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Written for Esther Chilton's prompt word "trail": https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/...cription_popup
There’s a trail that some call a way
and some others that lead one astray.
Some are wide. Some are paved.
Some are sweet. Some depraved.
I’ve tried some, but I’m not dumb today.
Nice "talk" limerick, tailor! I like the link between "cheap" and "deep".
Enjoyed the "way" limerick :)
trail of tears
there is a tragic trail of tears
a blight upon American history's years
where chains both real and existential
upon indigenous peoples deemed inconsequential
chafe still in our time of profiteers
6/2/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
The rhyme word is "frank" for Esther Chilton's challenge this week: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/...cription_popup
Though I thought I was perfectly Frank,
I was Jerry. Then Bill. My heart sank.
Then it rose with the thought
that whatever I caught . . .
You caught what? . . . Hmmm, my mind drew a blank.
Nice limerick, tailor. The west was won with tears.
Lol...
Frank
My host said "Frank, would you like a Berliner?"
A jelly-filled Krapfen gobsmacking winner
Perplexed, because my name is not Frank
Went along as if it were a prank
Grateful she didn't call me late for dinner
6/9/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
The word is "soup" for Esther Chilton's limerick challenge this week: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/...cription_popup
There’s a bowl filled with soup and a spoon
as a girl, Goldilocks, hums a tune.
Since the bears are away
she’ll have soup, but she may
have to leave and she’d better leave soon.
That jelly filled Krapfen sounds tasty, tailor!
Intriguing challenge... enjoyed your offering :)
soup du jour
I asked the waitress what was the soup du jour
Since it was Friday the 13th and might be obscure
She said: "normally it'd be clam chowder of course
But the owner just lost his horse
Best not to be guessing now for sure"
6/16/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tako
I once ate some fine fresh octopus
That latched ever so firmly on my epiglottis
As I turned bright blue
The sushi chef did misconstrue
And took a selfie of the three of us
6/16/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
The word is "hack" for Esther Chilton's limerick challenge this week: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/...cription_popup
There once was a crack in the code
and a hack from a coder who showed
if the hack fixed the crack
then the crack was the hack
and the code with the hack would explode.
I liked that sushi chef taking the selfie, tailor!
hack
hack was quite poetic
writing tomes with a pleasing aesthetic
though his postings have quelled
they were never misspelled
a virtuosity nigh onomatopoeic
6/26/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
This week the word is "block" for Esther Chilton's limerick challenge: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/06/...cription_popup
There once were some thieves and a clock
with a sonorous tick for each tock,
but the thieves weren't aware
that a lock was placed there
as a block of foul theft for our clock.
At least the hack could spell! Nice limerick, tailor!
It pains me to write this down:
I think I just murdered a clown.
I now wear a frown
because
I missed seeing him hit the ground.
Wont let me post my latest limerick (Banned) ???
Try jumping a post?
Not banned! You are on line.
online yes.... post my limerick nope.
so ridiculous... Knock off//Took a walk around the block/In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-/off of a major international brand/That were mighty uncomfortable and/Put a hole in my sock//7/1/2025
Dunno...
Tried again... no joy with my usual formatting; perhaps use the quote tag: nope :(
Try my previous poem with its formatting...
hack
hack was quite poetic
writing tomes with a pleasing aesthetic
though his postings have quelled
they were never misspelled
a virtuosity nigh onomatopoeic
6/26/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Now this really makes no sense !!!
Knock off
.
.
. [THERE MUST BE A WORD IN THE BODY THAT'S
. FLAGGING THE BAN NOTICE WHEN FORMATTED - SINCE I WAS ABLE TO USE ALL WORDS IN A NON-FORMATTED FORM ??? AS SHOWN IN #895 ???]
.
7/1/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Took a walk around the block
In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-
off of a major international brand
That were mighty uncomfortable and
.
