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Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors

Don’t you dare try to sit in my spot!
I’ll decide if you pet me or not.
_I’m the star here you’ll see.
_They all cater to me.
They just like you; they LOVE me a lot.

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Ninety-Nine Candles

Great Grandpa made this declaration:
“My party should be a sensation.
_Cake, candles, and icing
_must all be enticing.”
We feared a widespread conflagration.

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Gotta Have It

When she’s sure her tired hubby’s asleep,
Susie sneaks from the bedroom to keep
_a much-loved rendezvous.
_Rocky Road she will woo.
Her addiction to ice cream runs deep.

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Janice Canerdy is a retired high-school English teacher from Potts Camp, Mississippi. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications: anthologies by Quill Books, Mississippi Poetry Society, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, journals and magazines: Westward Quarterly, Lyric, Lighten Up Online, Saturday Evening Post, and more. She has had two books published: Expressions of Faith (Christian Faith Publishing, 2016, out of print) and From Serious to Slapstick~~Poems Like Life (Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc., 2024). She is an active member of the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc.

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7 Responses

  1. Roy Eugene Peterson

    Janice, this is inspired humor that I really enjoyed, especially the last one with such a great surprise ending! Way to go! Our sense of humor is so similar.

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  2. Gigi Ryan

    Dear Janice,
    Thank you for these fun limericks! As a cat and ice cream lover, these were especially enjoyable.
    Gigi

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  3. Paul A. Freeman

    Who can resist a good limerick? Clean ones that work are particularly difficult to write (or maybe it’s just me), and I particularly enjoyed your cat limerick, Janice.

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  4. D.R. Rainbolt

    Janice,

    Well done. I particularly enjoyed “Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors”. I can tell this was written by one who’s had personal encounters with a cat or two!

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  5. Margaret Coats

    “Gotta Have It” is classic suggestiveness turning passionately humorous. In my opinion, it’s the best of three specially good limericks, Janice.

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