Limerick Challenge Week 22
Here is my limerick for Mind and Life Matters’ Limerick Poetry Challenge. This week, we have to start our limerick with the words “Once upon a time”.
This posed a challenge for two reasons – firstly, “upon” has too many syllables to make it read correctly, and secondly, I had no ideas! You have no idea how long I spent trying to rhyme “zombie”, “Abercrombie” and… something else. But I was determined to get a zombie in there somehow :-). Feel free to read “upon” as ‘pon if you’d like it to read better.
For this week’s other limericks, click on the blue froggy.
Once upon a time, I’ll explain
Lived a scientist, Igor by name
Sought his life to prolong
It went horribly wrong
Now he spends all his time eating BRAINS!
Mmm, yummy brains 🙂
Categories: Poems
Limerick Poetry Challenge
Better to spend your time eating brains than trying to find a rhyme for “zombie”….
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wallaby! 😀
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I’ve come to the same conclusion.
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Mm, yummy yummy brains. 🙂
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Munchy scrummy goodness 🙂
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Wait, but is it E-gor or Eye-gor?! Very funny stuff. I think you’ve got this limerick thing down-pat, Dr. Ali! {Time to invent a limerick machine or limerick code or?}
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That might be fun – a piece of code for generating limericks. It would be funny to see what it comes up with!
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I enjoyed the back story as well as the limerick and was laughing before I started reading it. Very clever and amusing insertion of zombie. I am thinking of Marty Feldman playing Igor. LOL. 😃
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Ha, he’d make a great Igor! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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You’re really good at this, Ali 😀
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Thanks, I’m glad you’re enjoying my little limericks!
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Good for you, Ali. but yuk. I shouldn’t read your stuff before a meal. It’s early morning here and I haven’t had breakfast yet. All the same, well done. 😀 — Suzanne
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Oh no! My stuff is best read on a full stomach 🙂
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Zombie apocalypse, here we come 😀
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Yeah! Maybe they eat caterpillars?
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Oops! I’ve always scoffed at the idea of a zombie apocalypse but maybe this is how it will start!
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For sure. Some poor fool trying to live forever… 🙂
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It scans fine to me and the brains spread on toast very well. Now, do I add marmite?
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Thanks! Feel free to add Marmite, Marmite makes everything better!
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Poor guy went mad trying to prolong his life and now all he can eat is brains. Hahaha! Doesn’t sound too tasty to me! Loved the limerick!
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He became unfortunately zombie-fied, poor fellow. I’m sure brains are fine with a bit of hot sauce. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Everything is edible with hot sauce. Hahaha!
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For sure 🙂
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Too funny. I get something stuck in my head that I want to rhyme and it does make it harder –tho it’s never been zombie!
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Sometimes I go through countless false starts before getting something which works. Tricky things, limericks!
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Yes, they are 🙂
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Me, too! Syllable counts, rhymes and, oh yeah, it has to mean something. 🙂
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It’s like, everything has to be right all at the same time!
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Does he still have one, Draliman?…I skip the brain… great limerick dough 😉 Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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I bet tuna and salmon are more to your liking 🙂
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Any veggies on the side?
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Only when he’s feeling sophisticated 🙂
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Yikes….he’s become a zombie and of course he enjoys eating brains! 😀
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A small miscalculation on his part, I fear!
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