Saturday, September 26, 2015

There once was a man and a spider

There once was a man and a spider
To kill it, he tried with his lighter
The witless young chump
Ignited the pump
If only he'd been a bit brighter


http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/24780872-story

9 comments:

  1. These limericks spoken by Craig
    are the best ones at pulling your leg
    For better of worse
    His talent for verse
    makes us all laugh until we beg

    :)

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  2. Anthony Barber 

    Eight Syllables twice at the start
    can be seven or nine if you're smart
    Then twice we go five
    or six if you strive
    to sling verse that won't fall apart

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  3. Nate McD
    Though the insult is cold,
    It's still childish, all told.
    It's just a retort,
    When prose is quite short;
    Why do I have to scold? :-P

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  4. Still not grasping the meter and time
    Anthony struggled to master just rhyme
    though small steps he takes
    and poor verses he makes
    The lessons may yet stop his crime

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  5. Sigh. Very well then,
    I'll state it again.
    It's true at the start;
    Not in it my heart...
    But now comes the spin!

    Should I now be impressed
    By web beating of chest?
    That could be your thought,
    But alas--I'm not.
    Though now I digress...

    Thinking you are cool,
    While being a tool.
    I'll have to surmise,
    You just look for size.
    But I see a fool.

    And now it's a rule,
    Rather than to school:
    I must take the time,
    To block with a rhyme
    When I meet a mule!

    Hickory dickory dock,
    Notice the time on the clock.
    I'm quite sure my IQ
    Can run circles 'round you,
    To you I offer a block.

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  6. That is the first time I have gotten blocked for poetry.... and he still didn't write a single proper limerick (I think the last one got close, but lets face it, he borrowed most of it), for all his posturing and effort.

    A limerick nazi once said:
    "your meter's all jacked in the head,
    the rhyme scheme is good
    but the rhythm sucks wood!"
    How's that for an end to a thread?

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  7. Your efforts all make me quite happy
    I don't care if poems are crappy
    I plus them the same
    For there is no shame
    In commenting verse that is snappy

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  8. I'm sure that it's really not news
    that as poets, we really can't lose
    We play rhyming games
    yet avoid all the blame
    It's not us who's confused, it's our muse!

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  9. "There once was an itsy bitsy spider from Nantucket ..."

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Now I'm doubly intrigued!

Now I'm doubly intrigued!