May 12 (UPI) --National Limerick Day, celebrated annually on May 12, marks the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer who popularized the comedic style of poetry. The holiday's exact origins are ...

5 1/2 x 8 in. (140 x 203 mm) 13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (336 x 438 mm) ...

(WHTM) May 12 is National Limerick Day, when we celebrate the puckish poetry that always seems to sound amusing, no matter how serious the subject matter. So where did the limerick come from, when was ...

And learned a few things they’d not known, see? Full disclosure: We wrote that one. And it’s true that the word poetry doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule?

Through the poetry and imagination of Edward Lear, Quintessence Theatre will take audiences of all ages on a worldwide voyage complete with anthropomorphic animals, fantastical creatures and whimsical ...

To limerick lovers the name Edward Lear has long (and incorrectly) meant the inventor of the limerick. To painters it has meant a third-rate landscapist of the second-rate British school. But when ...