1. A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
Limericks
What is a Limerick?
A limerick is a short and fun five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm. The first, second and fifth lines are longer than the third and fourth lines. The rhyming pattern is AABBA. The longer A lines rhyme with each other and the shorter B lines rhyme with each other.
- Line 1: 7-10 syllables A
- Line 2: 7-10 syllables A
- Line 3: 5-7 syllables B
- Line 4: 5-7 syllables B
- Line 5: 7-10 syllables A
13 Funny Limerick Poems
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Featured Shared Story
My best childhood friend loved this poem! We were separated by four hours as we lived in different cities and had become married with children. Our visits existed by phone. At least once...
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2. Limericks By Edward Lear
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,Featured Shared StoryThose birds will just nest anywhere! Of course they need to build a home for their young-uns. Our dad told us a story that when he was young he would help gather the clothes off the clothes...
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3. Candy Tree Shops
If ice cream could be grown on the tree top,
Tiny tummies would be liking it lots.
Any fruit flavour
For all to savour.Featured Shared StoryThank you for the congratulations on my winning the Summer Poetry Contest, Brother John. Winning was an unexpected surprise. To my mind, all of the entries were worthy winners. Yours I...
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4. Statistics
Having had just a bit too much wine
the statistician opted to recline
head in the Frigidaire
feet out in the hot air -
5. Tribute To Michael Jordan
There’s a fellow we knew as Air Jordan
Years ago many planes he was boardin’
When he left his abode
To play games on the road -
6. Confessions Of A Serial Plant Killer
Oh, I wish that I had a green thumb.
All my houseplants are looking quite glum.
I never can tell
Why they're looking unwellFeatured Shared StoryGreetings, fellow Aussie! Yes, "the care we inflict"....well put. Thanks, Raelene, for the kind feedback.
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7. Rest In Peace Abraham Lincoln
There once was a fellow named Abe
And today is the day he was slayed
John Wilkes Booth took his life
As he sat with his wife -
8. Harvey The Hippo
Harvey is a huge hippopotamus
Who bathes in a bay that is bottomless
HIs mouth is as large
As a riverboat bargeFeatured Shared StoryHi Rita, thanks for the kind words about Harvey the Hippo. I've got about 20 otherr poems like Harvey. I can also furnish an illustrator. You go ahead and find a publisher, and we can be...
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9. The Ball Up High
Once I did hear my brother call
The sun a giant fire ball.
How can that be?
For what I see,Featured Shared StoryThe poem written in simple colloquial language expresses the genuine thoughts of an innocent child who admires nature.
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10. Happy Mother's Day Limerick
There's a lady in each of our lives
Who endured all the lows and the highs
That her children went through
Like the mumps or the fluFeatured Shared StoryThis is a poem almost everyone can relate to. I thank you for making this. I read this to my mom for Mother's Day, and she teared up a little!
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11. Listen To Mum
I remember when I was small and cool,
I was always playing truant from school.
My mum used to say,
"You'll regret it one dayFeatured Shared StoryIt's only now that I'm older I realise my school years were the best days of my life. If only I could turn back time.
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12. Tribute To Lou Costello
There once was a man called Costello
A silly Vaudevillian fellow
He expired this day
So this tribute we pay -
13. Tribute To Norman Rockwell
His paintings are slices of life
Depicting the joy and the strife
And the highs and the lows
Of the subjects he chose
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