Mar 22, 2016 Original Poetry
Nonsense Limericks
©March 22nd, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
A doggle while roaming the park
Saw a bird whom he called “Pig-Lark.”
Said the lark to the dog,
“I am SO not a hog
And I’m not a big fan of your snark.”
A pig who was roaming at dark
Saw the dog who had teased the lark
Said the pig to the dog
“Go and lie in a bog,
And I won’t send for old Noah’s ark.”
The dog was insulted by this
Turned away with an audible hiss
The pig laughed in glee
Threw a mad jamboree
And the Lark flew away with a kiss.
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Tags: #Doggles, #Dogs, #Larks, #Limericks, #Nonsense Poetry, #Pig-Larks, #Pigs
Oct 8, 2015 Writing 201
The Cantabrigian
©October 8th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There once was an old man from Cambridge
Who played fast and loose with his language
He messed up his words
Made them oh, so absurd
A knuckle* he got as a sangwich.
*(I learned about the deliciously painful and evil “knuckle-sandwich” when I came to these fair United States of America — I’d never heard of them before — what a charming term for a punch in the mouth!)
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The Non-Whiner From China
©October 8th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There was a young lady from China
Who made herself laugh like a hyena
When questioned, she cried
That her parrot had died
And she hated to be a big whiner.
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The Politician
©October 8th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There once was a speaker who rose up
To speak at a rally with nose up
He gave them a sneer and
They booed him to tears, now
He lies in his bed with his toes up.
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The Atheist and the Preacher (A Two-Parter!)
©October 8th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
If you think you’re so great, said a man
To the preacher unveiling his plan to
Convert the whole world
Every boy, every girl,
Then, what is the faith you began?
My faith is the faith of the true, he said
I’ll thank you for making me rue, with dread,
The day I met you was a
Day I was blue
Now may the good Lord smite you dead, he said.
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Tags: #Limericks, #Writing 201, knuckle sandwiches, the atheist and the preacher, The Cantabrigian, the non-whiner from China, the politician
Oct 7, 2015 Writing 201
I have, I confess, NEVER once tried a limerick. I know some people who’re very good at it, and are funny to boot. I tried to be funny, but alas, ’twas not to be! Still, I had a lot of fun making these up. I DO like a challenge. Today’s challenge was to write a limerick about a flaw, using enjambment. Well … I know I did not achieve all three in the first one, so, stubbornly, I went and tried it again. And again. And again. Now, I’m done. If I am to improve, I should read more limericks. I shall do so, but not forthwith!
This Limerick!
©Oct. 7th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There’s a form of versing I know
Which doesn’t come quite in a flow
It’s, just as you guessed,
My lim’rick, depressed,
Sloth-like, it moves oh, so slow!
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Bad Boy
©Oct. 7th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There are those who might call you a fool,
Say you’re wasting their time at school
It sure would be nice
If you took their advice
But that would mean being too cool.
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Imaginary Bear
©Oct. 7th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There was a young puppy today
Who went to the woods to play
He saw a big bear who
Caused quite a scare; You-
Know-Who went yelping away.
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Rumpelstiltskin
©Oct. 7th, 2015
By Vijaya Sundaram
There once was a lovely young maiden
Whose king shut the door; she stayed in
With help, she spun straw
Into gold, but she saw
‘Twas but dross that she had been paid in.
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Tags: #Humor, #Limericks, puppies and bears, purple cows, rumpelstiltskin