Forum To Read & Write Limericks

[Rhymesometimes]

Do you share my love of limericks?  This is the place to read and write them!

Congested with headache, in pain.

Lifting a Kleenex a strain.

My husband's loud snoring,

That's shaking the flooring.

Is driving me quickly insane.

Looks like Captain T. kirk has a place.

Well, Shatner, the man, in this case.

Some serious bread,

That William has spread.

He's prospered, now conquering space.

It's progressively coming to light.

This marriage to Dwight is not right.

He's extremely well-bred,

But as far as his head.

It hovers two feet past my height.

In the average appointment with doc.

She is constantly checking the clock.

Her schedule is strained,

I'm feeling so drained.

Like account at my bank, what a crock.

He's lacking the skill with details.

Just horrid with hammer and nails.

Not dignified bed,

No comfort for head.

The nails in the coffin impales.

With sister, I'm growing more bitter.

Practicing craft, I'm a knitter.

She has tangled up skein,

But instead of complain.

I rolled yarn into ball, used to hit her.

I envisioned a chance in a will,

So married the sickly old Phil.

While cursing the wait,

Said, "I'm poisoning mate.

That bitter old Phil left me nil!"

[MedusaE76171]

I loved the imagery (a wild ride, so to speak) and the fun ending on this one.  🙂

[Rhymesometimes]

@MedusaE76171  Which limerick did you like out of this group?

[MedusaE76171]

The one from Monday, 12/6.  

[Rhymesometimes]

@MedusaE76171  Thank you.  The more of them I write, the more I'm enjoying the process.

[MedusaE76171]

Thank you.  🙂   I'm just taking a while to get over my innoculations; probably the autoimmune.  But I'm sure I'm be fine soon.  🙂

Right?  I meant it as a great compliment and I'm glad you caught it that way; Shel Silverstein rocks!  🙂  (Cept for, "The Giving Tree."  Why the hell was that?)

[Rhymesometimes]

@MedusaE76171  I liked The Giving Tree.  Guess I'm just s sucker for a bit sentimental and sappy.  Seating on the stump at the end.  😭

[MedusaE76171]

@Rhymesometimes I've just gotten to these as I've been in bed all day; innoculations caught up with me.

I found them clever, fun and entertaining.  They remind me of Shel Silverstein who is, among a very few others, one of my favorite poets.
You bring light.  🙂

[Rhymesometimes]

@MedusaE76171 First off, I'm sorry you aren't feeling well.  Hope you are in the pink soon. Shel Silverstein?! High praise indeed!  Thank you.

[postman29]

I sit down, a limerick to write,

Sun goes down, day into night,

December is here,

It's time to spread cheer,

And hold everyone dear so tight.

[Rhymesometimes]

Steve the @postman29  I really like this one!  Would like to put it into traditional limerick rhythm.  Stressed syllables in bold are emphasized.

I'm sitting down, poem to write.

The sun goes down, day into night.

December is here.

It's time to spread cheer.

And hold all those cherished, so tight.

[postman29]

@Rhymesometimes 

Hi Rhymes. That's why you're the pro and I'm the amateur lol.😀

[Rhymesometimes]

Steve the @postman29  That's very kind.  I'm still taking baby steps in this writing thing.  But enjoying every minute. 🤓

[ReTiReD51]

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There is a website called AARP
Folks who visit are pretty sharp
Some visitors like to share a thought
So if you visit give it a shot
And share your thought with AARP

This is a single cup of coffee Limerick 
Not sure what my 2 cup Limerick might say

[Rhymesometimes]

@ReTiReD51  Here's a whole quart limerick! 😄

There's a website where people are smart.

Come together, and share, not apart.

So, give it a shot,

And offer a thought.

Your here, that's a pretty good start.

Come join me on "Beginning Limericks" and let's make whole gallon limericks together!

[Rhymesometimes]

@ReTiReD51 Can't believe I did the classic grammatical error.  Your and you're.  Sometimes when I'm in the middle of a limerick writing session, it can pop up.  So the line should have said:

You're here, that's a pretty good start.

[ReTiReD51]

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I must be fair
That I’ve been there
And done that
But hopefully I have it down pat
That your and you’re are just a similar pair

[Rhymesometimes]

@ReTiReD51  That's some good rhyming!  Traditional limericks have the rhyming pattern you used. AABBA.  The rhythm gets for difficult.  It's a series of stressed and unstress syllables.  I'll bold the words with stressed syllables in the limerick I reworked.

There's a website where people are smart.

Come together, and share, not apart.

So, give it a shot.

And offer a thought.

You're here, that's a pretty good start.

Do you notice there are always two unstressed syllables between stressed ones?  That's the rhythm you are looking for.

[ReTiReD51]

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No Limerick creating for me
I’m not very good at it you see
I’ll leave it to you pros
That’s just the way it goes
I think everyone would agree

[Rhymesometimes]

@ReTiReD51 It's just for fun.  No pros here.

[Rhymesometimes]

Received another honorable mention in a online limerick contest. So fun! The first one below is the one.  Will share a few others too.

We're booking the "Hook'n High Seas,"

It's a cruise where crocheting's the tease.

But the action on cruise,

Was with husband and flooz.

The hooker was hooking high fees!

Did quite a few about Howard Hughes.  Always fascinated by the man, and his very colorful life. 

I bought a magnificent cruse.

From mysterious Howard R. Hughes.

We briefly did meet.

Was well-dressed and sweet.

But the boxes of Kleenex as shoes?

He was a well-known germaphobe, and believe the boxes would protect his feet from germs.

I'm bewitched with the infamous Hughes.

The pilot and director on cruise.

More odd as he aged.

The obsessions that raged.

Like mine, with this man, he's my muse.

By the end of the contest, I wrote six limericks about him.🤔

I carefully read the bequest.

The wife is dismayed and distressed.

With tears to the brim,

The future looks grim.

Seems Rover's financially blessed.

So the new widow must work, and the dog retires!

Some retire, and the future is clear.

They're a gracious and kind volunteer.

I will candidly vouch,

I'm established on couch.

With the TV remote, and a beer.

Of course, this is all for comic effect.  I do volunteer, do not like beer.  Prefer doing Zumba over being a couch potato!