not a limerick

By Ian Bowden

all teachers will know
dr seuss and ed poe
are among poets who don't write good poetry
but i'm of the mind
if you can make each word rhyme
you know more than the teachers who claim knowetry

of the limerick it is claimed
the rhyme scheme is too plain
the sonorous charm wears too thin in recitation
i will wholeheartedly agree
such poetry just should not be
and in its place i write this aural masturbation