There was a young bard from Japan
Whose limericks just wouldn't scan
When asked why 'twas so
He said "I don't know,
But maybe it's because I always try to get as many words into the last line as
I possibly can".

Another young poet from China
Had a feeling for rhythm much finer.
But his limericks tend
To come to an end
Suddenly.

Yet another young poet from Crewe
Wrote poems that stopped at line two.

A poet who came from Verdun,