Non-fiction
There once was a man named Harry,Who had him a daughter named Mary.He taught her with pride,How to kid and to chide,Yet he frowned when he found her contrary.
Category: Limerick Friday
Little Tina
Little Tina has an itch in her throat,She recites campaign slogans by rote.Every lie that is told,Makes her more and more bold,And she can’t WAIT to get out her vote!
“Dear Philip”
“Dear Philip” she wrote on the page,In response to her own fit of rage.She felt if he knewHer outbursts weren’t true,He’d be duped, and her dreams reengage.
Flouncy Florence
A flouncy young waitress named Florence
Let the world know of every abhorrence
She rattled away
In all things cliche’
And then puzzles at tips her tongue warrants
Catherine Grace
My niece Grace is turning 14 next week, and we are celebrating a bit today. This limerick is written in the hope of causing her to erupt in contagious laughter.
A lovely lass called Catherine Grace
Found a pimple on the nose of her face
She pr…
Frank’s Wife
When Franks wife heard the whole of his plans
She determined to tie both his hands
Not one thing he said
Would dissuade her thick head
Lanky Reggie
Lanky Reggie with very short pants
Revealed non-matching socks at a glance
One very light blue
One greenish in hue
Matching stripes in his shirt, not by chance.
Cristóbal Bellatin
A Spaniard named Cristóbal Bellatin,
Had bones that were bendy like gelatin.
He slouched when he walked,
He slurred when he talked,
And he longed for a nice exoskeleton.
Wendy & Walter
When Wendy said “yes” to dear Walter
She was quick to make sure he didn’t falter
She said “Dear, by and large
I will be in charge!”
So he left her alone at the alter.
Bessy & Lula
When sweet Bessy and Lula were girls
They wore giggles and cotton and curls
But now that they’ve grown
Decorum is shown
They wear gossip and collars and pearls