Limerick

  Canceled I reckon the outcome is just So cancel away if you must. It speaks to the fear That...

  Limerick Poetry Challenge Write a limerick (learn how to write one here) about a famous poet or about writing...

  Seven Limericks of an Old Cynic Ataraxia (ἀταραξία) – accented on the penultimate vowel. Untroubled stillness, pure calm, impassiveness,...

. Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors Don’t you dare try to sit in my spot! I’ll decide if you pet me...

. May 12 is National Limerick Day in the United States, corresponding to Limerick-writer Edward Lear's birthday. Poet James A....

. Vernal Equinox Germans call this season “frühling.” Spaniards name it “primavera.” Welshmen say the term is “gwanwyn.” Shetland trawlers...

. Chasing COLAs in a Hard World COLA: cost-of-living adjustment We learned, each time we tried to file a claim,...

. Four Newsy Limericks . A pedophile, if you should see one, Must not be reported. The reason? __It could...

. Montana High School Reunion The big fella who grew up in Butte, Claimed his high school sweetheart was so...

. Third-Degree Burns A young poet who came from Dundee Looked around him and then took a knee, __For the...

. Limerick Perhaps it’s a marketing trick, or else Iceland’s taking the mick; __for what kind of fun __is an Easter Day...

. Coffee Limericks . I love to have coffee each morning, Including the act of the pouring: __I smell the...

. Mythological Limericks on Defloration . Venus and Adonis Adonis was cute as a berry And Venus was sexy and...

. Limericks for Lame Cowboys A cowboy who came from Seattle, Had a habit of disturbing cattle. __The horse made...

. Cantankerous Limericks on Good English Prose I love a complexly wrought sentence With phrases and colons that went thence...

. Excuse My Excuse An excuse—that’s a word to excuse at those times when I need a good ruse __which...

. Pick-up Truck Dude This dude in his old pick-up truck Sped recklessly, riding his luck. __He swerved ‘round the...

. The Tortoise and the Hare in limericks A tortoise and hare were a-talkin’. Said Hare: “Why, your slowness is...

. Fourth of July Limerick Top left, there’s an oblong that’s blue; add in fifty stars, white in hue. To...

. Commodore Perry Opens Japan On July 8, 1853, on the orders of President Millard Fillmore, Commodore Matthew Perry led...

. Human Poetry Versus ChatGPT's AI Poetry Can you tell the difference between artificial intelligence poetry and human poetry? by...

. In celebration of World Poetry Day, write a limerick on the theme of World Poetry Day, poetry in general,...

. Vanity Falls I’m feeling a little lightheaded; I’ll confess it’s what I’ve always dreaded: More hairs on the floor...

. Food for Thought A Culinary Tale There once was a man wan and pallid, he Suffered from a mysterious...

. Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that...

. What Is “Pro-Choice"? If my child were sent to die, Be chopped to pieces like a pig, To spare...

. Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub...

. And so, Minnie Mouse will impress in pantsuit and flat heels, no less. __But what of the vision, __of...

. Limerick China’s footballers haven’t a clue why they can’t go and get a tattoo, but I think it might...

. Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It...

. Twelve Chaucerian Limericks for Paul Freeman Some pilgrims went riding to Kent, And here’s how the journey was spent:...

. We went to a gender reveal. And we had an exceptional meal. __But the host was forlorn __when she...

. Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was a shy king Who found it not much to his liking __Making...

. Choose a famous poem and write it in limerick form, putting the title of the original poem at the...

. Ferdinand the Freestyler Angela Jackson is the Poet Laureate of Illinois and Jacqueline Jackson is a poet frequently published...

. It was only a two stone cat, Now what do you think about that? If it sat on your...

. Limerick I have lived my whole life about me And at last I can finally see That my choice...

. There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told...

  Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true...

A Riot Limerick by Joe Tessitore The Most Evil has cast the first brick And his antics make decent folk...