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A picture is worth < 1000 words: how to write a great on-line profile – Part III

OK – I’ve kept you waiting long enough for the final installment of this 3-part series: my profile. A short preamble before I reveal to you my masterpiece. During the latter 5 months of my on-line presence (specifically, on PoF), I had 2 profiles: one adhered strictly to the boring suggestions by PoF – about me, about him, aspirations/goals, favourites; and a second one – which was completely “me”. The idea to write an original profile came from my friend Robert, mixed in with my affinity for writing limericks, which I’ve been doing somewhat consistently for friends’ birthdays.

For those of you who don’t know what a limerick is, here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia article on “Limerick (poetry)”… in limerick format:

A limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical
But the good ones I’ve seen
So seldom are clean
And the cleans ones so seldom are comical

(Anonymous)

And now my profile…

A 5-part limerick

A young maiden from Ottawa once sought,
A thing that often cannot be bought.
A love so true, so rare,
More than a casual affair,
From a knight who a valiant battle had fought.

By all accounts, the maiden was very fair,
Confident, smart, with brown-reddish hair.
Her eyes green like a precious stone,
She had presence, fit for the throne,
And soft touch, that could lay your soul bare

In her match, she desired a respectful soul,
With good character, a job, and a life goal.
Funny, he should be,
And punctual to a tee;
Who sees beyond a video-games control.

Long walks on the beach are too cliché,
Perhaps a picnic in the park, or a shared sorbet!
Thoughtful acts aplenty,
For a damsel so dainty;
Perhaps, too, an occasional red-rose bouquet.

As dictate the principles of limerick-writing,
The piece aforesaid, can be more "exciting".
So the maiden - a lively coquette,
Who enjoys a lengthy romp in the bed,
Asserts that her mate she will be delighting!