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I had a project in American History to do a skit, play, song or poem about the war on the home-front and we were to work in groups of two to four. Me and my partner teamed up and decided to write our poem in limerick form. Some people were so impressed with it I decided to share it, and see how you liked it. It was one of the few poems that had atrue literary form, and the only one that really rhymed for the most part. My partner helped a bit, but he only did five of the forty lines that were required.
World War II Home-Front Limerick
There once was a man named Hitler
An angry man, he was always bitter,
If you haven’t heard
He’s quite a turd,
But still somehow he became dictator.
Germany and the Rhineland became tight
And Austria he failed to unite,
You’ll learn in text
Poland was next,
Now you may see why they started a fight.
As America waited it out
We said, “Wait! Hold on, Time out!”
The Japs got aggressive
And we got defensive,
But then they bombed us all about.
“We’re of to war,” they said,
“We’ll put this mess to bed!”
But we didn’t know
And it started to show,
That the troops would need to be fed.
Now it was clear, the problem
Last time it was hard to solve them.
We rationed glass,
food, rubber? I’ll pass!
What we did without supplied ‘em.
The women played a big part, too
Now wait, don’t laugh, it’s true,
Some did paper-work
Others did handy-work,
And still even others had flew!
Farms grew only what was needed
The OWI spread word, which was heeded,
If it helped troops
They’d jump through hoops,
And like the British we could have waited.
Citizens bought Liberty bonds
And of these they were quite fond,
Our men had guns
And proper funds,
So they headed across the pond.
Like it, hate it, see any mistakes? I'd like to hear what you think.
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