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‘Vanity Falls’ by Miera Rao

The Society
November 26, 2022
Humor, Limerick, Poetry
12 Comments
. Vanity Falls I’m feeling a little lightheaded; I’ll confess it’s what I’ve always dreaded: More hairs on the floor Than ever before, My ego and vanity shredded. . . Miera Rao is a writer living in...

‘Food for Thought’ and Other Food-Related Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

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September 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
24 Comments
. Food for Thought A Culinary Tale There once was a man wan and pallid, he Suffered from a mysterious malady: __He ate carrots and greens, __Ripe tomatoes and beans, But eschewed anything that's not...

‘Camena Interrupta’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable

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August 1, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
4 Comments
. Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that soothe or sear. But now the stanzas halt and freeze:Eternity is stilled—The...

What Is ‘Pro-Choice’? and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

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June 13, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
12 Comments
. What Is “Pro-Choice"? If my child were sent to die, Be chopped to pieces like a pig, To spare him death, I’d plead and beg, __His life with mine to buy. Yet pregnant moms demand their “rights” To...

‘Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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May 15, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
19 Comments
. Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum. Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they...

A Limerick on Minnie Mouse’s New Outfit, by Paul Freeman

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February 6, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
4 Comments
. And so, Minnie Mouse will impress in pantsuit and flat heels, no less. __But what of the vision, __of Mickey's transition in heels and a polka-dot dress? . . Paul A. Freeman is the author of Rumours of...

On the Soccer Player Tattoo Ban and Other Poetry by Paul Freeman

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January 12, 2022
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
11 Comments
. Limerick China’s footballers haven’t a clue why they can’t go and get a tattoo, but I think it might be it’s since President Xi is afraid they’ll choose Winnie the Pooh. . . This Urge for the...

‘Anyone But You’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

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December 26, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry
5 Comments
. Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It will be from __Anyone but you. A text may buzz; I’m sure it was __Anyone but you. Oh, this is dire; I...

‘Twelve Chaucerian Limericks’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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December 20, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
19 Comments
. Twelve Chaucerian Limericks for Paul Freeman Some pilgrims went riding to Kent, And here’s how the journey was spent: As they traipsed through the dale They each told a tale Of sacred or worldly...

‘Gender Reveal’ by Reid McGrath

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November 15, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
6 Comments
. We went to a gender reveal. And we had an exceptional meal. __But the host was forlorn __when she unhusked her corn. It was pink instead of blue-teal. Her emotions were on full display. They should have...

‘Alfred the Great’ and Other Limericks by Peter Hartley

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October 12, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
25 Comments
. Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was a shy king Who found it not much to his liking __Making do with cornflakes __‘Cos he’d burned all the cakes While hiding his face from the Viking. __ Sweyn...

Turn a Famous Poem into a Limerick: Poetry Challenge

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July 11, 2021
Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Contests
151 Comments
. Choose a famous poem and write it in limerick form, putting the title of the original poem at the top. Please fit your chosen poem into one limerick (five lines) only. See "How to Write a Limerick." Post...

A Poem for Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson and Other Freestylers, by Joseph Mason

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June 30, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
22 Comments
. Ferdinand the Freestyler Angela Jackson is the Poet Laureate of Illinois and Jacqueline Jackson is a poet frequently published by Illinois Times. As I sit here chillin' and relaxin',There's some questions I...

‘Ode to George Lionel, the Cat’ by Jeff Eardley

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June 18, 2021
Humor, Limerick, Poetry
23 Comments
. It was only a two stone cat, Now what do you think about that? If it sat on your lap, Both your femurs would snap. It was twenty-eight pounds of pure fat. Its owners would feed it on fish, Which they...

A Limerick on Life and Other Poetry, by Joe Tessitore

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May 26, 2021
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Limerick, Poetry
19 Comments
. Limerick I have lived my whole life about me And at last I can finally see That my choice only smothers, Life is all about others And the truth really does set you free. . . Senryu I was born to...

‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore

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May 5, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Limerick, Poetry
43 Comments
. There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told us, To the Commies they sold us And we kissed all our freedoms goodbye. . . Joe Tessitore is a retired New...

An Office Romance and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

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October 30, 2020
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
  Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true that my feelings don't show?--- She marveled within, and, suppressing a...

