I once saw a film on the telly
On the poet called Percy Bysshe Shelley
He drowned in a boat
That didn't quite float
And his poems were not all that smelly!
Author notes
Percy Bysshe Shelley
A much better poet than boat designer!
A contest entry
- Linked Limericks by Old Poetry.
1000 points, ended November 27, 2007, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please comment below. Spelling or rhyming or scanning corrections welcome.
Comments
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Thanks for the entry, it was a welcome addition to the contest.
I liked the quirky humour in your offering.
PBS was the only one to get picked twice.
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It's not a real limerick without a quirky end! Glad you enjoyed it, I wrote about 10 for various old poets but haven't polished the others enough to post yet.
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this made me laugh - thanks so much for your entry. The image we have on Oldpoetry makes Shelley look rather frail - maybe that's why he wasn't so good at building boats.
Von
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