Friday, April 13, 2012

PD30. A rara avis of a limerick

This one was the winner of a 1978 limerick contest in which Isaac Asimov was the final judge.  Asimov remarked "The idea is very clever and made me laugh, and the one-word fourth line is delightful."

The bustard's an exquisite fowl
With minimal reason to growl:
      He escapes what would be
      Illegitimacy
By grace of a fortunate vowel.

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