Your blog host,
The Limericist, is just about to
post his last 3 entries.
As I’ve been
planning since last summer,
my 3,000th limerick gets posted on this final day of 2018! You will find it at the end (where else?) of this long farewell post.
Regular readers realize that there are many other limericks found throughout the blog. For example, I have included 417
from the Public Domain. Other
Posters have written and posted 533
more. Those bring the total to 3,950!
My earliest followers were my high school friend, Wayne Scott (Wanus) who is now deceased, Robin Sutherland with his many
hilarious nicknames (among them Amanda B. Recondwith & Helena Handbasket),
Larry Gott whom I 'met' thru
youtube, and my two brothers, Steve (OkieJokey)
and Larry (Boulderite.)
My most faithful follower and most fertile OP
poster, Dave Reddekopp from Swift Current, SK, signed up for
the blog in September 2012. Hardly a day went by without a Dave check in. When he wasn't reading, he often was writing marvelous "limmies" to augment the blog. Thanks, David!
Suzanne Heymann of Nanaimo, BC discovered the blog in
2015. Though I tried hard to explain to
her the steps to gain posting status, she didn't follow them for
six months. Therefore, many of her
earlier comments show her as "Anonymous," though sometimes with the
inclusion of her initials.
What a delightful, fecund, and talented addition Suz was! She finally figured out how to make her own "OP"
posts and began doing so on 1/29/2016. Sadly, her computer went on the fritz about 2 years later and she's not
been heard from since.
Earlier, I mentioned the 950 limericks from other poets to
go along with my 3,000. Although I
haven't kept count, there are many more found in comments made to
"front page posts", bringing the total count to well over 4,000, but let me say this about the limericks:
Their quality, not their quantity, is what makes me proudest.
If you wish to access any of these "hidden 5-liners,"
go to the archives down the right side of the page, scroll down to the year
you're seeking and click on the triangle beside it. Then click a month name to show all
the posts for that month. By clicking on
an archived entry shown in the following blue list you will see both the original
limerick and all the comments which were made. Once you have read the comment(s), click your browser's back button.
By the way, I've only listed those comments containing limericks. If you want to go searching for puns, jokes, or
just background info, there are hundreds more comments.
2011
JUL 1-2, 5
AUG 14, 28,
OCT 222, 257-263
NOV 349, 368, 370
DEC 449
2012
JAN 494-495
MAR OP25
MAY 679
JUN 735
AUG PD45-46
OCT OP51
DEC Ready for quash racquets?, OP61
2013
JAN 924, 929
FEB OP78
MAR 981
APR OP99, 996-1000, OP107
MAY OP111
2014
FEB OP139
AUG 1446
OCT 1488
2015
JUL OP181, OP184, 1766
SEP OP213
OCT 1863, OP220, 1864, 1866, 1868, OP222, 1874, 1875,
1876, 1877, 1879-1880, 1881
NOV 1883, 1885,
1890, 91, 92, 93, OP223, OP224, 1894, 1895, OP226, OP227. 1905, 1906, 1907,
1909, 1910
DEC PD202-206, 1932, OP231
2016
JAN 1956, 1967, 1972,
FEB 1976. OP241, 1980, 1981
MAR 2015, 2016,
2019, 2020, OP256, 2029-2030, 2031-2032,
APR 2048, 2051
MAY 2086
JUN 2103,
2118, 2119, 2134,
2137
JUL OP293-297, OP304-308
AUG 2188, 2190,
2193, 2206, OP342
SEP PD257-259, 2241, 2242, 2246,
OCT 2256, 2273,
NOV 2289, OP364-372, PD283,
DEC 2321, 2323, 2324, 2328, 2329, 2333, 2339
2017
JAN 2343,
OP384-385, 2345
FEB 2383, 2384,
OP393-399,
APR OP419-422
JUN 2545
JUL PD302-309, OP432-434, 2580, 2581, 2587, 2591
AUG 2611,
SEP 2637, 2650
OCT OP469
NOV 2722, OP475
DEC 2741, OP496,
OP501-502, 2754
2018
JAN OP521-522,
OP524
FEB 2782
And now, my final(?) entries*
I've been showered
with kudos effusive
Sometimes got help
from poets collusive
But as years have
gone by
One thing's caused me
to sigh,
My readers have grown
more reclusive.
So I've come to this
thought-out decision
No more lines of
rhyme needing elision
One a day's been an
onus
Hope some were a
bonus
Which led to your
praise, not derision.
For eighty-nine
months, made you simper
Now I'm going to go
out with a whimper.
It has been a great
run
And has brought me
much fun
But I'm gone lest my
rhymes become limper.
* Probably not, because until Trump is dethroned, I'm sure I'll have things to say.