Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

He kept pumping away on her bellows
as the orchestra's men exchanged hellos
but the organist there
said there's not enough air
but they'll always be plenty of fellows.

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hi boys!

Please pardon my brief interruption: Daniel and Eric, would you kindly update your email address in your Control panel (4th box down on the left within the Options section)? I've been getting returned mail from your topic/forum subscriptions as "invalid email".

Thank you kindly!
~Cleo

[Merlin]

I see no place for email address.
There's AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, & MSN.
My aim is still fairly accurate when needs to be, I seldom yahoo, I haven't icq'd for perhaps 15-20 yrs, and am not sure if I msn or not.


“Thank you kindly” she sez to the boys,
exempting our good Alfred Noyes
who was out on his galleon
that he calls the “Black Stallion”
riding waves in the moonlight, with poise.

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hi Merlin,

In My Controls (link up top) - on the Menu to the left - go down to the 4th box titled: Options and click on 'Change Email Address'.

Then you'll see something like this:
Your current email address: xxxxxxxxxx

PLEASE NOTE: You will have to re-activate your account after changing your email address.
An email will be sent to the email address you specify below, outlining what you need to do.

Proceeding with this action will log you out. It is strongly recommended that you reset your password before changing your email address if you are unable to remember your password.
Enter your new email address:
Confirm the new email address:
xxxxxx
Your Current Password
••••••••

and then type in the reCAPTCHA info and click 'Change my Email Address

[Merlin]

I was riding the waves in the moonlight
and changed my email so it's right.
Thanks much for instructions,
them's are my deductions,
or I'd still be lost on the outsight.

[JustDaniel]

I've been lost, out of sight; I've been sick --
comin' out o' both ends an' non-stick
so I just couldn't write;
was afraid to ignite
episodes o' the same bathroom shtick.

[Merlin]

Good to see you've vacated the bathroom;
in the air is that tattle-tale perfume.
It's good that you're back
and we're sure you'll attack
so the Limb-eric section will resume.


(JD) If not already done so, pls go back a page for a message.

[Larry]

When our Limerick section resumed
it was after our Daniel felt doomed
to live life in the head
but he's better instead;
must have been something he had consumed.

[JustDaniel]

There was little that I could consume;
I lost weight in the midst of the gloom.
That's a plus, I suppose,
and I'm glad that my nose
couldn't smell all the bathroom perfume.

[Merlin]

The bathroom perfume you can't smell –
I reckon that it's just as well.
A sniff of fresh air
will do wonders, I swear,
but a glass of good wine will excel!

[Larry]

If a glass of good wine will excel
with a breath of fresh air, I'd compel
you to try some of each
in the sand on the beach
or down by the small stream in the dell.

[Merlin]

The stream in the dell has run down
and that caused all the fishes to drown.
The water's been drunk,
what's left is but junk
and some frogs in a dusty-brown gown.

[JustDaniel]

If your frog's in a gown, you should cease
tokin' up just to have some release;
you've distorted your sight
and continuing might
lead to drugs and a permanent peace.

[Merlin]

Lead to 'em, to drugs and to peace,
and to skies that are floating cerise.
Let the world keep on spinning
while I keep a-grinning
and fluttering off with the geese.


Disclaimer >>> my last cigarette was in the year Jimmy Carter became prez. I don't smoke, do drugs other than a blood pressure capsule, and only enjoy wine now and again. I'm a complete misfit in this small ghost town where I live.

Disclaimer information >>>
You're no doubt aware that the French are often referred to as

[Larry]

If you're fluttering off with the geese
then your migrating urges will cease
when you get to the coast
and your trip we'll all toast;
bring the wine. We can have one apiece.

[Merlin]

We can have one apiece but my post
has been altered – could it be by our host?
If I said something wrong
then I sure don't belong
on this forum where I'm now a ghost.

[Cleo_Serapis]

I certainly haven't edited anything. I wouldn't do that. Let me check the admin logs.

[Merlin]

Very odd. I did do a minor edit, and did have quotation marks in that segment. It's happened before that quotation marks get corrupted and garbled, but not deleted. They come back something like a@%g - not exact but like that.

[JustDaniel]

On the forum where I'm now a ghost
I stopped by for a dry piece of toast,
but I ate Merlin's quotes
like a small herd of goats;
they were tasty, and he's a great host!

[Larry]

A great host with good taste, that he is
and when answering limericks, a whiz
but when edits go poof
he is up on the roof
looking for a vile thief he can quiz.