
A series of (non-acrostic) limericks produced in response to various prompts.
These will appear on Saturday mornings wherever possible.
Let me know what you think.
PAUCILOQUENT
for Kristian – https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/pauciloquent/
My dear old friend Hector is Dutch.
He’s quiet and doesn’t say much.
That’s what is meant
By pauciloquent;
He doesn’t use words as a crutch.
SNOW
for Kristian – https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2021/01/17/snow/
They said it was going to snow.
It hasn’t done lately, you know.
I can’t get enough
Of that lovely white stuff;
Its kiss always leaves me aglow.
WILDLY
for Kristian – https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/wildly/
If wildly’s the word of the day
Then there’s but one thing I can say.
I don’t have the time,
It’s too hard to rhyme,
And so I’m refusing to play!
WINKLE-PICKER
for Kristian – https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/winklepicker/
I never once wore winkle-pickers;
They’re for rockers and some city-slickers.
I was a mod,
You silly old sod;
And now there’s a twist in your knickers!
VENDETTA
for Kristian – https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/vendetta/
In a time when the world was much better,
When ‘I’ was no more than a letter,
One man came along
With a different song
And armed with a burning vendetta.
I always enjoy your Limericks, Keith! I am going to have to give them a try soon.
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Winkle-pickers we not allowed to be worn with the school uniform when I was at secondary school – but I did enjoy your limerick!
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I dread to think what would have happened had I worn fashionable shoes to school. I had detention for a week for wearing the wrong colour socks – and that was in the seventh form (A level year)
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All toes of winkle-pickers were cut off with shears during assembly to teach everyone a “bloody good lessons”. Coloured socks were called “foreigns”. Foreigns were not allowed.
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And we call them the good old days.
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Well done Keith. I hope the last one goes out of style for sure.
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Thanks, John. I think we’re all hoping it’ll go out of style and never come back again.
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Hahahaha. 😁
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These are great!! And I learned a new word: winkle-pickers!
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Thanks, Liz. I never wore winkle-pickers. In my late teens, my favourite boots had chisel-toes and a two-inch Cuban heel.
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I’ll be you were stylin’ in those boots!
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Like you wouldn’t believe. 🙂
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Now I have to ask: what ensemble would you typically don with those stylin’ boots?
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Probably something ghastly 😂
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