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Limericks for Life: Part I: Tiresome Malarkey to Autopsy for Flopsy
Paperback
Series: Limericks for Life, Book 1
Publisher Price: $13.99
ISBN13: 9781066816507
Publisher: Halse House Publishing
Published: Aug 12 2026
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Do you miss the golden age of sharp, traditional British wit? Step into the eccentric, laugh-out-loud world of Limericks for Life, a beautifully crafted collection of classic five-line poetry that celebrates wordplay, history, and the wonderfully absurd.
Written with a relentless dedication to perfect poetic metre and a fast, bouncy pace, Volume I kicks off a massive 1,360-poem collection. Author Matt Halse revives the dry, cheeky humour made famous by masters of nonsense verse, ensuring every single rhyme rolls perfectly off the tongue. This is not your average limerick book. Move far beyond classic There was a... openings into story-driven verses that observe human behaviour, morals, and modern life.
Inside Volume I (Poems 1-200: Tiresome Malarkey to Autopsy for Flopsy), you will discover:
- Perfect Anapestic Metre: No clunky syllables or awkward pauses-just pure, rolling rhythmic satisfaction.
- Masterful Wordplay & Puns: Packed to the absolute margins with clever double-entendres, linguistic acrobatics, and sharp one-liners.
- Well-crafted jokes interwoven throughout the series exploiting the plethora of English idioms, phrases, homophones and close-sounding words.
- The Ultimate Literary Tease: Get a glimpse of the grand journeys coming later in the series-including Greek and Roman myths, Thomas Hardy classics, and an epic, chronological journey through every single British monarch from King Alfred to King Charles.
Whether you are a lifelong lover of poetry, a fan of classic British comedy, or simply looking for a light-hearted escape, Limericks for Life is the ultimate tonic for readers from age 10 to 110. Dive in randomly, read a few poems and jokes each day, and experience the English language's ability to go from the sublime to the ridiculous in a flash! Limericks for Life is a 7-part series. Volume I contains Limericks 1-200.
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