Lymerick

For WAM

Old Mozart was a man with a tune
with opera and sonatas to his boon
his friendships were vast
according to the past
he loved best to howl at the moon

There was a bald prophet named Buddha
Who picnicked upon Brie and Gouda.
He tried a banana
And entered Nirvana
But still holidays in Bermuda.

There once was a fellow named Benny
who would not let his wife spend a penny.
One day this did break her
so she ran off with the Baker
and left him no dough, no, not any.

Kiz, you are getting the hang of this!

Aw, thanks, Dreamwoven! :)
I was trying to add the 'clever touch' to it, like our Bum here. He always has a humorous twist to his. ;)

Thank you, kiz, and yes, that's a great Limerick. The multiple internal rhyme in the last line gives the whole thing a musical/comical sound that keeps the subject in good fun. Writing about painful subjects in a way that makes people laugh (without giving way to cynicism) is a real gift. Well done!

There was a fine lady named Kiz
Who knew well her poetry biz.
She could dash off inimitable
Poetic airs Lymerickal
With dizzying, sizzling, fizz! :)

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Originally Posted by Pompey Bum

Thank you, kiz, and yes, that's a great Limerick. The multiple internal rhyme in the last line gives the whole thing a musical/comical sound that keeps the subject in good fun. Writing about painful subjects in a way that makes people laugh (without giving way to cynicism) is a real gift. Well done!

There was a fine lady named Kiz
Who knew well her poetry biz.
She could dash off inimitable
Poetic airs Lymerickal
With dizzying, sizzling, fizz! :)

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Bum, you have made my day! *sniff* Thank you so much! :)

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Originally Posted by kiz_paws

Bum, you have made my day! *sniff* Thank you so much! :)

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Not at all. Thank you for singing your songs. :)

This Day in History

Five hundred years gone our boy Martin
Sent Catholics and Protestants partin'.
He nailed up his theses;
The Pope, he cried: "Feces!"
And bloodshed, alas, was soon startin'.

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Originally Posted by Pompey Bum

This Day in History

Five hundred years gone our boy Martin
Sent Catholics and Protestants partin'.
He nailed up his theses;
The Pope, he cried: "Feces!"
And bloodshed, alas, was soon startin'.

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Brilliant! Love this. :nod:

Well, hardly, but thanks. :)

There are a few stars, Cassiopeia:
A lady, I think, in a chee-ah.*
Or perhaps she's a swan
Who has sat there too long.
I could never quite tell. Well then, see ya!

* Massachusetts for chair

I didn't know chee-ah is Massachusetts for chair.

Out at sea was a young Hawaiian
Desperately lost but still a-tryin’
He’d left yesterday
In currents westerly
Then fixed east by spotting Orion

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Originally Posted by Dreamwoven

I didn't know chee-ah is Massachusetts for chair.

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Oh yes, that's just the way we talk ovah hee-ah.

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Originally Posted by Sancho

Out at sea was a young Hawaiian
Desperately lost but still a-tryin’
He’d left yesterday
In currents westerly
Then fixed east by spotting Orion

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Sancho! I was just hoping you would find us again! :)

There once was a fellow named Sancho:
A LitNetter limerick head honcho.
He'd written the rhymes
Since atiguhya's times.
I'm not fit to hold the man's poncho.