Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

If her martini's strong with vermouth
it may not matter that you're uncouth
'cause she's loose as a rag
and it's likely you'll bag
the young lisper, who says "What'th the uthe?"

[Merlin]

I once knew a courtly, young lisper,
most often she'd speak in a whisper.
We'd guzzle martinis
while watching wahines
on warm, sunny strands, turning crisper.

[JustDaniel]

While their runny strands crisped in the warmer
his cheese sandwiches dripped; the transformer
blew out, and the lights
went out, so their night
was described as a pillow-conformer.

[Larry]

As the pillar, conformed by the scribe,
filled with his cuneiform diatribe
depicting pharaoh’s battles,
the truth of which straddles
outright lies but he’s taken a bribe.

[Merlin]

Well, he thought he had taken a bride
but the fact was they'd taken his hide
by switching a letter
and not for the better;
no wonder the poor dumpling cried!

[JustDaniel]

No wonder the poor dumpling cried!
They had taken his dough and were snide
with the chickens who gave
up their lives just to save
the dinner dish that he had tried.

[Merlin]

For dinner he tried a new dish
and thought it was some type of fish.
For sure not a trout,
of that there's no doubt,
cuz it tasted a little commish!

[JustDaniel]

The commissioner tasted a little
and he suddenly had to go piddle
so he wondered just what
he had tasted there, but
he again had to hey-diddle-diddle!

[Larry]

If you hey-diddle-diddle again
and your efforts to go are in vain
you had better go see
a doc to make you pee
‘cause your bladder’s unable to drain.

[JustDaniel]

If your bladder's unable to drain
then the stuff could hone in on your brain
and the deep yellow water
could turn it to fodder
and you would try thinking in vain.

[Merlin]

I've tried but all thinking's in vain
and wouldn't you know, it's a pain.
I now merely sit
and don't give a twit

[JustDaniel]

I've tried but all thinking's in vain
and wouldn't you know, it's a pain.
I now merely sit
and don't give a twit
(so I guess what you did was abstain?)

Since I guess you abstained, may as well
post a ditty, because, who can tell
if you'll drop in again
just a little more sane
and you'll run words out like a gazelle?

[Merlin]

Strange things happen when I go back to do an edit. Quote marks get corrupted and now the last line has disappeared. It was there when I did the 'complete edit'. I'll do an edit in this box and see what happens next.

Edit follows >>>


A gazelle ran right out of words,
the first, the seconds and thirds.
Well, then it went forth
to see what's up north
and found lots in synonym herds.

[Didn't use quote marks here.]
Eddy 2 >>>
and found lots in cinnamon herds.

[JustDaniel]

I did not know that cinnamons herded.
Do they gather up when they have birded?
Do they do it to catch them?
or do they just hatch them
to mix with their milk that they've curded?

[Merlin]

Mixerella is milk from a yak
that's curded through Myrica rack.
Then cinnamon's added,
next genteelly padded,
and sold as a D-lishus snack.



Mary started a facebook poetry page "Poets Creative" (quote marks here). Take a look and jump in if you like, it's more serious poetry.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1682760215290917/

[JustDaniel]

When a D-lishus snack has been sold
how much time before it starts to mold?
Will the sun make it curdle?
Will you need a girdle
to hold in its gas uncontrolled?


P.S. I put in a request to join the group.

[Larry]

To hold uncontrolled gas in its place
where you'll never smell it, not a trace
keep your pectorals tight
and your gluteus might
keep it there during your next embrace.

[JustDaniel]

If you're keeping it in while you hug
there could be a great mess on the rug
if you once let it loose;
won't take much to induce
an explosion which all would unplug.

[Merlin]

To unplug would mean an explosion
that brings on hot steam locomotion.
When you pull out that cord
it won't mean that you scored
but caused one considerable commotion.

[JustDaniel]

If commotion is what you consider
the nub of your unspoken ridder
then I wonder if you
ever cleaned up some poo
and continued to be such a kidder.