A thread has been made for haiku,

But I thought I would make something new.

Well, limericks are fun,

So I thought I'd write one!

And I'd like to hear more now from you!

That's right, folks, it's time to see how creative we can get while sticking to a specific meter and rhyme scheme! Limericks are a jolly good time in just about any language, but I've noticed that there aren't enough of them in Dovahzul. I aim to remedy this situation.

A limerick is a five-line poem with a particular meter and an AABBA rhyme scheme. Here's a Wikipedia article about them, if you need additional information.

I wrote up a limerick in Dovahzul below. It's not quite funny, but it's a start. Let's explore this medium together, dii zeymahhe!  Try to come up with your own limericks in Dovahzul and post them here!

Without further ado, here's a surprisingly somber limerick about a king:

Daar los aan kruziik teysejun

Wo piraak zok mulaag med strun

Rok spaan ok junaar

Nuz siiv bein krasaar

Drey dir, nuz mu dahmaan ok dun

Zinrahzul
Daar lost ont vahdin voth mul Rek piraak aan zok lot zul Fod komeyt ek rein Pah honaan ko lein Pah nunon ek golah ahmul!

Rinik pruzah pel, zul-zeymahi! I love it! This definitely made me laugh. Hi los vahzah insemeyrot!

Daar lost ont sahrot fahliil do od

Wo drey bo zeim aan morokei frod

Grind aan paal nau ahrol

Ahrk spaan slen voth lah yol

Nuz ahraan do fin toor ok drey kod

Delightful! Let's experiment further and see what comes out.

Jorrvaskr ont siiv kaal med zol
Wo krif nuz lost voth ni mindol
Ahst yol se lotmun
Zeymah pah meyz vonun
Nu rok lahney ko Masserdro gol.

Daar lost ont aan mey jun do Keizaal

Wo dreh piraak rinik pogaan paal.

Gein sul, lost aan kendov

Wo drey vey zeim jun klov,

Ahrk pah muz drey tinvaak, "Rok los kaal!"

Zinrahzul
New take on an old favorite! Ont hun dahmaan Ragnar faal Sahqo bo nol rorikhofkah wah Ahrolsedov' Grind vahdin, fun kahii Rek vey kopraan nol klovii, Zu'u ni fen vobein pah do daar sos!

The ending was somehow an improvement over the original. That was great! I felt like there was a somewhat questionable meter for the second line, however. Still not entirely sure if dahmaan keeps the same meaning as the original, but I suppose it works. I personally would have used "Daar ont lost hun, Ragnar faal Sahqo," but I'm not confident that really fits the meter.

Anyway, overanalysis finished. Here's another silly one for ya, with meticulous attention to meter, and an abundance of internal rhymes because I love tongue twisters.

Daar lost aan brit vahdin

Wen luft drey ensosin

Muz laan ofan faraan

Rek ni laan naan kulaan

Nuz hind nunon kos stin