Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

He’s a young masseur driven to rub
so he got a new job at a club
for old queens who would say
they’d knight him if he’d play
but they used the wrong scepter to dub.

[JustDaniel]

He used a new club in September
but then gave up golf in November;
he felt like a drip
'cause he couldn't chip,
so he gifted his set in December.

[Merlin]

In December the greens are all white
and the gophers asleep for the night.
They return in the spring
for another wild fling
as their balls are sent into de-flyte!

[JustDaniel]

The gophers deflated their balls
so that they could pass through their halls;
the tunnels shrank smaller
than their silver dollar,
so they hired a ferret who crawls.

[Merlin]

A ferret once crawled in an attic
which made me feel blue and sympatric.
It was looking for rabbits –
that’s one of its habits
in the attic of Aunty Climatic.

[JustDaniel]

Is your attitude anticlimactic?
fell asleep after your chiropractic
engagement today.
Masseuse went away;
her treatment was mere prophylactic.

[Merlin]

My prophy felt lactic and lazy
which drove me outrageously crazy.
Wherever I went
it wouldn’t relent
till I saw a clairvoyant called Daisy.

[Thoth]

I saw a clairvoyant called Anne
who had an ingenious plan
for a dollar a time she'd write you a rhyme
that ended before it began

[Merlin]

She ended before I began
and I think that was really her plan.
She was heartless and cruel,
but a good looking joule.
Maybe I’ll go and visit with Anne!

[JustDaniel]

If ol' Merlin should go visit Anne
I must wonder how long'd be the span
between start and stop;
bet the sound of the pop
to begin finds him stuck in the can.

[Merlin]

Don’t stick the bag into the can;
use a mousse, a flapjack or flan.
For sweetness try syrup,
that’s likely to stirrup
the juices – the whole hornet-clan!

[JustDaniel]

The juice for this whole poet clan
was spilling all out of our can,
'cause we couldn't post;
somehow our fine host
said it couldn't be reached by our LAN!

[Merlin]

I note it was hacking in-LAN-d
that mucked up the site, quite unp-LAN-ned
so they put is some code
cuz they hold the re-mode
and we’re back up on line, ain’t it grand?

[JustDaniel]

It IS grand that we're back on the line;
I had thought you were losing your spine
for mucking around!
Your posts should abound
now that we are back. You'll opine!

[Merlin]

I’ll pine in the alpine up high;
right now it’s a sunny, blue sky.
How much will I post?
I’m not too engrossed,
we’ll see as the days tumble by.

[JustDaniel]

In the sea, as the days tumble by,
we will see that ol' Merlin ain't shy
to post as he likes
each time a wave spikes
while he's on the deck gettin' high.

[Larry]

On the deck he gets high for a while
but the waves wash away any smile
when they toss and they turn
stomachs all start to yearn
to be emptied of bile for a mile.

[JustDaniel]

When he emptied his bile, his old smile
disappeared, and his high for a while
also dropped to the deck,
while he twisted his neck
as his sea legs became infantile.

[Larry]

I've seen infantile legs on some ships
that may tremble with shakes or just slips
but I never had seen
any turn a bright green
that resembled the shade of his lips.

[JustDaniel]

Larry trembled when Merlin's old lips
puckered green. Would he cash in his chips?
When he called 9-1-1
Merlin said, It's all fun!
... and he wiped finger paint on his hips.