Poet's corner, sorta

Browsing facebook I came across the group Converting the whole canon of English literature into limericks. Now if that's not a worthy task I don't know what is. A few examples are in order I think.

Zola's Germinal, according to Owen O'Rorke:

Etienne, a hot-headed young tyke,
Persuades his co-workers to strike.
No-one was cut deeper
Than Maigrat the shopkeeper
When they hung up his balls on a spike.


Romeo and Juliet according to Beka Kimberley:

The story that everyone knows
Of two houses and all of their woes
Teen sex from the start
(but it's Ok- it's Art!)
The moral of the tale? Love blows.


The Bible, according to Matthew Greenall:

Said god to the first man of ages:
"Don't have sex, it'll put me in rages"
But original sin
Meant that god couldn't win
And the rulebook now goes on for pages.


Wuthering Heights according to Mark Baldwin:

So tell me where you'd rather be:
On moorland or sat in a tree?
I may well be dead
But I'm still in your head;
Oh Heathcliff, it's me, your Cathy...


Othello according ot Hannah Watson:

There was a young girl Desdemona
For her marriage her father disowned her
She misplaced her hanky
Her husband got cranky
And she ended up six feet under


Prometheus Unbound, according to Leanne Stokoe:

This Titan was filled with desire
To enlighten mankind with bright fire
And their freedom to choose
But Zeus wasn’t amused
Now the eagle of Titan won’t tire!


There are hundreds of these things, ah... the internet. I think the Othello one's my favourite.