Limerick Challenge

A public library by definition is free. However, on Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m. the West Tisbury Library will be asking those willing to dig deep, not into their wallets but rather into their resources of wordplay.

It is the second annual limerick challenge. The rules are quite basic. A five line poem in the pattern of aabba. For those rusty with their poetry code that means the first two lines rhyme, the third and fourth lines rhyme and the fifth line rhymes with the first line.

Limericks, as the form seems to gravitate, can be risque; they just need to reference the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Oh, yes, and the library plans to publish this collection with proceeds to benefit West Tisbury Library Foundation.

For more information visit westtisburylibrary.org or call the Library at 508-693-3366.