Limerick Challenge – Power
Having read some lovely poetic Limericks by my bloggy friend Maria over at Doodles and Scribbles I thought I’d have a go at a Limerick challenge from Mind and Life Matters. The main rule is that for this week the Limerick has to include the word “Power”, or a synonym thereof.
It’s actually a Limerick Poetry challenge, but since I can’t write poetry I’ve gone for a traditional Limerick, i.e. I’ve strung together a bunch of words which rhyme in the correct places and scan properly, and involve no deep thought :-).Β There’s a link-up for this challenge, so click on the blue froggy for more!
There was an ex-hippy called Flower
Who decided to take a hot shower
But soon she fled screaming
The water was freezing
Laughed husband, βI turned off the power!β
Then when I got home the phrase “ivory tower” popped into my mind which sounded too good not to use (as it rhymes with “power”) so I did another one.
There once was a man name of Gower
Who had all the wealth and the power
But while chasing a buck
All his plans came unstuck
And he fell from his ivory tower.
There you go. My first try and I’ve probably already broken the rules by posting two.
Well, for a non-poet, these are very well done! I’m glad you’re joining the challenge. We have a lot off fun with it!
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Thanks! I can do silly Limericks but not “serious” deep poetry. Like I can write dialogue and humour but not deep descriptive prose π
The challenge does look like fun!
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I hear that…. π
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Not bad for a first go. You show promise, Grasshopper!
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Thanks! I was going to say I’ve been practising my “wax on, wax off” but that’s the wrong film/programme. In the same vein, though π
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Hardly anyone remembers the original show. It was a looong time ago.
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It was π
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Anything that doesn’t require deep thought sounds like a good idea.
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I’m right there with you on that one.
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I am not a poet either. But loved your poems.. especially the first one.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked them!
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Aww.. I am missing the weekly story telling sessions. Should join back again.
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Oh, wow. You just gave limerick justice, Ali. The traditional limerick were used or written for one sole purpose: humor. HAHA. And who says you can’t write a poem, these two were clever! We’ll be looking forward to more of you limericks then? π π π
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I may well participate again next week! Limericks are fun π
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HaHa! Limericks are FUN! π
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They are for sure π
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MOL..Both limericks are very… powerful π Double Pawkiss for a Powerful Day π β€ β€
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Thanks hee hee π
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I really liked these poems.
I haven’t got a clue what limericks are so thanks for the introduction.
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I’m glad you liked them!
Limericks are 5 lines where lines 1, 2 and 5 usually rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 also rhyme. Lines 1, 2 and 5 usually contain more syllables than lines 3 and 4. That’s the way I think of them anyway π
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These are really good and chuckle-inducing, Ali. I like them both; power is a great word to rhyme off of, too. Until reading my friend Sarah Potter’s new(ish) novel Desiccation, I had no idea that ‘hippies’ were as big of a phenomenon in the ’60s in the UK as I perceived them to be in the ’60s in the U.S. (neither of which I was present for, not being alive yet at that point). So, your first limerick probably slightly edges the second for my favorite. How about some more, what with St. Patrick’s Day coming up and everything? π
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Yes, as soon as I saw the word “power” millions of rhymes popped into my head. Then it’s just a case of fitting them into lines, which took maybe two minutes per Limerick.
We had hippies! Maybe not as many as in the US, though. I was only alive for a few months of the 60s so I don’t remember them either.
Hmm, what rhymes with “St. Paddy”… π
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Physicist turned computer scientist turned sugar daddy? π too long a rhyme, alas.
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Poetry suits you! π
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Well, Limericks suit me… π
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Hahahaha! I love them, Ali! You are good at Limericks!
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Thanks, I find them very fun to write!
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They are fun to read, too! π
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Limericks are supposed to be fun… success!
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Thanks! They’re strangely addictive!
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Nice! That made me smile π
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Cool π
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Are you sure you are not a poet? These are so very well done! I love ’em both! Thank you so much for participating.
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I’m glad you liked them, it was fun!
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Very fun, sorry I’m just getting around to reading. I’ll do better next week!
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Ack, sorry, your comment fell in the spam folder π¦
I’m glad you liked them!
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