Limerick LOL's

Five lines
Lines one, two, and five must each have exactly three metric feet

Lines three and four must each have exactly two metric feet

The metric feet must be anapests ( da da DUM ) although the leading foot of each line may be an iamb ( da DUM) and the last foot of each line may have a trailing unaccented syllable ( da da DUM da). The classic Limerick is consistent in the use of iambs and trailing unaccented syllables, but this is not mandatory in recreational Limericks.

Lines one, two, and five must rhyme

Lines three and four must rhyme

A good Limerick will have a clever, unanticipated punch line as line five

A good Limerick will not be insipid or pointless

A good Limerick often has puns, word play, eccentric spelling, or some other witty feature

Example…….

There ONCE was an OLD man from WHEEL-ing
Who HAD a pe-CUL-i-ar FEEL-ing

Said the SIGN on the DOOR
Please don’t SPIT on the FLOOR —

He JUMPED up and SPAT on the CEIL-ing.


If you can’t sound out the da-da-DUMs, trash it.

Just for fun and to raise some smiles, no crits or comments here please.

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A Gal had a date with the Devil
Said, “He must be in in'tresting fellow”.

But the Gal showed up late
Made the poor Devil wait

Now she's spending her time down in Hell- oh!

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LOL!!!!! very nice

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Have you heard of this place called ZaadZ
Where words fly all over the PlaZe
Here I've met a po-et
Who've persuaded me to have a go-at
Are my words amazing or a maze?


[Amber, perhaps I should've stayed in that particular closet of non-limerick writers?!!!]
[Thanks though, I had fun.]
[Zephyr, I'll have to learn to measure better!!!]

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We light pumpkins on each Halloween
In each window their light can be seen
But we had so much rain
the sun went down the drain
and our pumpkins are turning up green

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There was a young girl from Buffalo
They said she had problems with her nose,
She started to shriek
All into next week
And they said that she wouldn't grow.