For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand ...

It's one of the most identifiable songs of this or any modern Christmas. And, if it wasn't for war, water, and mice, you'd likely never know it in the form it's in. It all began in 1816, a time of ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

To train these models, we created a dataset of 300 examples (150 limericks and 150 non-limericks). We got limericks and non-limericks from sources referenced below. Limericks covered various themes ...

Plenty of people in baseball have written a book. There’s Jim Bouton’s Ball Four, Josh Lewin’s You Never Forget Your First – hell, even actress Alyssa Milano has written a book about baseball. Eric ...

When The Advocate decided to host a limerick competition in memory of longtime columnist Smiley Anders — who died in May after more than 50 years of writing for the paper — we knew readers would be ...

Smiley Anders loved a limerick. In his honor, we're hosting the Smiley Anders Limerick Contest. The deadline for submissions is midnight July 31. Submit limericks to [email protected]. Winners ...

My mouth is locked like a zipper. A victim without a whimper. Have something on your mind? Send to [email protected] or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best ...

With the art of limerick, we wield pen like sword Perhaps we’ll strike a perfect Valentine’s chord From our hearts we declare True devotion is rare Our only love? —The Crimson Editorial Board I think ...