Editor’s note: As the Limerick Wars of 2009 draw to a close, mainly because the Giants appear to be out of the pennant race, this month’s limerick offerings feature a dialogue of sorts between Gene, Gene, The Limerick Machine and Birdman.
To the Birdman
I’m posing this question to you
because your logic is straight on and true
I send it to you Birdman
Because you are a great wordman
Is a Limerick just an Irish Haiku?
—Gene, Gene, The Limerick Machine
Birdman responds with a haiku and a limerick:
It’s universal
Haiku for those as steady
and gifted as you.
To the Machine
A special fine wordman is Gene
A virtual limerick machine.
He’ll bring in some sass
Then add some class,
Thus his poems are truly Supreme.
—Birdman
And Gene observes:
Being a publisher is tough
And the payoff is not nearly enough
but the stuff I’ve been sending
and the Birdman has been rending
Is really damn good stuff
—Gene, Gene, The Limerick Machine
