The crafty embezzler's yacht
Was the handsomest thing that he'd bacht.
But the bank got the news
Of his forthcoming cruise,
And the crafty embezzler gacht cacht.
There was a young coed from Fla.
Who would sit in a class till it Ba.
Then she'd close both her eyes
And heave very loud sighs
While the rest of the class just Igna.
A traveller arriving from Me.
Had a terrible time on the Tre.
Two rowdy, young boys
Made such horrible noise
That he thought they would drive him Inse.
Said a militant Wounded Knee Sioux
To his council chief, "What can we dioux?
The government's mighty
As in eighteen ninety,
And its treaties have never been trioux!"
Old Daedalus said with a sigh,
"No matter, it seems, how I trigh
To fit him with wings
And mechanical things,
I just can't make my Icarus fligh."
How to grade these 5 excellent limericks w/o showing some favoritism? I'll try, and may have to be picky to find anything wrong with any of them.
ReplyDeleteYacht - **** (four!)
Fla. -- **** again
Me. --- *** (but only 'cause I want my "Duquesne" to seem better)
Sioux - **½ only because mighty and ninety don't quite rhyme
Dæedalus - **. Icarus actually DID fly but got too close to the sun and it melted the glue on his wings.
Keep 'em coming, Larry -- you are great!!
As to Dædalus, I did know that, but, hey, it's a silly rhyme. Anyway, Dædalus and Icarus are mythological. You know, like Moses and Adam. It's not as if the story were true.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, your Duquesne IS better!
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