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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 27 Dec 20

We had a change of plans. Hubby thought it was too breezy for him to enjoy the zoo today. We drove to the reservoir today. We hoped perhaps to see eagles but did not. Instead, we saw gulls, crows, and pelicans, maybe some others....

december 2020

pelican

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First unwanted snow

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 24 Nov 20

The weather outside's not delightful I consider it rather spiteful The first snow of the year Is coming in like a bear By tomorrow, it'll be a mere trifle Edit: the incoming snow reminded me of a Christmas song. It has nothing to...

limerick

rusty

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Voltaire's Rant in 2020

PsalmOneCares @everwonderwhy (7355) 7 Jul 20

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities," Voltaire (1694-1778) I'll have a go with my own near-limerick in today's slang, 2020. I hope Voltaire forgives me. Here it goes... Bizarre Miss...

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Just hanging around

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 20

This limerick is just an excuse to let you all know we fly out to Nepal this evening and I’ll be on and off over the next three weeks, having fun. I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to log in from time to time with a post and photos...

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Dwarf goats inspire a limerick - or five

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Sep 19

A while ago I joined a website for writers. I enjoy writing here so much that I’d stopped writing in a serious vein and I wanted somewhere that would stimulate or inspire me to write something other than what I do here. I belong...

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Peak Peek Pique

PsalmOneCares @everwonderwhy (7355) 27 Mar 19

Just a warmup for tonight. I want to see what happens with my play at homophones. **** Peek at words, it's no secret Spying, dare you speak it See her smiles peak? Write her a sonata, She married The Saurus, the fine...

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Late Night ... Early Morning

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 23 Sep 18

There is nothing new about an early morning for me. However, my not getting to sleep until close to midnight, yeah, that's new. It hasn't happened in a long time. I've had some sleepless nights, and I didn't go to sleep when I...

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New Limerick - "There Once Was a Girl from the City"

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52144) • Staten Island, New York 31 Jul 18

I felt the urge to write a limerick just now. Here it is for your enjoyment. There once was a girl from the city She thought in her dress she looked pretty But a guy came along Told her she was wrong She should trash this dress...

limerick

new poem

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I think I did it!!! are maybe not lol

Wowtalk @Wowtalk (592) • Jamaica 11 Jul 18

I thought I had it in my mind But the words I can’t find Just a lot of scrabbled phrase If only I could pass this phase To make one limerick line. K.Jones

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I had no idea how to write a limerick but my son wrote this.

Wowtalk @Wowtalk (592) • Jamaica 11 Jul 18

A man who was glad, but in need Picked up a book on the side of the street A book of sadness and drought He opened it up and laughed at his thoughts He can’t read Leon Jones Going to try to write mine later. I don't know about...

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St Munchin - Patron Saint of McDonalds?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 18

There must be hundreds and hundreds of saints around the place and some seem very obscure. In County Limerick in Ireland we came across St Munchin. When we lived in a suburb in Perth, Western Australia, our two boys went to a...

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A Happy New Year Limerick

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 31 Dec 17

Once again New Year has arrived And Auld Lang Syne is revived There is no way to know What next year will bestow Of such knowledge we are deprived At midnight a new year descends As the present one finally ends I have one thing...

happy new year

limerick

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A portrait of Bill Whelan

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Sep 17

Our son is a professional jazz musician and plays double bass. While we were staying in Ireland we were able to attend a performance that he was involved in which took place in the John Field room of the Dublin Concert Hall. In...

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A silly limerick in honor of the day!

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 17 Mar 17

A limerick is a five line poem. Lines 1 and 2 rhyme, lines 3 and 4 rhyme and line 5 rhymes with lines 1 and 2. Anyone who spent time at the old Bubbs site probably participated in their poetry challenges....they were fun....

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The Ghost (Two Limericks)

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 25 Nov 16

There once was a ghost named Fred Who was lying under my bed. He screamed from below. He tickled my toe And caused me to fall from my bed. Now Fred was a mischievous ghost Who put whipped cream on my toast. He made silly...

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Snowflakes (A Limerick)

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 23 Nov 16

The snowflakes that fell in my hair Left me in great despair. My head was so wet That I was upset A bird started a nest up there.

snowflakes

limerick

humor

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Trump the Skunk (limerick)

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 12 Nov 16

There once was a skunk named Trump. To many, he really stunk. Walked into a room And let go his perfume Which made everyone want to jump.

trump

limerick

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Patsie said I should write a Limerick.

Jim stewart @saulgoodman (2643) • Dundee, Scotland 10 Oct 16

But I have sat here for a while now and have not managed to do one yet. Why can't I write a Limerick. Oh wait A duck flew right into a propeller It mangled his head and his feathers No maybe not. There was a young Saddam from...

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Hamburger (Limerick)

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 26 Aug 16

Time to put a little meat behind my newest limerick. It is called simply Hamburger. A half pound hamburger in a bun Seemed to weigh almost a ton. The meat was so juicy. I made it for Lucy. Now she feels bloated and done.

hamburger

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A Donkey Limerick

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 23 Aug 16

I enjoyed all the Shrek movies. One of my favorite characters was Donkey. Here is a simple Donkey limerick. Donkey was a sidekick of Shrek. Who was simple and hardly high tech. Donkey was constantly a nag Which wasn't Shrek's...

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