Anagrammy

I decided it would be fun to create a limerick anagram. The OEDILF already has limericks that include anagrams as they attempt to define the word "anagram". I decided to go a step further and create a limerick where lines 3, 4 and 5 were an anagram of lines 1 and 2.

Step 1. I didn't want to work with scrabble tiles or pencil and paper. I needed software to automatically display a list of unmatched letters between the two halves of the limerick. I threw together a little program to do just that. It was only later that I found out that there is a free download of Anagram Artist available at Anagrammy.com. Never mind. My program worked.

Step 2. A concept was needed — a theme for the limerick. I decided to write one on, "When limerick writing gets too easy it's time to write a limerick anagram."

Step 3. Write a couple of lines, then just keep fiddling until you have an anangram, and limerick rhyme, and acceptable limerick meter (and hopefully still making sense). A few hours later...

When the limerick's too easy to do:
Anagrammy's Awards — they're for you.
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The shrewd sods often say,
"Try, howe'er you may,
A limerick anagram too."

Step 4. Vow not to try another. (Well, not for a while, anyway.)