1. Harvey The Hippo
Harvey is a huge hippopotamus
Who bathes in a bay that is bottomless
HIs mouth is as large
As a riverboat barge
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
16 Funny Limerick Poems
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Featured Shared Story
I enjoyed the quality presentation of the hippo story. The rhyme style was very skilled, and there was care for rhythm while telling a coherent and entertaining tale.
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2. A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican
Famous Poem
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a weekFeatured Shared StoryMy 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. Homework Limerick
Why do we have homework after school?
This is so uncool.
I so want to cry
I want to denyFeatured Shared StoryThis is very funny and true. Nice poem. Keep it up!
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Limericks By Edward Lear
Famous Poem
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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10. Music Players: A Brief History
There once was a disk called a record
Played on vinyl with a stylus connector
Known for hisses and pops
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11. 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 -
12. 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 -
13. Tribute To Lou Costello
There once was a man called Costello
A silly Vaudevillian fellow
He expired this day
So this tribute we pay -
14. Happy Easter Limerick
Easter weekend's a time when we feast
On a turkey that's freshly deceased
Or a slow roasted duck
That has run out of pluck -
15. 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 -
16. Statistics
Having had just a bit too much wine
the statistician opted to recline
head in the Frigidaire
feet out in the hot air
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