Limeritrature - Every Book as a Limerick

A limerick version of every work of literature ever written. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. One limerick at a time. DMs open for submissions/requests

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Here’s a mega thread we made of every single play by Shakespeare as limericks, in celebration of his birth/death day! Enjoy!

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

To write a great play - that’s a hard one -
But not for the Poet of Arden.
So gather your nuts
And hold on to your butts
Cos it’s time for us to get our Bard on.

#Shakespearesbirthday #ShakespeareDay
@reduced @TheRSC @The_Globe

[Liberal Limericks @Libericks]

The voting is over and done,
And turnout was second to none.
Trump wouldn’t concede
When Joe took the lead,
Till one day admitting:

[Liberal Limericks @Libericks]

Though Trump and his cronies conspired
To get the results he desired,
The people sincerely
Spoke loudly and clearly:
🗣So long, motherfucker—you’re fired!

[Regular Frog @FrogCroakley]

After a long time keeping it under my hat, I'm happy to say I have a new book out soon! It's a travel guide to a load of worlds I've invented, each of which is an (affectionate) satirical monstering of a SFF genre I love. There are maps! Etiquette guides! Cockney robots!

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@stevejacksonuk

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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

Rich treasures are there to be
plundered
Once Zagor from life has been sundered.
To fall for his tricks
Turn to 76,
To vanquish him turn to 400.

By Rich Gappy

#chooseyourownadventure #fightingfantasy

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@ian_livingstone

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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

From a slave ship upon the Pacific
To musicians (one who’s syphilitic)
Journos; old men; hi tech
Meat production; Old Greg -
The meaning’s not very specific.

#limeritrature #davidmitchell #cloudatlas @CloudAtlas2012 @noelfielding11

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@Limericking That terrible balding old twat

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Expert scholarship from Dr Cleo. Shame Joyce’s effort is a bit racist.

[Dr Cleo Hanaway-Oakley @CleoHanaway]

Hey, @limeritrature! Did you know that #JamesJoyce wrote his own limerick version of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’?

Joyce sent it to #EzraPound in a letter (image from ‘Letters of James Joyce’ vol. 1, ed. Stuart Gilbert - p. 102):

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@CleoHanaway Shame it’s a bit racist.

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@CleoHanaway I did not! A* scholarship :)

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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

There’s a character called HCE,
And another who’s called ALP.
The narrative is circular,
The writing’s spectircular.
Sense swirls and swells like the sea.

By @CleoHanaway

#limeritrature #limericks #joyce #finneganswake @EmojiUlysses

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The Crucible by Arthur Miller

In Salem, when young Abigail's
Accusation of witchcraft prevails,
The whole place goes mad.
Ah! If only they'd had
King Arthur, a duck, and some scales...

By Chris Sims

#limeritrature #thecrucible #drama #gcsedrama

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@Libericks Beautiful work!

[Liberal Limericks @Libericks]

A wizard whose parents are dead
(Their murderer’s name shan’t be said)
Has struggles with creatures
And Muggles and teachers
With eyes on the back of their head

#HarryPotterInConcert 🧙🏻‍♂️🐍
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In Britain, domestic conditions
Have led to distinctive traditions;
There is, for a start,
The popular art
Of milkshaking bad politicians.

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Goodbye to Berlin/Cabaret, by Isherwood/Kander/Ebb

Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome.
If you're riddled with scruples, then quell them.
So the Reichstag's been torched?
Who cares? We're debauched
And aborting dreams - Mein Herr, farewell, chum.

#limeritrature #cabaret #wilkommen

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The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

Batman's old, but his gadgets still rock
Though the boy wonder's missing a cock
And Superman's brawn
Is the government's pawn;
Brucie dies with Biff! Bam! Kapow! Sock!

#limeritrature #batman #BatmanvSuperman @BatmanNewsCom #GraphicNovel

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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

This is the tale of a Hobbit
Called Frodo, who's appointed job it
Was to take a ring,
A black magical thing,
to Mount Doom wherein he would lob it.

#limeritrature #Tolkien #strainedscansion

By David Gerard O’Doherty