When I'm Old
When I'm old and mankey,
I'll never use a hanky.
I'll wee on plants
and soil my pants
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.
When I'm old and mankey,
I'll never use a hanky.
I'll wee on plants
and soil my pants
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Why do we have homework after school?
This is so uncool.
I so want to cry
I want to deny
This is very funny and true. Nice poem. Keep it up!
There once was a fish who could talk.
He wanted to learn how to walk.
He got out from the sea,
Fell right onto me,
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Tiny tummies would be liking it lots.
Any fruit flavour
For all to savour.
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There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
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Four Larks and a Wren,
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His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
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Oh, I wish that I had a green thumb.
All my houseplants are looking quite glum.
I never can tell
Why they're looking unwell
Greetings, fellow Aussie! Yes, "the care we inflict"....well put. Thanks, Raelene, for the kind feedback.
My dog is quite hip
Except when he takes a dip.
He looks like a fool
when he jumps in the pool
I thought the same about the poem. The dog in the pool is very cool.
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 flu
This 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!
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 day
It'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.