7/1/2025
Took a walk around the block
In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-
off of a major international brand
That were mighty uncomfortable and
*** * **** ** ** ****
SOMETHING IN L5 IS FLAGGING THE BAN NOTICE WITH OR WITHOUIT FORMATTING
L5: Put a hole in my sock
... BLOWS MY MIND *POOF*
Knock off
Took a walk around the block
In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-
off of a major international brand
That were mighty uncomfortable and
IN PLACE OF L5
7/1/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Knock off
Took a walk around the block
In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-
off of a major international brand
That were mighty uncomfortable and
ʞɔos ʎɯ uᴉ ǝloɥ ɐ ʇnԀ
7/1/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Knock off
Took a walk around the block
In sketchy tennis shoes - a knock-
off of a major international brand
That were mighty uncomfortable and
꧁•⊹٭Put a hole in my sock٭⊹•꧂
7/1/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
L5: Thank you to a font converting website: https://www.fancytextpro.com/FancyTe.../StarDecorated
That's Litnet in days of artificial stupidity. Looks familiar. But if putting some ornaments around the rejected text solves the problem, than all is fine.
This week the word is "fell" for Esther Chilton's limerick challenge: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/...cription_popup
There once was an egg on a wall.
As he sat he could see and felt tall.
When he fell one could tell
that he didn’t fall well,
but no matter. There’s breakfast for all.
Nice one, tonywalt! I hope you get the posting issue resolved, tailor.
Enjoyed :)
I Once Fell Antipodes
Into a puddle headlong I once fell
It was after quite a sloggy rainy spell
Though I started near The London Bowery
I'm struggling to learn Te Reo Māori
For it's in Waitangi, New Zealand I now dwell
7/7/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Esther Chilton offers "sneeze" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/...cription_popup
There once was a wonderful sneeze
that came out without doubt and much ease.
Then the sneeze came again
and again and again
till it stopped when it wanted to cease.
That's a great way to travel to the other side of the earth, tailor!
:)
Enjoyed :)
an anonymous man with a sneeze
Geoff had a terrible sneeze
His first intake of breath made him weak at the knees
Then he'd turn blue
And lest you misconstrue
One could hear him burst forth overseas
7/14/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Esther Chilton offers "rich" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/...cription_popup
He was rich and once handsome. He bought
far more stuff than enough. He was caught
without room, without space,
but with belly and face
that expanded beyond what it ought.
Poor Geoff. Nice one, tailor!
Esther Chilton offers "rich" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/07/...cription_popup
Are there cells where the mind thinks and dwells
filled with words that no sane person yells?
Is that rack for my hat
by that witch with a cat
which is black laced with polka dot spells?
Lol... Enjoyed both :) Will try to come up with something a bit later...
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thank you, tailor!
Esther Chilton offers "touch" for this week's Laughing Along With A Limerick: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/08/...cription_popup
There once was a la-de-de-dah
who wanted a good rhyme for “ah”
like how “much” rhymes with “touch”
like how “such” rhymes with “Dutch”.
like how what rhymes with “ah” except “ha”?
Lol... good one.
out of touch... https://www.google.com/search?num=10...1mhJXVIkw,st:0
there once was a man named Dutch
who imbibed just a wee too much
when the room began reeling
the twilight zone soon revealing
him out of time... out of touch
8/4/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
кайф
alchemy made Sergei rich beyond avarice
such was his occupation among the Cheremis
but it wasn't his transmutations into gold
that made him widely extolled
rather his potion that provided pure bliss
8/4/2025 r. 8/5/2025
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
I’m a few pages behind. I did Esther’s challenge for soup. Cold soup anyway:
I went to the cafe with Chacho
And ordered a big plate of nachos
The waiter was zealous
Misfortune befell us
He brought a big bowl of Gazpacho
More cold soup
Sorry ‘bout this one, folks.
There was a young chap named O'Kelly
Who wanted a soup at the deli
Chose Vichyssoise
Had a je ne sais quoi
Or else it simply was smelly
Lolol limericks... Enjoyed :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor