limericks

  • I hope you all had a lovely weekend and have a great week ahead. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is TREAT Last week’s prompt was RIDE. There were some brilliant limericks: Nicola Daly: ‘No way! That’s the scariest ride!The one where there’s nowhere to hide!’But after a quick beerHe’d lost all his fearAnd now…

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  • Happy new week to you all. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is RIDE Last week’s prompt was BATH. There were some brilliant limericks: Nicola Daly: I once had an uncle ArthGot lost on the way to BathDidn’t half give him a frightWhen he turned left not rightAnd met a bull on the warpath. Fandango:…

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  • Happy Monday to everyone out there. Here’s to a good week – and also a new limerick challenge. Your word is BATH Last week’s prompt was SPROUT. There were some brilliant limericks: Nicola Daly: Gordon goat ate sprout after sproutHow many? He completely lost countSo it wasn’t any wonderHis tummy rumbled like thunderJust don’t light a…

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  • Good morning or afternoon, depending where you are. I hope you had a good weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is SPROUT Last week’s prompt was HISS. There were some entertaining limericks: Graeme Sandford: A snake in the grass liked to hiss, from Thurso right down to Liss; wherever he went, from Sutherland to…

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  • I hope this Monday finds you well. Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word is HISS Last week’s prompt was CAST. There were some great limericks: Susan Batten: When Pete knew that his problem was cast, his obsession with fishing just passed. He’d tied knots in the reeds and lost weights in the weeds,…

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  • Happy Monday to everyone. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is CAST Last week’s prompt was DIM. I really enjoyed the different ways you looked at this prompt: John W. Howell: There once was a fellow named Jim, Who was the icon for proper and prim. One day he left home, Without his black comb.…

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  • It’s a fresh week – let’s hope it’s a good one. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is DIM Last week’s prompt was APPLE. You came up with some amusing and also poignant limericks: Nicola Daly: There once was a boy called stealthy Si Used to steal everyone’s apple pie ‘I know it’s wrong, So…

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  • Happy new week! I hope your week has got off to a good start. Here’s your Monday limerick challenge. Your new word is APPLE Last week’s prompt was CALM. You came up with some marvellous limericks: Nicola Daly: The sea wasn’t terribly calm So the captain sang us a psalm ‘And if that don’t help Try…

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  • My weekend was a busy one – in a good way. I was away at a writing event which was lots of fun. I hope you had a relaxing/productive one. Now it’s time for your fresh limerick challenge. Your new word is CALM Last week’s prompt was NIGHT. You came up with some clever limericks: Nicola…

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  • Good afternoon, everyone. I hope your weekend was enjoyable whatever you did. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your new word is NIGHT Last week’s prompt was CRIME. You came up with some really funny limericks, as well as some sobering ones: Nicola Daly: I arrived home in the nick of time To see hubby committing a…

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