The word poetry typically sparks thoughts of love poems and doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule? Limerick poems, a form of humorous poetry that's been ...

Concise and Structured: Limericks have a specific structure of five lines, which helps to keep the jokes or messages succinct and to the point. The limited length of the poem forces the writer to be ...

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Shorter forms of poetry like limericks and haiku are not only fun to write, but they also have a long history. When poets don’t have many words, they have to think carefully about their choice ...

ONE of the longest running literary journals in Ireland marked its 40th anniversary with a launch in Limerick, as part of the Cuisle Poetry Festival. ONE of the longest running literary journals ...

THE Desmond O'Grady International Poetry Competition was inaugurated in 2012 honour of the late Limerick poet Desmond O'Grady ...

The launch of the 41st Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O'Brien is on Thursday 23rd 5.30pm in O'Mahony's Bookshop ...