Fleeting, The Feelings

Feelings felt if on funeral cores, At the time of coitus— well of course, For long were to prevail Like wind on sail, on tail, Freedom's not far for this bondage horse. _________________________________________ Words well said | 14.11.14 | It is generally believed that limericks are lewd and tend to be ludicrous. If not, they are light verses of leg-pulling type and often are a rollicking great humour. While this may be true in some cases, even considering their origin, it need not be so. I have made here humble attempt to lift the status of limericks somewhat. I feel they provide a compact structure to express a serious thought in a lighter tone. A limerick structure as we know is of five lines, but we can also make it a one and a half limerick, or even a double one if need be. There also is some scope for certain variations in its structure. In this collection I have tried them as verses that are thought-provoking. Some of them are based on Sanskrit Subhaashitanis (Words well said) , but are not direct translations. The underlying tone is often humorous to bring home the point.