This Limerick’s For The Birds
I’ve been known to lash out against people who drive red cars: Now I’m no scientist or statistician. I have no idea whether the color red inspires insanity in drivers, or if bad drivers are genetically...
View ArticleMucked Up Music (Limerick)
I swear that this limerick is based on an actual news item: Artist makes music with bird droppings in Liverpool. Mucked Up Music (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Just what is a person to do When...
View ArticleVerse for the Birds (Limerick and Quatrain)
Happy “National Bird Day!” A birder who’d frequently swear His toupée was in fact his real hair, Was caught by a gust, And his toupe, not just mussed, Flew the coop, leaving pate rather bare. ***** “A...
View ArticleThis Weather’s For The Birds! (Limerick)
Though it’s springtime, the temp’rature’s low. It’s damp, and the wind’s all a-blow. And I swear that I heard These words chirped by a bird: “For THIS I flew north? I hate snow!”
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Sundry Bird Days
It’s time for a string of rhymed words To acknowledge this day for the birds. And to those who cry foul With an anti-lim howl, How dare you insult lim’rick nerds! There are three separate bird days,...
View ArticleGoose Day (Limerick)
A farmer who tried to produce A plausible, timely excuse For gambling away His nest egg, today Came up empty, self-cooking his goose. Happy Goose Day! (September 29)
View ArticleDisempowered (Limerick)
We lost power. It’s fixed, but I gird For another bad outage. My word! It’s a jerry-rigged mend! Will it break, or just bend If descended upon by a bird? Author’s Note: We lost power last night,...
View Article***** All New LIMERICK-OFF ***** Limerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: REST or...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleKnow-It-All Limerick
“I’ve proven you’re wrong! Now eat crow,” Said a know-it-all fellow, named Joe, Who could not help but howl At the answer re fowl: “I’m allergic to poultry, so NO!”
View ArticleAggrieved Roommate (Limericks)
“I’m sick of your cockatiel’s turds! Plus it bit me again!” — angry words From a roommate, unmuffled, Whose feathers were ruffled. “I’m moving. Your pet’s for the birds!” ***** There are several...
View ArticleThis Insult Won’t Fly (Limerick)
Today is “World Ostrich Day.” And according to the Reid Park Zoo, the “second of February (2/2) was chosen to celebrate these unique birds because they only have two toes per foot!” And the other...
View ArticleThis Limerick’s For The Birds
Saw a lovely red bird near an inn. And that beautiful sight brought a grin To my face, till the bird Let loose with a turd On my tresses — a cardinal sin! “Bird Day,” celebrated May 4, is one of...
View ArticleA Recipe For Trouble (Limerick)
An annoying acquaintance loves roe And dishes all covered in dough. He’ll eat beef by the herd And most any old bird, But he’ll always refuse to eat crow.
View ArticleIt’s “National Dictionary Day!” (Limerick)
It’s “National Dictionary Day,” which gives me a good excuse to post a limerick about another new-to-me term: “Dawn Chorus.” (For the record, all the names have been changed to protect the guilty.)...
View ArticleBirding Gone Bad (Limerick)
I was birding alone in a park,When it suddenly got rather dark;Though the forecast was “clear,”Rain and hail were now here.This was NOT my idea of a lark. (Happy “Bird Day” — May 4.)
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