Thread: A different limerick game (not copied from Ollie)

Kevin - Have a look here http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/fun.htm#Limerick for the form of a limerick.

Ok. I've studdied and tried to 'see' the form. Five lines, 1,2, & 5 ....metrical foot, not sure I get that but, here goes:

There once came a sheppard from Bosnia
who struggled with bouts of insomnia
First counting sheep
he still could not sleep
"So, perhaps I should do them like Bosnia."


(Yes, I thought suffered first, but then I was thinking of his attempts to overcome it; his "struggles"..His solution, of course, might infer that he'd already shampooed the beast, unless he had anosmia)


There once came a sheppard from Bosnia
who suffered with bouts of insomnia
First counting sheep
he still could not sleep
"So, perhaps I should do them like Bosnia."


new word: Meter

Much better Kevin, perhaps you should have had them suffer from anosmia. You forgot to give us the new word...

I'm starting to notice a pattern,
This forum inspires the matter,
one meter foot
glanced in a book
Line five I will aim for the laughter.


new word: engaging

The skirt on that alien's quite short.
Should we, the mission abort?
Kirk turned in rage
"I'd rather die of old age"
But she was killed before they were engaged.

Topic: Frog Spawn

Evening was met with a yawn.
I'm out of bed daily at dawn.
Shoes on the feet,
went down to the creek,
and spotted a dotted frog spawn.

Topic: apple cider

Apple cider's the bestest of drinks,
Even better than coffee, methinks.
If I drink a whole jug
Give my finger a tug,
But look out behind me... it stinks.

Next: influenza

Influenza was a girl I knew
Oh did she like to go to
the back seat of the car
and drive really far
but never to sea or the zoo


next: water

Spring is here, wish it was hotter
I'm makin some tea, boiling the water
filled up the pot
ready or not
tea's on for my alma mater

next topic: dazed

I fell down, I was dazed and confused:
My face, badly beaten and bruised.
I kept crying this song:
"Can't we all get along?"
The policemen did not look amused.

next: going on strike

Going on strike three and game over
So boring, they're picking at clover.
Now I've got to pee but
I really need to see
what... happens before I'm hungover


next : dandy

I have spent eighty-five pounds on my hair,
And more on the clothes that I wear.
I have a fondness for shoes
and I drink fruity booze
But I'm straight as an arrow, I swear!

Next: Accounting

There will be an accounting, oh yes.
You'll explain how you got in this mess.
You'll explain to me why,
Even though you're a guy,
You were prancing downtown in a dress.

Next: personal space

When you make like a small shoal of dace
You're crowding my personal space
I thought we'd agreed
that with utmost speed
you oughta get out of my face.



Next:


While beating the bounds of the borough

The mayor got up on a horse.
The bounds of the town were his course
With officials and friends.
(And obi pretends
Like he KNEW this... but here is his source).

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