| Limerick o' the Day - A daily (ribald) limerick, with an archive of previously featured limericks.
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| Limerick Discussion Page - Provides a simplified description of what makes up a limerick.
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| Alien Limerick Generator - This interactive 'net artifact is an exercise in computer glossolalia that allows users to randomly generate metrically perfect nonsense-limericks--in an "alien" (that is, not spoken, now nor ever, on Earth) language.
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| Lear, Limericks and Literature - "An introduction to the limerick and other zany rhymes made famous by Edward Lear in the 1850's." An online lesson plan aimed at creative writing classes; includes information on the history of the limerick form, as well as biographical material on Lear.
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| Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) - A page on Lear focusing on his use of the limerick form. Includes some of Lear's original illustrations as well as the texts of various limericks.
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| Poetic Limericks - Genuine poetry written in the limerick style. Background information on this style of poetry and samples of the work of Joel D. Ash. Gateways to online books containing Poetic Limericks.
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| Meskhi lines - Limericks and short lines by Slava Meskhi. English, Russian and Georgian languages.
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| The Pentatette Home Page - The Limerick Special Interest Group website. Includes definitions, technical and scholarly information on limericks.
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| Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..." - From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses. Introductory article.
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| The Limerick - A brief but insightful description of the limerick form.
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| Bibliography of Limericks - List of print books of and on limericks, compiled by Karl Dilcher.
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| Limericks - A brief description and definition of the limerick form, along with an example.
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