What is a limerick? These silly poems make a really fun writing exercise. Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, silly stories. They can be about anything, as long as they follow their ...

One man's joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition. Chris Strolin was teasing English buffs in an online forum years ago when he said the dictionary should be rewritten in ...

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?

Some people make vows to exercise daily. Or work on their novel. Or play the violin. Oregon State University biochemistry and biophysics Professor Kevin Ahern, meanwhile, has been writing a limerick a ...

I was scheduled to interview Oregon State University Professor Kevin Ahern on Monday about his new book of punny limericks. So I figured I had to come prepared. On my way into Corvallis for the ...