Play By E-Mail Limericks When
I asked my friend Toby to Beta Read my Denethor villanelle, he told me
"I would have Denethor writing poetry that begins - There was an
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This was the begining, which I wrote from Toby's throwaway line:
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Toby wrote back:
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Tay:
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Toby:
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When Toby sent me this starting line, I puzzled over it for a whole day. I still think it is a shameful waste of a rhyme, and I would like to better it
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When I got this back from Toby and it wasn't even remotely dirty, I knew the game was over, and indeed he has bowed out now
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These are much less serious, but were no less fun to construct!
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