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A WIZE OLD OWL A wize old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard:: Why can't we all be like that bird?

- Anonymous

Limerick Poems


Two Brothers

© By Jeffrey Vik
Two brothers of power
They crack the sky
We tend to cower
when we hear their cry

Always enraged
It cannot resist
It strikes the Earth
With a super charged fist

Together they go
To the heat of battle
Summon the rain
And make Earth rattle

Facing these brothers
May be a blunder
Actually its just
Lightning and Thunder







Lola Mae

© By Shelby Miller
Blonde Hair
A teddy bear
Blue eyes
No lies
Pink lips
Small finger tips
Short legs
Many begs
Small toes
Runny nose
No dimples or freckles about
Only curiosity and pout
Toys galore
She adores
Complains a lot
Toys are bought
Natural water sign
Steals hearts of yours and mine
Born on a spring winter day
Lola Mae







Everyone's Kingdom

© By Daniel Murphy
All for all and none for just one.
Only this way will kingdom come.
Time speaks like a hushing crowd.
To hear the truth is to hear the proud.
Soak up dense with common sense.
All war will then relent.
Move forward for the past is done.
Only then will Kingdom come.
Walk this earth with nothing but a friend.
Only then will your soul start to mend.







Verse Lines

© By John T McCuen
Verse lines designed to delight
O, how these can ev'r cure
the sorrows in the night
A sonnet to slip you into a dream
A limerick for laughs and a healthful beam
your soulful eye yearning to dance away defeats
as you hustle to absorb the rhymes and little upbeats.

Copyright McCuen 2008








Never Play with Guns

© By Sam Babel
A boy had played with a gun,He thought it was really funHe sat in its path,and felt the gun's wrath,and now his life is done.




Dogs

© By Anonymous 


There was a Dalmatian named Spot,
Dalmatians get named that a lot,
Though would answer instead,
To Rover or Fred,
But mostly she liked the name Dot.





Friendship Ended

© By Anonymous 
A robin my cat once befriended
Till one day the relationship ended
I came home to find
My cat changed her mind
For from her a mouth a feather extended





Sue

© By LindsayK Dutton


There once was a girl named Sue,
She visited the city zoo
She smelled funky,
And looked like a monkey
So now she lives there too!!





Sue

© By LindsayK Dutton


There once was a girl named Sue,
She visited the city zoo
She smelled funky,
And looked like a monkey
So now she lives there too!!





Hat Trick

© By Anonymous 


I once took a trip to Sedona--
that's a town in northwest Arizona.
I purchased a hat
from a blind acrobat,
but the hat had a savage persona.

I decided to make it my friend;
we enjoy playing games of pretend.
If you ever are blue
and have nothing to do;
buy a hat, is what I recommend.





Cracked Up

© By Anonymous 
A woman whose name was McMackey,
Had a build that was notably stackey,
'Til two boards in her mattress,
Gave way to her buttress,
And she's now a hunchbackey, by crackey.





The Dancing Writer

© By Anonymous 
There was a young author from Main
Whose prose was exceedingly plain.
So he learned how to dance
But tripped on his pants,
And now he must walk with a cane.





Spring Break

© By Anonymous 


Emma can't wait for her vacation,
so she can travel the nation.
She'll go to the parks,
and stay out 'till dark.
And ride coasters for the sensation.





The Boy from Lake Trout

© By Anonymous 
There once was a boy from Lake Trout
Who thought he could eat a Girl Scout
He took a big bite,
Chewed with much might
But ended up spitting her out





The Preppy from Ninevah

© By Anonymous 
If Jonah had gone to Yale,
Instead of the gut of whale,
He'd have a diploma,
A better aroma,
And a nice little condo in Vail!

M.J. McGuire-2005





There was a Young boy from the South

© By Anonymous 
There was a young boy from the south
He always stuffed crickets in his mouth
They chewed off his tongue
Then words he spoke none
Oh poor little boy from the south



Limericks are held as a true folk form of poetry and literature.  They were largely popularized in English literature and were used by great literary artists like Shakespeare.  The form is essentially transgressive and violates the taboos of traditional poetry as apart of its function.  Limericks are witty like funny poems and humorous with wordplay.

 Limericks are short and simple, commonly nonsensical poems with their origins in 14th century England in English pubs.  The poems were filled with bawdy humor and eventually found its way in children poems and nursery rhymes, largely due to the satire limericks by Edward Lear of the Victorian times.  Limericks are often found in the following themes: love poems, drinking songs, poems on national affairs, and satire on public figures.

Limericks are short and simple, commonly nonsensical poems with their origins in 14th century England in English pubs.  The poems were filled with bawdy humor and eventually found its way in children poems and nursery rhymes, largely due to the satire limericks by Edward Lear of the Victorian times.  Limericks are often found in the following themes: love poems, drinking songs, poems on national affairs, and satire on public figures.

Do you have a humorous soul and a love for just a good chipper laugh?  Limericks are the antidote. These poems are short and simple and commonly nonsensical, but for the right audience create a smile on anyone’s face.  Limericks have been known to bring people together to enjoy a good laugh and have some good old folk form fun.  The dubious history of limerick Poetry goes as far back as fourteenth century England’s pubs, filled with bawdy humor, poems for children and nursery rhymes.  You will even find limericks in some of Shakespeare’s work such as “Othello and King Lear.”  Limericks are just plain fun.  If it were not for Limericks we wouldn’t have some of our most treasured works, such as “Humpty Dumpty” or “Ring Around The Rosy” or some of our beloved Irish folk songs like, “My Old Man’s A Dustman” or “Any Old Iron.”  So enjoy some of our collections of funny limericks of a broad range for all ages. 

Limericks were popular and spread through the English country side and even Shakespeare used them in his works.  Many short humorous lyrics have their history base on limericks.  They are often just nonsensical funny poems.

 “A man hired by John Smith and Co.
Loudly declared that he’d tho.
Men that he saw
Dumping dirt near his door
The drivers, therefore, didn’t do.”

-Mark Twain