LIMERICK has produced its share of poets, but few have carried the city’s spirit as far across the world as Desmond O’Grady (1935–2014). Born in Limerick, he grew up near the Shannon in a city that ...

Calling all teenage limerick-lovers! The Beaverton City Library's hosting a poetry contest. (The Oregonian, 2002) April is national poetry month, and the Beaverton City Library is hosting its annual ...

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?

A bit less than 200 years ago, Edward Lear sat down somewhere in England and wrote a particular series of poems in a particular style that eventually was dubbed “limerick style.” As an isolated event, ...

Maybe we shouldn't have been surprised by the overwhelming response to the Star Tribune's limerick contest, held in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. After all, during a limerick craze in ...