There are a few rhymes for donna, but this was difficult:

There was a young lady called Donna/ Who thought she was really a goner/ In 2K she'd be toast/ In the fires of hell she would roast/ And the wrath of North would be upon her/

There was a young lady called Donna/ Who thought it a very great honour/ To have limericks so revealing/ Written about her own being/ She would soon become as famous as Madonna/

There was a young lady called Donna/ Who thought that I wanted to wrong her/ Nothing could be further from the truth/ I have never been so uncouth/ But I do think she's a bit of a primadonna/ (not not really)

-- Richard Dale (rdale@figroup.co.uk), October 30, 1998

Answers

There once was a man called Rick Who thought he was so clever He would write condescending lim'ricks Anyone disagreeing wouldn't stand a prayer

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), October 30, 1998.

Chris 3/10 oh alright 4/10, not bad for first attempt, you need a fifth line though.....

-- Richard Dale (rdale@figroup.co.uk), October 30, 1998.

Disagree with the 4/10. Keep it a 3/10.

First & second lines didn't rhymn, missing fifth line - can't mark that down as not rhymning (yet) - resonance pattern is only so-so. Needs more effort by the writer in the work, or more potable liquid antifreeze in the writer before the effort.

-- Robert A. Cook, P.E. (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), October 30, 1998.

Personally, I prefer rhymed Iambic pentameter, something heroic...or mayby Haiku:

Richard, tart tongued dude Gives frequent rhyming insults Limericks abound...

-- Karen Cook (browsercat@hotmail.com), October 30, 1998.

There once was a man called Rick Who thought he was so clever He'd write condescending lim'ricks That's how he got his kicks Anyone disagreeing wouldn't stand a prayer.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I rarely get anything right the first time }:) That's at least a 6/10!

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), October 30, 1998.

I am greatly honored, Sir Richard! Blessings upon your rhyming head!

Blushing woman in sheet considers changing all her doomsday signs to limericks!

-- Donna Barthuley (moment@pacbell.net), October 30, 1998.

I know the above limerick is for Donna Barthuley, but here is my contribution:

There once was a lady named Donna Who thought she was the queen piranha For those who didn't believe In 2000 they'd receive A bite where they really didn't wanna.

-- Donna Mittelstedt (dmittels@csuhayward.edu), October 30, 1998.

For Richard, the bard with sharp pen,/ his wit practiced time and again:/ Lampooning strangers is fraught with dangers./ Our Richard's the bravest of men.

Sir Richard he shymes us with ease,/ all the folken whose names start with "Ds"./ Donna, Deedah, Diane, he wrote and he can,/ now wax on poetic with "Ps".

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-- Donna Barthuley (moment@pacbell.net), October 30, 1998.