Rhyme Run

Poem of the Day

Today’s poem is a limerick, a silly poem with five lines.

Here are the rules:

Limericks typically start with the lines “There once was a…” or “There was a…”

The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (8 to 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (5 or 6).

Today’s poem is an example of 8,8,5,5,8 syllable limerick.

Do you want to give it a go?

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Poem of the Day:

                 Rhyme Run 

There once was a runner writer
Who thought poems made running brighter
To rhyme was such fun
Silly laughs each run
Her pen, sneakers made life lighter