Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Alan]

it is best trapdoor does not unhinge
lest we suffer in midst of a binge
so that the "Up yours"
remain rowlocks and oars
and no entry for lunatic fringe

Alan

[JustDaniel]

If the luna ticks binge for an entry
then depriving them's quite elementary:
when they howl at the moon
you can forge a cocoon
and compliment, "It's complementary."

[Larry]

Complimentary comments are nice
and kind words always seem to suffice
but when you qualify
and your words are a lie
to your wife, you're just rolling the dice.

[Alan]

if you roll dice unbeknowst to your wife
you are in for a good deal of strife
for too many craps
lead to severe collapse
and possible end of marital life

Alan

[JustDaniel]

If your marital life's at an end
you will need more than dice just to fend
off depression and tears
and your usual fears
of aloneness you cannot suspend.

[Alan]

If aloofness you cannot suspend
ain't nary a hope for you, my friend.
For those who would care
simply won't be there;
six feet will still get you in the end !

Alan

[JustDaniel]

If you are six feet, end to end,
then you will with ease apprehend
how to drop in the hoops
so's your teammate recoups
his championship ring and ascends.

[Alan]

he's a championship ring on his didge
which he got right out of the fridge
with milk for cereal/nuts
and that's what he puts
on with pride, though he knows it's no bridge

Alan

(Ouch !)

[JustDaniel]

He with pride blew his didgeridoo
and its drone triggered hullabaloo
in his North Aussie village
'til enemies pillaged
his instrument... then he was through.


[I have no idea what a didge is, Alan!!]

[Alan]

Dear Daniel,

Yes, not proud of that one - digit (but spelling it dig or digg would have made no sense either !)

Love
Alan

His instrument, when he was through
was put away for a year or two
but then it slipped out
he put wind up its spout
and his neighbores were completely blue ....

Alan

[JustDaniel]

If your neighbors are totally blue
are they Smurfs, and are you azure too?
If you send me a pix
I'm sure I won't nix
its receipt... but I'll ogle your hue!

[Alan]

my neighbores dig totally the blues
not some music of varying hues
they popped up and jammed
all over the land
until all have blown every fuse

Alan

[JustDaniel]

When refusing to have candles blown
on your birthday, no presents were shown.
Do your think friends were mad...
or that none of them had
a gift to admit you had grown?

[Alan]

a lift, to admire how you've grown
a year older, don't you dare moan
til over the peak
then you can shriek
cuz from there the path's only down

Alan

[JustDaniel]

If you stroll down the paths with your cuz
the neighbors would be all abuzz...
except West Virginia:
say you had it in ya
since you had been wearing peach fuzz.

[Larry]

If you're wearing peach fuzz on your chin
you can bet shaving soon will begin
and then hairs, after that
from your toes to your hat,
will keep growing on all but your grin.

[Alan]

keep growing, and that mavellous grin
shows the world what fine mood you are in
won't throw swine before pearls,
you're the one for the girls
deja vu - the original sin

Alan

[Larry]

Did you view the original sin?
Have you died and then come back agin?
If ol' Adam and Eve
procreated then we've
all been fighting someone whose our ken.

[Alan]

we've been fighting someone who's our kin
it will happen agin and agin
'cuz' we're all related
since we were created
much to so many people's chagrin

Alan

[Larry]

Many people saw grins as too much
and some others used it as a crutch
but without any teeth
up above or beneath
you can smile even when your lips touch.