There was no roe, no shad to show
New York had nothing to eat but crow
With nothing to eat
We better not meet
We do have limericks, how apropos
Jean Quinn, Editor, The Gazette
The Winners
First Place Elizabeth Fleming
Honorable Mention William Curatolo
Limericks, including our winning entries, appear in Spring, 2016 issue of The Gazette.
First Place Limerick
By Elizabeth Fleming
Wolfe favored shad roe beyond reason
And in springtime, when it was in season
He consumed it with zeal
At many a meal,
And found it tremendously pleasing
Honorable Mention
By William Curatolo
At the manse on 35th Street,
Wolfe supped at a table replete
With breasts and wings
Of capons and things,
Frogs’ legs, pigs’ knuckles and feet