Mike Pope has proposed a new game. Example below:

There once was a lim'rick (so-called)
That started but then it got stalled
Five lines? What a chore
This one had four

Can any of our resident poets and poetasters come up with other entries?

(Found through Nancy Friedman's Fritinancy blog.)

There was a young man from Lahore
Who couldn't write on past line four.
The third line was fine
And the penultimate line

This new kind of Limerick distortion
Might rankle the foes of abortion.
Is the Limerick alive
While lacking Line Five?

The game in Nancy's blog didn't limit the entries to limericks. Any kind of poetry with a sudden stop or weird ending was permissible. The limerick quoted was a short example.

Once upon a midnight dreary,
As I sat here cold and weary,
Waiting for the man to come.
Waiting and anticipating,
Heatless, sitting coldly waiting
Since the stove is on the bum.

Probably doesn't fit either.

Haiku has three lines
This Haiku has two.

Higgledy Piggledy
Wordcrafter's membership
Post about language and
Have lots of fun!

And they possess lots of
Knowledgeability,
Though that all means that they
...................!

Hee! Hee! Hee! That leaves so much to the imagination!

There was an old woman who lived ...

Mary had a little lamb,...



... A little cheese, a little Spam.
Dessert was apricot soufflé.
The serving style? Voilà! Buffet !!