Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

If old Sneezy is wanting to play
he must know that he will have to pay
since Snow White is alone
and she never would bone
with the others when he was away.

[Larry]

With the others, when he was away,
it was said that Snow White would display
all her charms to each dwarf
but it caused her to barf
when she had to wipe off Sneezy’s spray.

[JustDaniel]

She wiped Sneezy's snot from her face
and she noticed it dripped from her lace
so she took it all off;
then hearing him cough
she began a strange jiggling in place.

[Larry]

If she jiggles in place, it’s not strange
for she’s trying her best to arrange
all her assets inside
of her clothes where they hide
until she gets them home to La Grange

[JustDaniel]

If she sings Home, Home on the Range
the deer and the antelope arrange
that "seldom" she'll hear
(It's a dark word... most queer.)
Suddenly her pets come down with mange.

[Larry]

Pets with mange do not come suddenly
so when treating, you look for a flea
that may cause him to scratch
off his hair in a patch
until he becomes not as furry

[JustDaniel]

If he threatens his fur with his teeth
it is likely there's something beneath
all his pretty brown hair;
best to find what is there
or determine what he will bequeath.

[Larry]

What’s bequeathed will determine if he
got a gift or the shaft, wait to see
if that pig in a poke
is a ham or a joke;
he’ll share either eventually.

[JustDaniel]

You'll eventually share what is there
once the mortician sees you all bare;
so you'd best write a will
with a pen or a quill
so your kin won't just sit there and stare.

[Larry]

So your ken wants to sit there with stares
as you clean and wash dishes; their shares
from your holiday luncheon
are what they’re still munchin’;
leftovers in living room chairs.

[JustDaniel]

In your leftover living room chairs
bought at Goodwill with your working shares
you can rest every night
after your daily fight
to build out and expand the upstairs.

[Larry]

To build out and expand the upstairs
he bought lots of free weights and some spares
to make his chest look buff
but it wasn’t enough
because with his shirt on, no one cares.

[JustDaniel]

When I keep my shirt on, no one stares
at me like I am pregnant or shares
observations about
how I'm pudgy or stout;
if I keep to myself, no one cares.

[Larry]

No one cares if I keep to myself
for I have unread books on the shelf
which I use to increase
some small measure of peace
when grandkids wish to squeal treble-clef.

[JustDaniel]

While my grandkids are squealing in shrill
I've escaped to my man-cave at will
with some limited peace
where each nephew or niece
from the West Coast cannot foot the bill.

[Larry]

From the West Coast they bill by the foot
and will tax you until you’re kaput
then it gets graver still
when your ken pay the bill
unless you rest in jars full of soot.

[JustDaniel]

If your bod's now a wee jar of ash
it's because you would not leave the bash
where you got far too drunk
ending up in the trunk
of that stupid un-roadworthy Nash.

[Larry]

If that stupid un-read worthy Nash
hadn’t made such a big pile of cash
writing Limerick verse
elongated and terse
would we still pen small jokes that abash?

[JustDaniel]

Good old Ogden was sure to abash
with a subtlety worth any cash
that a list'ner might share
while some others just stare
as he turns hum'rous words into hash.

[JustDaniel]

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