Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

If you really don't know what is thine,
just stoop down on a candle; resign
yourself to the pain,
and do it again
then go soak your rear in some brine.

[Larry]

Soaking rears in some brine doesn't help.
I've been diving for years around kelp
in vain hope that the ocean
works better than lotion
but the salt which is there makes me yelp.

[JustDaniel]

If you yelp in the presence of salt
it could be that your problem's the fault
of the 'clothing' you have,
since you only wear salve
and expect that new feathers you'll molt.

[Larry]

If expecting new feathers to grow
on the top, or a crop down below;
I suppose you'll be blessed
with some eggs for your nest
and each morning, you'll wake up to crow.

[JustDaniel]

If you wake up to crows, are you then
a scarecrow, a farmer or hen?
milk a cow? lay an egg?
stand with only one leg?
in a farmhouse, coop, field? where and when?

[Larry]

When your farmhouse is filled with a coop
watch your step when you're in there to scoop
what remains of the feed
or you just might succeed
being pooped and then banned from the stoop.

[JustDaniel]

Since you stooped to be banned from the pub
better find a new place for your grub
'cause they won't let you back
since you sat and unpacked
yourself on the floor of the club.

[Larry]

If your shelf fund is like your club's floor
when you thought what was bought would just soar
go and find the fund's broker
to choke him or choke her.
Their trades in the shade's made you poor.

[JustDaniel]

Tirades in the shade make you pour
out your guts of the things you abhor
from that trek in the sun
which is not any fun
if you could have been down at the shore.

[Larry]

If you’re cold being down at the shore
and your sweetie’s frozen but wants more;
pitch a tent on the beach
with enough room for each
to look out or stay in and explore.

[JustDaniel]

If you look to explore when you stay
or just let your mind drift faraway
it's a joy on the beach
and it's easy to teach
yourself something new every day.

[Larry]

Something new, every day, you may teach
but you learn there are those out of reach
of your wisdom. Each word
sounds arcane and absurd;
it’s as though they’ve been brain-washed with bleach.

[JustDaniel]

If you've bleached out your package of bran
that you stored in the back of your van
I should hope you won't eat it
for though it won't transmit
disease, it won't stretch your life-span.

[Larry]

If your life-span’s diseased, it won’t stretch
to your three score and ten but don’t kvetch;
you have been a success
even under duress
for there’s nothing left out there to catch.

[JustDaniel]

If you can't catch another cold fish
try to whip up another new dish
to satisfy hunger;
you ain't gettin' younger
and life's goin' by with a swish.

[Larry]

With a swish life is going, then gone
and you're planted beneath a green lawn.
I'd much rather get old
instead of dead and cold,
waking up with a smile and a yawn.

[JustDaniel]

If I wake over yon with a smile
perhaps I will linger awhile
but I'd rather be burned
than have my grave spurned;
you can straw out my ashes in style.

[Larry]

Have your ashes strewn out, if you're rich,
with a spacefaring company's pitch
of a small canister
which contains what you were
and you'll orbit loved ones without glitch

[JustDaniel]

If your loved ones all came from a bitch
you can bury them all in a ditch
that you've dug in your yard;
it's really not hard
to bury a dog. There's no hitch.

[Larry]

To a dog, there's no itch barely there,
they must scratch everywhere there is hair.
When removing their fleas
they might rub against trees;
but indoors, they are happy to share.