THERE’S A CERTAIN WRITER WE KNOW: Who knows a deliciously dirty limerick that features a generous amount of Irish buggering. It also involves clergy and other people who wear various types of the cloth, so we won’t print it here. But we got to thinking about this because we recently learned that the Alabama State Council on the Arts is sponsoring a limerick contest about Alabama towns (so the Irish buggering theme is probably worthless – not to mention tasteless – in this case anyways). But, for real and for true, you can write your own five-liner, a la Edward Lear, and send them to Alabama artists Tut Riddick and Georgine Clark. Sue Walker, Alabama Poet Laureate, will choose the winners. You’ve got until June 1 to send your attempt in to Riddick Fun House, 5 Ashley Drive, Mobile, AL 36608. Need us to jog your limerick-style memory? You can’t do any worse than this: “There once was a lass from Birmingham/With coal, ore, limestone, she’s on the lam/She’s got large man-muscles/And black dirt ‘neath her nails/But for steel she has gone to Mobile.”
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