Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, ...

And learned a few things they'd not known, see? Full disclosure: We wrote that one. And it's true that the word poetry doesn't necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule?

Bindy Bitterman, a Chicago-area woman in her 80s, recently emailed me to ask what I thought of limericks. I am a fan, as is Bitterman, who subsequently sent me a smattering of the limericks she writes ...