Friday, September 25, 2009

Gatsby Limericks

I'm having way too much fun with my own prompts. Here are three limericks based on The Great Gatsby, each from a different perspective. Feel free to vote on your favorite in the Comments.
  1. There once was a “great” man called Jay,
    Who lived an extravagant way.
    But he was too showy
    For Daisy – whose billowy
    Dress simply floated away.

  2. I once met a man we called Gatsby,
    Who lived near a valley quite ashy.
    I thought he was Great,
    But Daisy wouldn’t wait
    For “Mr. Nobody from Nowhere” (too trashy).

  3. We were bored, we were rich, we were hot;
    On the way to the city we fought.
    I told Jay he looked cool,
    Whereupon Tom got cruel
    And I drove into Myrtle (or not).
I'm also trying to compose a limerick entirely out of lines from the novel, but we'll see if that actually happens. If you beat me to it, there might be extra credit in it for you.

Poetically(-ish),
Dr. K.

2 comments:

Peter said...

Okay, sorry but I couldn't resist. I'd been messing around with limericks already so I had to try!


"With an effort Wilson left the shade and support" (123)
"her eyes fell on Jordan and me with a sort" (132)
"I'm sorry about the clock," (86)
"a green light on a dock" (93)
"I've got something to tell you, old sport --" (130)

Theresa said...

Well done, Peter! I'm not sure it actually makes sense, but it definitely rhymes, and mostly follows the rhythmic patterns of a limerick. :)

Anyone else want to try for extra credit?