Laughing Along With A Limerick

Happy Monday. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is:

RAGE

Last week’s prompt was ROOTS. You came up with some very funny limericks:

Trent:

There once was a man without care

A stone doomed to roll, I fear

But then one day

He found a place to stay

“I’ll put down my roots right here!”

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Although my garden was kind of small

The weeds grew so very tall

Rosemary,a neighbor nice

Gave me some sage advice

“Those weeds? Rip them out, roots and all!”

Treehugger:

My veg seeds won’t grow roots,

In my intensive gardening pursuits

I water them daily

I sing to them gaily

Alas no sign of shoots.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

When writing a rhyme about roots

You have to go walk in your boots

Exploring the world

The view is unfurled

You will see all sorts of tree shoots.

John W. Howell:

There once was a man with black boots

Who carries a horn that he toots

He takes all requests

and tries his best

To cover his saxophone roots.

Frank Hubeny:

The roots of the tree were so strong

that the wind as it rushed and rushed long

got exhausted and died.

Then a breeze rose and tried

to more sweetly through leaves play its song.

Annette Rochelle Aben:

Pity, no one roots

For the gal in boots

Who eats her black beans

And causes big scenes

When she walks, she toots.

Teleportingweena:

A pig in the mud loves to root

He digs down and buries his snoot

He snorts and he wallows

And accidentally swallows

Then oops, lets out a big poot!

Pensitivity101:

To give myself a boost,

I dyed my hair to the roots,

Blonde does not suit me,

So I went for strawberry

But ended up with multi fruits!

Olaf Sturlasson’s Poetry Corner:

If you have working class roots

And pull yourself up by the straps of your boots

You may make yourself millions

Or even have billions

Still you may never be welcome at Coutts.

Marsha Ingrao:

There once was a man who wore suits

Folks claimed that he only ate roots

Beets at the gym

Got a smile from him

As he dribbled beet juice on his glutes.

Utahan15:

roots bare ground

thread bare

haleyesce fake not quite real

nor there!

cold where?

Lisa A Paul (not using the prompt, but very entertaining):

There once was a boy who was aimless,

In love, he could never be blameless

Then he met the right girl

And he altered his world

And discovered that love could be painless.

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40 responses to “Laughing Along With A Limerick”

  1. From the top to the foot of the page,
    My ignorance I must assuage.
    But when I react
    To the lack of one fact,
    The comments are filled with pure rage.

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    1. You”re quick in there, Keith. Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

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  2. Thanks, Esther. I’m glad you enjoyed it 😁🙏

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  3. the man from cadiz. and not wanting or being able to shoot the breeze.

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    1. Thanks, Utahan 😄

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      1. an old standard. yw

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  4. I am old. I am bold and the rage
    trapped inside must get out on some stage.
    So I whine and I cry.
    So I ramble and lie.
    So I act unbecoming my age.

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    1. That’s a strong one. Very good, Frank.

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  5. Jenny was in a real rage
    Someone had crayoned the page
    Which was in a book
    About captain hook
    And spoiled the end of the passage.

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    1. Well done, you! I really like that 😊

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      1. Really hard to find a relevant rhyme with rage and page x

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  6. Betsy and Mark were engaged
    Til one of them became enraged
    They threw many glasses
    Then they fell on their asses
    Laughing wildly and turned a new page.

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    1. That is so clever. I love that, Kim!

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      1. Thanks, I’m glad you do!

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  8. Thank you these helped lighten my mood which was become frustrated this morning

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    1. I’m glad it helped, Joanne.

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  9. There once was a man from DuPage,

    Who thought he would light up some sage

    He struck a big match

    And lit up the patch

    Now nickel bags of sage are the rage.

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    1. I really like that interpretation of rage, John. Very well done.

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      1. Thank you, Esther.

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    1. Thank you so much for joining in 😊

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  11. Our dog, at a very young age

    Learned at night to stay in her cage

    When morning light struck

    Her blankets scratched in a ruck

    She let out a yowl of deep rage.

    Have a great week, Esther.

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    1. Many a dog owner will identify with that! Thank you for joining in, Marsha.

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      1. I love your Limerick challenge. I want to include it more this year.

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      2. Excellent 🥰

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    1. Thanks so much 🥰

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    How the missus loves to rant and rage

    I wonder is it just a stage

    Is the menopause

    The obvious cause

    Or is it quite simply her age?

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    1. I can relate to that!

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  15. I think I have come of an age,

    When the colour I rage over is beige.

    Give me green, red or blue,

    Or colours of a similar hue,

    All bright, to splash on the page.

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    1. Very nicely done. An uplifting one 😊

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