Great moments in Literary history

2007 marks the centennial of "The Great 1907 Limerick Craze."

It is, says the Barnsley poet Ian McMillan, a democratic form. "Anyone can write one, unlike a villanelle or sonnet. It has primal rhythm to it, some kind of inbuilt heartbeat that reaches beyond the brain. It's a low art form, one that makes you smile. The very rhythm makes you laugh. It's a bit music hall, it's Rabelesian, it's a seaside postcard. It subverts poetic seriousness."

I just checked the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce. There seems to be nothing planned to mark the occasion there.