As anyone who reads this blog knows I love limericks. I love the mild ones written by kids and for kids, the medium ones for many of the limerick loving adults who shy away from many of the naughtier limericks, and occasionally I get in the mood to post something a little raunchier. My favorite limerick writer has always been Isaac Azimov but one of his close friends deserved an honorable mention today. That friend was John Ciardi who for 16 years was the poetry editor for the Saturday Review and his translation of The Divine Comedy is still considered a classic. Sadly, he passed away in 1986 but his works and love of limericks lives on. Enjoy.

There once was a girl who intended

To keep herself morally splendid

And ascend unto glory,

Which is not a bad story

Except that that’s not how it ended.

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There was a promoter named Hugh,

Who promoted a dance called The Screw.

Disco by disco

From New York to Frisco

He made it the in-thing to do.

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There was a young lady named Mame,

Whose parents believed it a shame

To reject all the beaus

Who came round to propose.

But she didn’t. That’s not why they came.

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My professor of sex claimed he knew

A hundred and one things to do.

My girlfriend ain’t much

At book learning, as such,

But she knows at least a hundred and two.

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