Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Merlin]

There’s style when yer smoking yer pot?
Be discreet so they can’t say, “Yer caught.”
When it’s back to the slammer
don’t bother to yammer
cuz ya know it’s all useless – fer naught.

[JustDaniel]

If ye're thrown in the slammer, ye're naughty,
but lucky that you've got a potty
to sit in yer cell
so you can go well
when ever ya need ta do squatty.

[Merlin]

In Poland, some people are squatty
but most have a bagful of zloty.
In Holland, the holes
are full of short poles
who appear slightly overly haughty!

[JustDaniel]

If you're haughty, you give folks a slight
and never consider polite
a thing to be had;
you think you're not bad,
but in time you will fall from your height.

[Larry]

You will fall from your height in time but
it won't be in your palace. A hut
filled with shameful charades
and the endless parades
of the could-have-been's filling your gut

[Merlin]

When filling your gut with cooked beans
You shouldn’t wear light-colored jeans.
Beans will turn into air
anytime, anywhere
so stand clear, if you nose what I means!

[JustDaniel]

If your nose has the means, it will smell
out answers that no one can tell
your intuitive mind
if you are the kind
who doesn't wear pants, 'cause they fell.

[Merlin]

A fella who doesn't wear pants
had best not sit down among ants.
Those hard-working creatures
will discover some features
to make him start yodeling chants.

[JustDaniel]

By chance, if ye're yodelin' tunes
with friends o' the kind that just croons
it might be so disturbin'
ye're thrown to the curbin'
by bypasser hummin' baboons.

[Larry]

If baboons pass you by with a hum
while you lie by the curb like a bum
do not think it absurd
when they don't sing a word
or repeat what they've heard, they're too dumb.

[Merlin]

They’re too dumb so they run in a herd;
how they yodel is truly absurd.
Living high in the Alps
has effected their scalps
and beneath it’s all totally sturred.

[Larry]

It's all totally stirred and beneath,
is a maw of protuberant teeth
which he uses to tear
'till there's nothing left there
like a bomb in a bull might bequeath.


(abominable)

[JustDaniel]

You're bequeathed Toro filled with a bomb?
That could make anyone lose aplomb!
You should call in the squad
lest it blow up the quad
where you sleep every night like a bum.

[Larry]

A bum knight likes to sleep everywhere…
castle keeps will not always be there
so he doffs his chain mail,
armor hangs on a nail,
but his long johns stay buttoned. I swear!

[Merlin]

Long John and his sidekick Short Mort
hit the tavern for one little snort.
When they had three or four
there's no need to keep score,
drank two pints instead of one quart.

[JustDaniel]

When he punted the football in court
there were four guards who swarmed him to thwart
any further display
of his gridiron horseplay...
and the judge would determine his tort.

[Larry]

Drinking pints by the quart in a bar
or long swigs of good moon from a jar
will your vision impair
even though you might swear
that was once a cute gal'in the car.

[JustDaniel]

If you find a cute gal you would court
it is best to find how you can thwart
some stubborn old lust
for her gentle bust
or some judge may determine your tort!

[Merlin]

Some judge may determine your fate
and make you a guest of the state.
No taxes to pay,
no work and all play,
you may even be someone’s blind date.

[JustDaniel]

If you're planning on dating the blind
it is wise to be gentle and kind
when you're speaking to her
so that she won't demur
but be glad you're the one she could find.