"Not a Very Good Limerick" by Claro

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Claro. “‘Not a Very Good Limerick’ by Claro.”, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/15079

Title: "Not a Very Good Limerick" by Claro
Description: "Not a Very Good Limerick" by Claro--the French translator of The Tunnel. Claro sent this limerick to Gass.
Subject: Gass, William H., 1924---The Tunnel.
Creator: Claro
Source: Courtesy of William H. Gass
Date: undated
Format: Text; 2 jpeg files; 300 ppi
Language: English
Type: Poetry
Identifier: MSS051_IV_a_not_very_good_limerick_the_tunnel_02_loan.jpg
MSS051_IV_a_not_very_good_limerick_the_tunnel_01_loan.jpg
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Claro. “‘Not a Very Good Limerick’ by Claro.”, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/15079