And learned a few things they’d not known, see? Full disclosure: We wrote that one. And it’s true that the word poetry doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception to the rule?

When The Advocate decided to host a limerick competition in memory of longtime columnist Smiley Anders — who died in May after more than 50 years of writing for the paper — we knew readers would be ...

Pat Myers has been Empress of The Style Invitational since 2003, having deposed the Czar, who had reigned since 1993. The following is the guide we publish repeatedly in conjunction with our limerick ...

Plenty of people in baseball have written a book. There’s Jim Bouton’s Ball Four, Josh Lewin’s You Never Forget Your First – hell, even actress Alyssa Milano has written a book about baseball. Eric ...