Corona Limericks. Some Fun during Bad Times

By William LeMaire

Bored? Homebound? Tired? running out of things to do during the corona Pandemic? Ever heard of limericks? Whether you did or not, this collection of corona limericks may lift your spirits and maybe put a smile on your face. But some readers may get angry. So be it. Enjoy regardless and maybe even get inspired to give limericks a try!. Years from now you may even get back to this little book and remember what you went through. Print it or buy a paperback copy on Amazon and place it on your coffee table or even in the bathroom. Friends, family, and visitors will pick it up, leaf through it, read one or more of the limericks, smile, and remember.

• Language: English
• Publisher: William LeMaire
• Release date: Aug 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005258931

William LeMaire

I was born on November 3, 1933 in a small town close the major port of Antwerp in Belgium. All of my primary and high school education was in Antwerp. I lived through WW II and the German occupation. I went to medical school at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, where I graduated in 1958. My internship was in Schenectady, New York. When I finished the internship, Belgium still had an obligatory military service. Instead I signed up with the Belgian colonial health service and was assigned to a government hospital in the interior of the former Belgian Congo, now called, after their independence from Belgium, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I left there in the middle of 1960 shortly after that country obtained its independence. After completing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami in 1965, I completed a two year fellowship in reproductive endocrinology in Miami and then joined the faculty of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the UM. I rose rapidly in the academic ranks and was promoted to full professor in 1974. Wanting to retire early from my academic position, I left the full time practice there at the end of 1989 at the age of 55. However I remained in the faculty and to date I am an Emeritus Clinical Professor of the University of Miami. After leaving the University of Miami, I worked for various lengths of time as an obstetrician and gynecologist in a number of locations around the world and and in the USA. These locations include : Okinawa Japan; Karachi, Pakistan; Sitka, Alaska, Queensland, Australia; Tasmania, Australia; New Zealand; St Lucia in the Caribbean; Chiapas, Mexico. Many of my assignments were organized through an organization out of Salt Lake City in Utah, called Global Medical Staffing. This organization recently ran an article about our travels and experiences in their newsletter. the link is : http://www.gmedical.com/newsletter/LeMaire Currently (2017), I am retired from clinical practice and am Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. I am also voluntary professor at the Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, where I am member of the Medical College Admissions Committee and interview medical school applicants. I am board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and maintain a li...

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Corona Limericks

Some Fun During a Bad Time

By

William (Wim) LeMaire

Copyright © 2020 William (Wim) LeMaire

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In mid march 2020, in the middle of the Corona Virus Pandemic. and with nothing better to do, I thought it might be fun to write some limericks related to the pandemic. I Started a daily limerick installment which I send to a long list of family members, colleagues, and friends.

Most of you may know what limericks are. They are short poems with five lines, where line one, two and five rhyme and three and four rhyme also. There is a certain cadence to them and many are a bit or a lot naughty.

There are so many limericks written and the literature is full of them.To get you in the mood and recognize what a limerick is, here is one from the many published ones, followed by my first installment. If you think that I am a bit goofy, you are probably right, but at my age, I am allowed some goofiness.

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN