My Feeble Attempts at Limericks
@BelleStarr (61463)
United States
February 4, 2016 9:16pm CST
My limerick writing friend Janet @jabo has suggested that perhaps I might want to make a post with some of the limericks I have written as comments on her posts. I decided to give it a go but have added a new one just for luck.
Our friends of the British persuasion
Have been known to grow a carnation
Their love for the rose
Goes down to their toes
You might say it’s even fixation
We have visited the Philadelphia Zoo
With grandsons it's quite a to-do
With very strange noises
And loud growling voices
It was boys not the Kangaroos!!
A wedding is now in the cards
With lines written by the bards
He will tell her I do
She will say love you too
Now really that wasn't so hard
I have noticed the same to be true
No doubt it has happened to you
Your hair is a fright
Your dress is too tight
Your friends want a selfie or two
Her figure it may be quite stout
But he's off to be calling her out
His love life will suffer
He is now quite a duffer
No kisses for you she did shout
The wife of the old man named Mitch
Who really was not such a b..ch
Said good bye old sod
And gave him the nod
She's now made a marital switch
Have you tried your hand at the limerick? Feel free to comment in kind if you like!!
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31 responses
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Feb 16
I disagree, @jabo I am most definitely not of the same caliber as you!!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 16
@BelleStarr Don't put yourself down, you are so good at these.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Feb 16
Very good first attempt I would only say that to be a true limerick you need to add a 5th line that rhymes with the first two but well done you!!
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@Juliaacv (56378)
• Canada
6 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I know I needed that extra line, but this was the very first time that something besides roses are red came to my mind! Maybe next time!
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Feb 16
I agree with belle, I think you'd be fine in writing them yourself, Julia.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
5 Feb 16
I read through them one by one
Each one was such great fun
You do have the flare
For words picked with care
A job truly well done.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Feb 16
The boys they are now quite grown
Not quite living off on their own
Only Jack is a child
he's a little bit wild
They now have a much softer tone
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb 16
@BelleStarr @allknowing @Inlemay
Now here is the thing we should face,
That Mylot is just the right place
To air our rhymes
Show all our lines,
Just like Lany and Bella and Grace.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
She is an excellent example of the art of limerick writing. I have dabbled for years but her writing inspired me to try again.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
lol It is about time Nantucket was included, I love it.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
6 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I wrote it with @jabo in mind. She'd understand, too. Lol!
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Sep 16
That is too, very funny, Dianne, and shame on you. 
. You had me laughing out loud, quietly since the rest of the family is asleep.
. You had me laughing out loud, quietly since the rest of the family is asleep.2 people like this
@rebelann (117269)
• El Paso, Texas
6 Feb 16
We sure are @BelleStarr 
Ok, I love readin them but I'm stumped as to how to do one and yepper, I've tried, just ask Janet.
Ok, I love readin them but I'm stumped as to how to do one and yepper, I've tried, just ask Janet.2 people like this
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
Well thank you mam, we are having a good time with this,
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
Your comment I really enjoyed
Rhyming was well employed
You're really quite good
Words well understood
With words you have much more than toyed
Very glad to see you again.
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@rebelann (117269)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Sep 16
Oh good @MarshaMusselman I'm glad to hear that ..... it's the laughter I wanted to spread.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Sep 16
@rebelann Agreed, I missed many of these too. These are fun to read over again. Many laughs have ensued.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I'm not talented in that department at all. It seems like with you and Jabo, it all comes so easily.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Feb 16
I'll respond in kind later or another day perhaps, as I wasn't going to be on here before work today, and here I am anyway. Yours work fine on a post by itself, but I'm not sure that mine would since I was answering the banter between Janet and Barry. But, maybe I'd still put one up with them included. We'll see. @janetuk did Alex ever stop by to say either way when you asked the question on your post?
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Feb 16
I added the first one so that I would have something new, Some of the others are funnier in their comment form I think. I am sure yours will be fun to read again.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 16
@MarshaMusselman No he didn't, but I should think it's ok.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
7 Feb 16
lol oh alright I won't write one in return
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@JudyEv
I'm finding I really can't stop
I like to end up on top
I'll do one more rhyme
For good old time
Then maybe I won't be a flop
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Feb 16
@BelleStarr If you REALLY want to, you can! 
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
7 Feb 16
Thank you so much, it is especially sweet since you are quite a limerick writer yourself.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 16
@BelleStarr Janet has said it all below. But thanks for the kind words.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
8 Feb 16
Well thank you that is a lovely compliment.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
Well I think it is about time that you did.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
6 Feb 16
It seems that there are many talented limerick writers on the site.
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
7 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I have read some that are really good, I am not among the limerick writers, too difficult in a language that is not your native one.
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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6 Feb 16
I have, but it's been years. i think i will try one in a bit. after i get some chocolate.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
8 Feb 16
Chocolate is a good way to get into the limerick mood lol
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
5 Feb 16
I love the all, and Maude some day I will give it a try.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Feb 16
The first one was a struggle but since then I seem to be able to produce them pretty much at will. I suggest just going for it.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 16
One - or two or three - little limericks and it's like a great epidemic. You must all store them up somehow then someone flicks a switch and they fall like a torrent down a river-bed. I've loved them all! And I'm trying desperately to come up with one of my own.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
7 Feb 16
lol It does seem that one begets another doesn't it!!
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
11 Sep 16
enjoyed the limericks...couldn't place the posts though as I came afterwards. Do write some more please
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
12 Sep 16
Thank you I just might, I only get the urge once in a while.
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