A Late Limerick

Mad Kane is once more providing inspiration for limericks. These days she is providing a first line, our job is to complete the poem.

I've been busy, but finally finished the prompt from last week (now that the next prompt is posted). Oh, well. Here it is anyway.

There once was a guy with no hair
who wandered with nary a care.
He heard no one's jeers
due to fur in his ears.
It had moved from up top to in there.

Dental Limerick

[For Mad Kane's Humor Blog and the Dental Limerick and Haiku prompt.]


She hated her teeth were not brigher
and so sought out a way to go lighter.
The hygienist did preach,
but the dentist used bleach,
and now no one has teeth that are whiter.

Wall Street Woes Limerick

[Mad Kane prompts us to write a limerick and/or haiku on Wall Street Woes. I liked that turn of phrase so much, I used it.]


We put money in and it grows.
Or so we do hope and suppose.
But the mortgage disaster
makes prices fall faster
and now we all sing Wall Street woes.

9th Grade Track

[I'm finally catching up with some of my favorite blogs and discovered a prompt at Mad Kane's Humor Blog to write a Limerick or Haiku on things I wasn't good at. I immediately thought back to running the 800-yard event in 9th grade. It wasn't pretty.]


In running I had but one pace -
that was slow, even when in a race.
But I did win one prize
when I once moved my thighs
to just barely come in at fifth place.

Limerick for Dating

[Mad Kane's challenge this week is to write a limerick and/or haiku on the theme dates or dating. Here is one take on it.]


Prescription for a Good Time

All her dates seemed to act just like swine,
when at restaurants they took her to dine.
They slurped and had drool
while they tried to act cool
but she found they looked better with wine.

Spider Sense

[Mad Kane proposes we write a limerick and/or haiku about a crazy relative, and though my sister is not crazy, there is this one thing... ]



Spider Sense


Of my sister I will be sincere.
She has one, and just one, little fear.
Her path veers much wider
when she sees a spider.
Yes, she wishes they'd all disappear!

Walking Limerick

[This week Mad Kane challenges us to write a limerick and/or haiku on "walking." Check out what the others have done here.]



Walking Limerick

As a teen I would walk down the way
with an effort to make my hips sway.
I had heard after school
that the boys though it cool
to watch girls who knew how to sashay.

Absent-minded Limerick

[This was inspired by Mad Kane's Limerick and Haiku prompt of absent-minded and/or memory. Go check out the other ones and give it a try!]



Absent-minded Limerick

I forgot that the front door was latched.
When I looked down my socks were unmatched.
I have to concede,
it's a sad day, indeed.
I am lucky my head is attached!

Relax for Limerick Prompt

[Mad Kane prompts us this week to write a limerick or haiku reflecting on "banking on money". I knew how I wanted my limerick to end.]


Relax

Whenever I find myself tense
I remember and use this defense:
as my mother would say
when folks got in her way,
all those fools have more dollars than sense.

Multitasking

[Mad Kane has started a Limerick and Haiku Prompt, this week it is "Multitasking."]


I've done quite a bit of multitasking at work, especially in the last few years. My last two job titles inspired the haikus. Then there's a limerick I wish were true!




I.T. Analyst -
job title that covers a
multitude of sins.


To manage means that
I spend my time meeting but
not getting work done.



When it seems that each voice-mail's a gripe
and in e-mail most messages snipe,
when each schmo without spine
fills my in-tray with whine
I know how to trash all with one swipe.