Hi there! I looked through the poetry section and *sob* no limerics. Well, somebodys got to do it.

For those that don't know. A limeric is a poem structured AAbbAA. A being / --/--/-
and B being /---/ For those of you who can't read that, I'll give and example...

There was a young man named Hall,
Who fell in a spring in the fall,
T'would be a sad thing,
If he died in the spring,
But he DIDN'T he died in the fall!
- Anon.

So, here's for the first HP one!

There was a young lad named Harry,
Who's schooldays were wild and scarry,
He's been attacked,
And completly wacked,
But Dubledore to help won't tarry.

Now it's your turn! Good luck.

c'mon guys! they're really not that hard! Here's another,

There was a profesor named Snape,
At whom all the students whould gape,
And his greasy hair,
And that awfull stair,
Is what makes them gape at Snape!

(I know that the last line is the same as the first, which is cheeting in a way, but Edward Lear, who made the limeric as popular as it is, did that all the time!)

Now for yours, please.

One of the Weasleys is Ron.
He plays with many a pawn.
His hair is quite red;
A rat slept in his bed.
He must degnome the lawn.

what fun!
I thought an aabbaa pattern referred to rythming...?

hey, i like your poetry!! i have one too!!

there once was a girl with a spell
which said throw a coin down a well
she wished for a ring
what happened was nothing
and so she was ringless, oh well!

Ok, since I called this "looney," I have to do some on the two people called "looney" in the book: Lupin and Luna Lovegood.

There once was a werewolf called Remus J,
Who (though a werewolf) was quite OK,
He loved his work,
He didn't shirk,
But couldn't get jobs which would pay.

There once was a student called Luna,
Why wasn't she introduced soona,
She might love Harry,
Now THAT would be scarry,
But there's more than we think to Luna.

(I do belive she will play a bigger part in the next books. But I don't think Harry/Luna. I read in an interview with JK that she already knew who Harry would go with, and she'd dropped clews to that in previouse books. SHe also said that it wasn't as easy as all of us thought, and she'd be annoyed if we figured it out, considering that it took her considerable effert so that it would come to us all as a surprise. THat seems to rule out most of the people thought of)

(In answer to noseinabook: Yes, ab stuff refers to the rhythm, but also the rhime.)

Zymurgy : hmm...i haven't heard JK say that but it doesn't seem that Harry will go out with another girl until book 7...if so, it could be Luna...Harry and her do relate considerably.

She said that she had planted clews in earlier books, so Loona doesn't make it!

There was a woman named JK,
Who knew what she wanted to say,
She wrote a story,
Not too bloody or gory,
And the whole world was blown away!

hmm.... maybe it will be pansy! lol.... or maybe ginny--- nah! too obvious.... uhh..... it could be a slytherin, because jk said in the 2nd movie interview that they couldnt cut out a particular part because it would be needed in the sixth book.......??? uhh.....prolly lavander brown *shrug*
here's a lyric of sirius.

hello, my name's sirius black,
my life is a bit slack.
i'll gladly tell you my tale;
but with enthusiasm, i might fail...
so you better stay off my back.

it started back at school;
where i made friends with a fool.
he tricked me to believeing;
it was trust he was retrieving.
but only liked me for i was cool.

along with Prongs, wormtail and moony,
we found him cowardly looney.
we didnt bother
to blow his cover
so now you can call us looney.

(i havent finished)

There once was a girl named Lilly,
Who never acted at all silly,
She hated pranks,
But she said thanks,
When James proposed to Lilly,

There was a boy named Ron,
Who liked to relaxe on the lawn,
But he had to study
Some lessons "bloody,"
When not sacrificing a pawn,

There was a crank named Salazar,
Who thought his blood was better by far,
He made a chamber,
Filled with danger,
To kill those who of muggle blood are.

There where three muggles, the Dursleys,
There couldn't be anyone worseleys,
They beat of Potter,
And called him a rotter,
Lets punch them into Squeegies! :lol:

There once was a fanatic named Icicle,
Who loved HP more than her bicycle,
But when Harry solved the golden egg,
She sprouted another leg,
Ever since then, she's used a tricycle.

There once was a girl named Hermione
Who was increadibliy bad out ryming
So she set out one day,
To find a job with good pay,
And ended up with bad timing!