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Potpourri of the Mind : A Collection of Poems in the Limerick Style

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Potpourri of the Mind: A Collection of Poems in the LimerickStyle by Joel D. Ash. Weston, CT: Old Pine Books, 1997. 109 pp. 515limericks. Reviewed by Arthur Deex, Editor of The Pentatette (the monthly newsletter of the Limerick Special Interest Group).

This is truly a beautiful book -one that no lover of the pentatettial form can ignore, or for that matter, live without. While you and I were groveling with some prurient, unsavory rhymes, Joel Ash was moved by a more lofty vision.

The book consists of numerous multi-verse poems; Flower Time begins:

In a garden surrounded by pine,
Nature thriving in mottled sunshine;
Up the lattice of wire,
Vines grow ever higher,
The tendrils and flowers entwine.

and

In front black eyed susans are found,
New guinea impatients abound;
Wax begonias deep red,
A day lily bed,
The colors explode without sound. . .

Not all serious, one selection relates how the devil's wife romances him into ! ! getting an icebox so their son can have ice cream on his birthday.

A graduate of Dartmouth, Ash brings Dartmouth and New England themes into many of his limericks. Most are reflective - embracing what it means to be human.

Deep emotions evoked by a fire,
Fascination the flames can inspire;
Flicker and dance,
You stare in a trance,
All that beauty within to admire.

You will want to bring this book out again and again to share with your family and friends. And you will say, "I wish I had written this book."

I cannot say enough good things about Potpourri. Mr. Ash knows all about metre and rhyme he has chosen to use that knowledge for good.

[This review appeared in the June 1998 issue of The Pentatette.]

a stupid little book that i've never read..i just did this to experiment cuz i have this poetry book due monday and i need a limerick poem.