Limerick

This interactive 'net artifact is an exercise in computer glossolalia that allows users to randomly generate metrically perfect nonsense-limericks--in an "alien" (that is, not spoken, now nor ever, on Earth) language.

The two earliest known books of limericks, with a link to a third. Part of an Edward Lear home page.

A limerick page for children, with a simple explanation and some family-friendly examples, including the option to print out limericks in color. Be warned: the site generates pop-up and new-browser-window ads.

A brief history and explanation along with numerous examples from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear.

A blog that collects a number of sites relating to Edward Lear, the creator of the limerick.