Very good Rosie! I'm writing this verse 'coz I'm bored using time that I cannot afford so much else I should do such as sit on the loo and flush when I once find the cord.
I've got rather a tickly cough And my tonsils are feeling quite rough As I sit here in Slough And think this all through I feel a bit better now, though.
In the Highlands when new moon is full Little lassies will give a hand pull After while they will suck And if you are in luck You may mount them in kilts made of wool.
In order to seem more appealing I'll plaster myself to the ceiling From my lofty abode 'bove the family Spode I'd welcome a cup of Darjeeling .. from around 11 years ago - remember penelope and Kim being involved :-)
Don Quixote, a knight of La Mancha Sallied forth on a life of advancha He lived for the thrills Of tilting at mills Accompanied by Sanzo Pancha.(I know, but it rhymes better this way.)
I studied Midsummer Night's Dream Where Bottoms are not what they seem And nosegays abound Puck a girdle puts round And Titania takes one for the team(It was 30 years ago, and I've read no Shakespeare since)
This is sort of a companion piece to Phil's earlier version of 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' Will McBride, well I'm dead on my feet But these poppies, they look really neat! And so I'm here to tell You that though war is hell You'll find history doomed to repeat
When the train stopped one hot afternoon Adlestrop, I remember. 'Twas June. Hay and meadowsweet, dry. Scarce a cloud in the sky. While the birds of two shires sang their tune.
[Chalky] That was one of the several poems I was supposed to study for O-Level Eng. Lit. I managed a B, thanks to reading Lord of the Flies about 6 times, and Midsummer Night's Dream not being too dreary. I didn't like poetry then and, to be honest, I'm none too keen now, with a handful of exceptions. But I hated Adlestrop. Perhaps my English teacher (Mr Collins, a moron) would be pleased with my work at last :)
[CdM] Hidden textOn reflection, I don't think I've ever seen a book of great works reduced to a Limerick abstract. Might I venture Limeriture, Limarature , Limericture or Literick as a working title?
[Phil, pen] Well, the best example I know is by Wendy Cope.Hidden textQuite what Wendy Cope is doing on a Best American Poetry< site is a mystery to me On the other hand, she required five limericks for a single work, so we are clearly five times as good.
Also, I should note that while Phil, I and particularly Raak have been the most prolific on this theme, Kim supplied a nice entry as well, and there might be others I am forgetting.