Poetry on Riots Across America and Communist Takeover in Hong Kong

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June 7, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Limerick, Poetry
2 Comments
A Riot Limerick by Joe Tessitore The Most Evil has cast the first brick And his antics make decent folk sick. Though he rant and he rail His best efforts all fail--- He’s in fact the Most Impotent...

Poems on Life During CCP Virus (COVID-19) Lockdown

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April 25, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
31 Comments
  The Back-to-Work Protesters Limerick by Mark F. Stone Our minders with power and pensions can rob our hopes, while the Fourth Estate calls us a "mob." They would be less scornful and also more...

Translation of Pushkin on Cholera Quarantine and Poetry on the CCP Virus

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April 9, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Translation
16 Comments
  Time Is the Measure of Every Pleasure a coronavirus limerick by Mark F. Stone The State took a stand that we practice techniques to maintain our distance and clean till it squeaks. But can such...

Poetry on Dr. Ai Fen and the CCP Virus (Coronavirus)

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April 2, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
12 Comments
  The Last Words from Her Phone The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has done everything within their power to expunge Dr. Ai Fen's interview off the Internet, and now she herself is gone, the last message...

The Dark and the Light: Poetry on the CCP Virus (Novel Coronavirus)

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March 29, 2020
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Limerick, Poetry
7 Comments
As the Lights Go Out - the Last Limerick "The night cometh, when no man can work." John, 9:4 by Joe Tessitore I can tell there will be no escape From this hellishly chilling landscape Born of hatred...

‘Grapes’ and More Phobia Limerick Riddles by Jan Darling

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January 15, 2020
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Riddles
9 Comments
Grapes Peel me a grape But remove the seed I love the flesh But have no need Of hard encounters In the skin Juicy, fat, dry or thin. On second thoughts—feed me gin.     More Phobia...

Phobia Limerick Riddles, by Jan Darling

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December 14, 2019
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Riddles
45 Comments
  Each poem below describes a phobia. Guess what the person is scared of in each. For extra credit try to name the phobia’s official name. Post your answers in the comments section...

Haiku and Limericks by Joe Tessitore

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August 22, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
4 Comments
Haiku   When a newborn cries, locked in a room by itself, does it make a sound?   Fog enshrouds the night. Woven in the heavy mist, a thread of fireflies.     In Time -...

On Wendy Cope’s Wasteland Limericks (Essay)

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May 15, 2019
Culture, Essays, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Reviews
5 Comments
by Lew Icarus Bede The way I dealt with T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland was to write a poem, equally desperate, in that same allusive style—with notes. That unpublished poem Cicadas' Voices, written in the...

Three Limericks by Nivedita Karthik

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October 10, 2018
Children's, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
11 Comments
  An acrobat named Larry Loops was best among all circus troupes, But he quit one day and was heard to say, “My boss made me jump all those hoops!”   There once was a man from...

‘Limerick’ by Annie Acho Tartoni

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February 18, 2018
High School Submissions, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
6 Comments
There once was a girl named Shelly. who bought a pet fish by the deli. But to her surprise, with fear in her eyes, she saw the fish dead on its belly.   Annie Acho Tartoni is a student Mercy...

How to Write a Limerick

The Society
February 8, 2017
For Educators, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Forms
4 Comments
Related How to Write a Sonnet How to Write a Haiku How to Write a Rondeau How to Write a Villanelle How to Write a Poem Like the Raven by Dusty Grein The history of the poetry form we know as the...

Two Limericks by Nivedita Karthik

The Society
January 9, 2017
Humor, Limerick, Poetry
4 Comments
  The gown and the date are set, caterers and florists I’ve met. The hall has been booked, no detail overlooked Wait...I don’t have a groom just yet!   There once was a very young...

A Health Insurance Limerick by Troy Camplin

The Society
May 19, 2014
Humor, Limerick, Poetry
5 Comments
The cost of insurance was such Its price I could sadly not touch -- So I gave all of that To a young bureaucrat And now it costs three times as much!   Troy Camplin is an author, poet, and...

Three Unfunny Limericks by Damian Robin

The Society
December 6, 2013
Limerick, Poetry
  In the Play Pit As Cameron stands, cap in hand, The jailers of New Middleland Keep a straight face As they keep him in place While he signs for their help in their sand. Poet's Note: For...




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