On National Limerick Day …
There once was a verse called limeric,
Whose rhythm was quite energetic.
With lines one, two, and five,
Keeping spirits alive,
And three and four shorter and metric.
~Composed by Google Gemini
Celebrated in memory of English artist, illustrator, author, and poet Edward Lear (May 12, 1812 – Jan. 29, 1888), who popularised the beloved poetry form of the Limerick in his “Book of Nonsense”
A limerick is a highly popular short, witty, often nonsensical poem, with five lines, where the first two lines rhyme with the fifth line and the third- and fourth-line rhyme together and has a definite rhythm called anapestictrimeter.
The celebration of this day is said to be dated as far back as 1984 though its origin is unclear.
On this occasion The Checkup Magazine asked our own doctors to share their own hilarious compositions
Read and have a chuckle…
THE OCD LIMERICK
Rinse, lather, repeat- about 128 times,
While in my mind, I recite nursery rhymes.
Oops! I missed one!
And my routine’s undone.
No worries, I can start listing primes.
~ Dr. Sweta Sheth
I’m a psychiatrist with a love for stories. When I’m not shrinking away, I enjoy a variety of different creative pursuits, writing being one of them. I’m a fitness freak out of necessity- my love for cooking leaves me no other choice. My biggest joys are my two babies- one of whom is a goofy furball.
- A guy named Gus
Got on a bus
With a bottle of whisky
He was coming, you see
From Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Our man from Nash
Got hooked on hash
When they opened his chest
To try their best
Instead of lungs they found ash.
~ Dr Shishir Shah
Dr Shishir Shah is a renowned Physician and Pulmonologist in Mumbai. He likes to read, watch, observe, travel and occasionally write.
Earl the earthworm was confused,
He looked both ways quite bemused,
Spent an hour or so,
Thinking which way to go,
His two heads were way overused.
~ Dr Sai Rane
Dr. Sai Surve-Rane is a Consulting Periodontist practicing in Sindhudurg, a regular medical writer, and an occasional poet. She has to her credit, multiple clinical studies published in peer reviewed journals, few poems and short stories published in various anthologies. Her first poetry compilation Just Another Wave, published in 2021, was well received.
