jenright Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 There once was a writer named RandWho never feared taking a stand. She staked out positions And stocked up munitions!The fireworks always were grand.I know... the subject line is plural, but this is just a single limerick. Perhaps someone else has a limerick inside them, waiting to burst out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Bissell Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 1. A restless young limericist from PeruAlways ended his limericks right on line two.2. A more restless limericist from Verdun...REB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 A bold existentialist heroPenned limericks starting at zero From there they went minus Since he, in his slyness,Burned them while fiddling like Nero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 There once was slusher named BissellWho played his pump clear as a whistleIn a moment of artificeHe posted as ArtemisWhich caused many an O'ist to bristleThere once was a dame named BarbaraWho angered a nasty grudge-harborerShe snuck out the doorDuring SOLOC4And got narked on for smokin' a Marlb'raThere once was a lady named EllenQuite adept at grammar and spellin'She cut through the muddleWith notions so subtleThey often caused pain in my melon.There once was a fella named BrandenHis studly young arms he held Rand inThey tiddly-winkledBut when she got wrinkledBranden abandoned the grandamJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 My mind is left puzzling and ponderin'All of those limericks by Jonathan.How did he churn outFive without burn-out?I think that The Force must be strong in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Today I just can't make my pen writeI'm drained of all spirit and insightI can write no more(by the way, I wrote fournot five, as claimed by John Enright) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Jonathan's right - there are fourLimericks he wrote and no more.At least that was trueTill he went on to doThis last one. (My math grades were poor.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 You guys are too much for one sittin’With limericks extremely well written.I want to play tooBut there’s so much to doThat I’m better off playing with Kitten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 A good man named Michael Stuart KellyTurned a cheek and was banished to hellyRising up from the ashesContradictions he smashesNow Gary Williams wants him on the telly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 5, 2006 Author Share Posted March 5, 2006 Is he going to be on TV? Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Goodness, I just can't get away from them. My English teacher, on Friday, encouraged us all to write offensive limericks. But not many of us could think of anything. Perhaps if I watch this thread for long enough, it will rub off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 John,That particular excess of zeal came from a post by Gary. Nothing's in the works (yet... - actually I did do some TV in Brazil. Hmmmmm...). btw - That was Kat's first limerick in life and I think her second or third poem. I admire her choice of subject matter enormously...INKY!!!!!!!!!!A young artist who calls herself Inky,Who tries to appear a bit kinky,Draws stranger and strangerBut her head’s in no danger:She’s touchy and feely, but thinky.MichaelEdit - Actually Tina is not a gushy-type girl, but she does get sentimental at times (which is what the term "touch-feely" means). I originally wanted the last line to be:"She’s creepy and crawly, but thinky"due to her er... macabre interests in vampires and skulls and all subjects vanitas, but it sounded too harsh for the poke-in-the-ribs nature of limericks. (Also, never ever, ever, ever, under no circumstance whatsoever, even if the world is ending, in any manner, meaning don't do it at all, call a beautiful young lady "creepy and crawly" right out of the blue.) Still, if that last line can be understood in a "Morticia Adams" kind of way, it is a much more appropriate line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary williams Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 There once was a man from Brazilwho distrusted an "excess of zeal!"But, when he is at homeAnd totally alone,He dreams of being on TV for real!gw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary williams Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 There is a gal named KatWho has a lot of tricks in her hat,But none can compare to flipping her hair,And pinning MSK to the mat!gw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary williams Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 An annoying poster he may beWhose words are simple...or seem to be,But, unknown to mostAnd to whom he will toast,As to why he spells his name with a little g?gw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 We have some fine poets around hereMy simple rhyme comes nowhere nearthe fine verses you writein the still of the nightSo I'll be your fan and just cheer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 A limerick novice named KatGot a hit on her first time at bat.And just now, I reckon,She doubled to second.That calls for a tip of my hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary williams Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Something about...Kat?Something about...a hat?Something about...Kat's hat?Oh, let's all let looseWith some Dr. Suess!Or...have we had enough of that?gw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Stuttle Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I've wanted ever since March 5 to post this, in particular for Jonathan's enjoyment, since Jonathan I know has read and loved a novel of Samuel R. Delany (pronounced de-LANE-y), the novel Dhalgren.When he was in high school Delany met and became special friends with a young poetess (subsequently a noted poetess) named Marilyn Hacker. Though Delany was homosexual by basic impetus, he could function heterosexually, and did thus with Marilyn. She became pregnant, and they married. (She then miscarried; later she became pregnant again and they had a daughter; eventually -- and amicably, as far as I know, since they were still friends last I heard of their life stories -- they divorced.)In an autobiographical book The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965, he tells this tale:[pg. 82.]25.25 [He numbered the vignettes:]I am not a poet. Nor have I ever thought of myself as one. (A love for reading poetry, which I have, is not the same as a talent for writing it, which I lack.) But, like all young writers, from time to time I would try my hand at it--none of it, despite how hard I woked on it, very good. Marilyn's response to one of my early attempts about this time (and it set me chuckling in our four dark rooms for an hour) was:There was a young man named Delany whose verse wasn't overly brainy. When you start to get with him, he completely drops the concept of rhythm, and after a while he doesn't even bother to rhyme.I have never considered myself any sort of poet since. The difficulties of prose are quite enough.--Ellen___ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Thanks for that, Ellen. I've spent a rather hectic week and a half in Communicado (FL, not TX) and it was nice to have a giggle waiting for me on my return. :-)J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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