National Limerick Day Posted on 12 May 2018 by Becky Duncan - Kent-Teach in General National Limerick Day is observed every year on the 12th May to celebrate the birthday of English poet and author, Edward Lear. Edward Lear made limericks famous in his book, “The Book of Nonsense” which was published in 1846. The book was comprised of 72 limericks in total and proved extremely popular.A limerick is a very short poem, consisting of 5 lines and traditionally follows an AABBA rhyming scheme. This means that the first, second and fifth line rhyme and the third and fourth line should also rhyme. Limericks normally have a rhythm which is described as anapestic trimeter. Limericks are often comical, but they can be serious too! Here’s a limerick I made earlier…“There once was a team called Kent-Teach, Who help schools recruit enough staff each.They work in Kent, The best place to frequent, To inspire teachers with their speech.”So how about making up a limerick of your own, or even getting your class to create one! Send it through to us and we could share it on social media!Interested in literature? Then you'll love finding out more about J.M.Barrie, the author of Peter Pan.