Weekly I think.
Yes… not sure about Savage Eye, but Pictorial I know he did work on :)
Poet?
Three years ago this very day,
John added to the Broadsheet fray,
A lyrical dream,
The rhyming scheme,
A A, B B, then A
Good on ya John and Broadsheet. Maybe time to form a Poemlitical Party?
What could be verse?
I’ll get me coat, have to feed the meter…..
James Reilly was how John did start
To rhyme once a day from his heart
We all love the time
When his rhymes go online
As we know he’s perfected the art
While some may not quite ‘ppreciate,
Your efforts are nonetheless great.
Though issues of scansion
Bring fissures and tension,
Congrats on the triumvirate.
There once was a man called Moynes,
His poetry described the times,
“It’s shit!” some would say,
As they sipped on their tay,
And still tune in every day.
Thanks John for the3 years of the good, bad and ugly.
This is dedicated to you.
https://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/07/16/mom-dancing/
In times of trouble and strife
when news stabs like a knife
john brightens our day
with his poems so gay
we’re never going to give you up, never going to let you down…
lol
Haha :)
: D
Love it.
This :)
Limerickrolled?! Internet now done. Nice one Donal.
+12 (the amount of dollars Rick Astley has earned from YouTube)
There was a sick badger from Nass
Who vanished one day without trace.
Search parties, they looked
Funeral directors,booked
Whilst it holidayed on John Moyne’s face.
I laughed :) …didn’t know where that was goin’
’cause the years of your reign are now three
The lads of Broadsheet wish to thank thee
Before I try steal your crown
I had better sit down
It’s harder than it looks, as you see
John Moynes works within the confines
Of the elegant strictures of rhymes,
They are often quite comic,
With use economic
Of five daily hand-crafted lines.
Keep ‘er lit, John.
Johnny went out to chop some wood… daa-doo, daa-doo!
Johnny went out to chop some wood… daa-doo, daa-doo!
The wind blew, the axe flew, Johnny came home with his balls in two
… daa-doo-doo-doo-doo diddly-eee-iii-daa-doo, daa-doo
Johnny went out to milk the cow… daa-doo, daa-doo!
Johnny went out to milk the cow… daa-doo, daa-doo!
He pulled the tail instead of the tit, Johnny came home all covered in shit
… daa-doo-doo-doo-doo diddly-eee-iii-daa-doo, daa-doo
It’s 3 years since Broadsheet first ran
A limerick from that bearded man.
Hundreds he wrote;
I suppose he’s a poet,
If he only could get them to scan.
Well done, John. It’s some feat.
I stopped reading those a long time ago,
I dont know much about poetry,
Maybe John got stuck in a limbo,
Don’t quit the day job l’ami!
3 years of ‘ricks is a fine achievement, fair play John
It’s a restrictive and maddening medium
Writing limericks really must be pure tedium
But to express in five lines
The extent of these rhymes
Means they’re fun when we do be reading them
Enjoyed that one
+1
Its the opposite of the Daily Mail
They openly slate Fine Gael
Pro lifers are dumb
Labour are numb
And BS happily tell every tale…
Bravo John and keep up the good work
daily ditch-hurlers spew
vitriol, coddle and stew
at their resident wit
who makes few words fit
often unappetisingly
Man who hurts poems
Looks like Catweazel after
Bhutanese death march
Damn you, Mani haiku
Stealing my big i-d-a
1 2 3 4 5
Although it might seem that he’s quick
To spit out a witty Limerick
I now take the stance
He writes them in advance
So he must be some sort of psychic
Three years we’ve put up with this crap
I suppose we should start a slow clap
For his linguistic frolics
Some folk called him a bollix
But he’s really a very nice chap.
Apologies and well done John.
Over 900 ‘ricks he has penned
T’would send lesser men round the bend
But no bother to John
He just keeps scribbling on
And we laud what we scarce comprehend
Thanks John, keep on rolling out those rhymes! Em.
Congratulations John. I smell a buke….
realPolithicks, you are a schmuk
This stuff wouldn’t work in a book
Tell me how you think
You can print out a link
-Would it work? Would it F!