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.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Great moments in Literary history
2007 marks the centennial of "The Great 1907 Limerick Craze."
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