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I jammed my poetic foot on the jamb of this delightful construction of classically pedestrian comedy rendered in Shakespearean sonnet form. What can I say? Iamb what iamb!
Nantucket was the home of Richard Wills
A fisherman of fine and hearty stock
Known far and wide, and not just for his skills
But also for his tendency to shock.
In most regards, in stature he was apt,
But part of him did mayhem so portend,
That the ladies stayed away! Still, he'd adapt
'Cause he could be his very own best friend.He often joked his life was doubly tough:
Anatomy had done him this affront,
For had his ear been made of diff'rent stuff
He'd have a way to pull a nifty stunt.
"See, had it been like that," he said, "then natch ...
I'd be a man who can both pitch and catch."
Good stuff! I remember reading that column, and I was impressed with Mr. Weingarten's creativity. It might not be truly iambic, but it is still remarkable that he could reconstruct the jokes in otherwise Elizabethan sonnet form. And I've never heard the "There once was a man from Nantucket" limerick told quite so eloquently, if a bit floridly.
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