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I hope this does clarify beyond doubt-- the lim-erick was not invented by our Lim family (with an illustrious history)--- the reference is to a place in Ireland- but the first was written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. I should be ashamed ever to claim--dishonestly that my family had changed the world of Western poetry
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Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015 at 7:36 PM UTC
ORIGIN OF THE LIM-ERICK
I hope this does clarify beyond doubt-- the lim-erick was not invented by our Lim family (with an illustrious history)--- the reference is to a place in Ireland- but the first was written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. I should be ashamed ever to claim--dishonestly that my family had changed the world of Western poetry
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Melbourne, Australia
Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015 at 7:36 PM UTC
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