There was an old gal who lived on a boat
She loved cakes and poetry she wrote
A slip twixt pen and mix
Created a right old fix
Jam on the page and a pen stuck in her throat!
😂
There was a young girl who liked to run
And she timed herself just for fun!
Many miles she covered
Just to end up - God love her!
Back where she had first begun!
😂
There was once a blind politician
To kiss many babies was his mission
He once kissed the wrong end
And the mother he did offend
So he stopped and sought an optician!
😂 ENJOY 😂
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sue.evans (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Tried my hand at limericks- found these really difficult to get the rhythm and rhyme. Not as easy as they seem - don't think I've cracked it yet - I'll have to keep practising. Anyway all in the name if fun and word play 😊
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Pretty darn good for first attempt Sue enjoyed reading them - I look forward to more.
Thank you Michael!😂
Thanks SUE ~ there are strict syllable patterns for LIMERICKS but if you break them IT IS STILL A LIMERICK ! Loved all yours. It is an issue of RHYTHM because Limericks are written NOT to be READ but to be RECITED ! Irish poetry is ORAL not VERBAL.
There was a Young Girl from BELFAST
With a somewhat unsavoury past
But I didn't care
She had so much to share
So I knew that our Love Life would last !
Thanks for Limericking ~ more please ~ Yours as ever ~ BRIAN
Thanks Brian fir reading and feedback. Your limerick rolls off the tongue far better than mine - loved it!
Thanks SUE Limericks are writen to ROLL OFF THE TOUGUE ! In Ireland they are composed and recited in the Bar and sometimes never written down !
There was a Young Lady from Kerry
Who consumed several schooners of Sherry
Inhibitions came down
And so did her Gown
And the Young Men from Kerry ~ Made Merry !
That was one I heard when we all had to compose one with a Irish city in the Name ~ Being ENGLISH (and still sober) I wrote some of them down. I was born in Liverpool which also has a great Oral poetry Tradition and a massive Irish Influence ! We are ~ where and when we were born. Robbie Burns Poetry (Old Habbie) is similar ~ every verse a LIMERICK
Wee sleakit cowerin timerous beastie
Och was a panic in the breastie
Why does thee mak awa sae hastie
Wi\' bickering brattle ?
Ah would be laith to run an chase thee
Wi\' murderin\' prattle !
(please excuse spelling)
And of course the linguistic beauty of BURNS AULD SCOTS is only revealed in its recitation. I love doing talks on BURNS and his poetry. People who have never heard it properly recited are amazed at its linguistic richness !
Coming from Liverpool I\'m 1/3 Irish ~ 1/3 Scots ~ 1/3 Welsh and 1/3 English so we have no problems with dialect poetry ~ Yours as ever BRIAN
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That was too cute. Hope this smile lasts all day.
Thank you 😊
Good write Sue, limericks are not easy to get the rhythm right.
Thank you 😊 Novthey are not but I won't be beaten!! Practice makes perfect- or as near as 😂
You did a great job sue.
If this is where you've begun,
I can't wait to see twenty-one. ; )
Ha 😂 21 would be a feat! But I won't be beat!
Thanks for reading and commenting so positively 😊
You're very welcome sue. Keep up the great work. ; )
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Sue, forget the practicing! Just keep on writing, they are GOOOOOD!
Ah thank you - I appreciate your lovely feedback 😊
Oh, those light up my day. I did laugh loud when I finish the third.
Thanks.
Very well done.
Glad they made you smile - thank you for reading and commenting so favourably 😊
Good fun stuff.
When asked to write on MPS
Sue.Evans quickly said yes
And as a result, she's part of our cult
We're the ones who write to relieve stress.
Brilliant and created so quickly - you are truly an artist of the word! Thanks for reading and adding to the fun 😊
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