It’s Monday and time for a new limerick challenge to kick-start your week.
Your new word is:
WINK
Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YAWN in it somewhere. You came up with some great limericks:
YAWN OF THE DEAD.
There once was a ‘dead’ man called Shaun
Whose demise was a terrible con.
His wife’s insurance claim
Was made in vain,
When in the mortuary, he let out a yawn.
A yawn is an intake of air
A reminder to rise from my chair
There are things I should do,
But between me and you,
Does it help? To be frank, I don’t care!
Olaf Sturlasson’s Poetry Corner:
A gardener was mowing his lawn
When he started to yawn
He said, I hope this will pass
And wake myself up before dawn.
This limerick comes with a trigger warning; vegans, close your eyes…
It’s those food fascists that make me yawn
Insisting I swap meat for corn,
Or adding more greens
Or including some beans
But worst of all? Effing quorn…
I awoke when it was barely dawn
And found myself starting to yawn
So I made a mug of coffee,
Accidentally dropped in a toffee
now my teeth are stuck and worn!
Nicola Daly:
I’ve just cracked my jaw with a yawn
And I need to finish mowing the lawn
Round and round I whizz
‘Til my head’s in a tizz
And now the lawn looks ridiculously shorn.
I find when I’m cold I yawn
At times from dusk until dawn
I wrap in a blanket
Or grab a thick jacket
Once warm and ill finally be done.
Each evening I do nothing but yawn,
Between soapland and sport I am torn.
I sit up till midnight,
And even till daylight.
Till I hear the birds chorus at dawn.
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Esther Chilton 
Old Jim was a social klutz
Winked and tried to pat butts
Slaps didn’t phase him
Perhaps we’ll taze him!
Stay away from Jim, he’s nuts!
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I had a moment of glee
When the beauty winked at me
But I found out why:
Something in her eye
So would I please leave her be?
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I’ll keep away from Jim for sure! Two entertaining limericks 😊
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THAT BLINKIN’ CYCLOPS!
The big, sad old cyclops would think:
“What I’d give to be able to wink
But with only one eye
As hard as I try,
The best I can do is just wink.”
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***** Aaaargh! *****
The big, sad old cyclops would think:
“What I’d give to be able to blink
But with only one eye
As hard as I try,
The best I can do is just wink.”
(Sorry – just noticed! 😉 )
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So easily done! Really enjoyed it, though.
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The first one can be removed if you like, Esther. 😃
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My heart just started to sink
The flowers I ordered are pink!
It’s not what I wanted
Blue – the florest said
But I wondered when he gave me a wink
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That’s great. A neat story there 😊
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Hard to do!
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It all could be gone in a blink
If we don’t take time to think
About our salvation
The earth sure needs saving
Before “poof” it’s gone with a Wink!
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Very true!
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There once was an ostrich who was tickled pink
Said, ‘I can skate better than that stinky mink
Cos my big trick
Which is rather slick
Is to wink, and not blink, on one leg around the rink!
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I’d love to see that! 😂
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Two such limericks slipped onto the page, Esther, both touching upon my possibly unhealthy obsession with the end …..
Two friends of old age
Were on their last page
Both wanting to have a last drink
“We’ve nothing to lose
So let’s both hit the booze”
And that nod was as good as a wink
I am out in the cold
All battered and old
The time is upon me I think
Deep in my dreams
Where God calls me, it seems
And the devil there gives me a wink
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I think a lot of us can relate to these!
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“It’s not hard; just give it a try,”
I said, to my rowdiest child.
But -squint as he would,
And stretch as he could,
His one-eyèd tries blinked his two eyes.
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That’s excellent! I used to do a two-eyed wink very well when I was a child so this brought back memories.
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Same! 😄
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It isn’t as hard as you think
In effect, it is just like a blink
Only done with one eye,
With the other held high,
And hey presto! You’ve perfected a wink.
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A great instructional piece!
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Thanks, Esther. I’m disappointed with the last line. I’d prefer “Et voilà, you’ve perfected a wink.”😉
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Pingback: That Blinkin’ Cyclops! – Cee Tee Jackson
Many a faut pas driven by drink
Many a barmaid subject to my wink.
My wife disapproves,
Of my misguided moves.
To the divorce court I may finally sink.
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