mc5 - The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated

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The Obligatory Limericks Game Reincarnated

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And so it begins....

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I unwisely deployed a molossus

A poetical speed-bump to boss us (Pj) That was difficult

The confounded thing

Took an almighty swing

And impacted my smarting probscis

When it's Friday you don't seem to know it

Then you're told it's the Day Of The Poet

But most say "Thank God"

This verse is not cod Invoking polari

But the lim'rick's a cramped space to show it.

The bin round has started and, phew,

Now diesel fuel's refused - who knew?

Ah! No-one will touch it

But they will take mutt-shit

So my dog's joined the diesel-fed crew.

[Bismarck] Excellent!
It's raining, oh misery, woe.

My home's flooded, oh where shall I go?

On second thoughts, strike the "oh".

Try the roof, for a while

Bed down on pantile?

Failing that, well, just go with the flow

I've acquired a decanter for whisky

But there’s no call to be so tsk-tsk-y

Let's have no half measures

Simply the pleasures

Of raising the urge to get frisky.

In the process of looking for flowers

I was caught in a series of showers

But I had my brolly

And wellies, by golly

Such meteorological powers!

Rising early, I wended to Wales

To research the fledging of snails (They take to the wing and leave the nest mid-June or so, I believe)

I've spent my whole grant

So now I just can't

Deny that it's one of my fails.

A while ago I had this thought:

For greater scansion clarity, given that the line could also be read iambically

A while ago I had this thought:

Can a poetic licence be bought?

Or is it innate?

Radox The Green

Let's ask the laureate

Just nick one but do not get caught. It is I, Rosie

My darling cannot understand

Why her planes can't be friends with the land

They circle above

Sighing deeply with love

This whole verse is rather bland

Everything I have done, or would do

I'd do it again, painted blue

I've bought futures in woad

So I'll make a load

Now I own this hex color code too

Radox The Green

"Hast seen the white whale?" Ahab cried

It's white on only one side!

On the other — who knows!

Look out! Thar she blows!

”My God! That side’s—”. Then he died

In this bitter and blind and bleak land

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Completing my Yeats sequence: I had this thought a while ago / My darling cannot understand/ What I have done, or what would do / In this blind, bitter land

That fell unmade from God's wearied hand

I see nought but crap

Oh, please give me a slap

In return for this gold Krugerrand

The women are coming and going

(Still refusing to fly on a Boeing)

I too think this wise

(They fall out of the skies)

When you fly, that is something worth knowing.

You can try the FT for £1

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or so it says on my screen, at least

Don't do it; it's boring, I've found

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