There once was a man from Nantucket... Oh limericks, how we love your silliness. Edward Lear is perhaps the most famous limericker. He’s as known for the oddness of his rhymes as he is the brilliance of his art and illustration. Perhaps more so.
He’s quoted as saying: “Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils.” What a wonderfully weird thought. Very Lear indeed. Let’s use it to spark our own limerick poem.
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