Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time there was a funny clock,
It spent its time going tick-tock tick-tock,
On each hour it had a laugh,
Except at ten when it had a cough,
It’s famous now and has a good time on Tik Tok, Tik Tok.
Lesley Scoble, July 2024
Listen to the clock
I wrote my limerick, Once Upon a Time, in response to the W3 poetry prompt #115. The Poet-of-the-week is Celestial Kreationz. Please click below to see Celestial’s prompt guidelines.
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*My thanks to the artist whoever created this image from which I doodled my featured sketch.
Create a limerick inspired by the image above.
The image is of a whimsical clock with expressive, animated faces around it, showing various emotions. The clock itself has a joyful, silly smile.
How to write a limerick
Follow a meter. The meter of the limerick is the number of beats, or stressed syllables, in each line. A limerick will follow a meter that goes 3, 3, 2, 2, 3. You can also use “da” for unstressed syllables and “DUM” for stressed syllables.
Create an AABBA rhyme scheme. A limerick has five lines. The first, second, and fifth line should rhyme with each other. This is rhyme “A.” To create rhyme “B,” rhyme the third and fourth lines with each other. “A” and “B” should be different.
Use a syllable scheme. In addition to rhyme, the poem should follow a syllable scheme where the first, second, and fifth lines have eight or nine syllables. The third and fourth lines will have five or six syllables.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to Celestial Kreationz for her prompt.
My thanks to David, The Skeptics Kaddish, as always, for his poetical encouragement and motivation.
Image credit: to the unknown artist of the prompt’s photo from which I sketched my digital ink and watercolour sketch interpretation.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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