Limerick Poetry

Welcome to our webpage of Limerick Poetry including this memorable piece from the famous unknown author as follows. The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen so seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.












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Limerick Poetry

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When born in a year of the Rabbit
timidity becomes a bad habit
for remainder of days
explore riskier ways
opportunity comes, just grab it.
Lee Emmett, Australia

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There was a young lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sat upon it;
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'

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Hickory Dickory Dock
A mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
And down he run
Hickory Dickory Dock.

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There once was a clover named Kate,
Who sat on the edge of a plate,
The fancy folk dined,
On foods of all kind,
Then tossed her at quarter past eight.

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There was an old man with a flute,
A sarpint ran into his boot;
But he played day and night,
Till the sarpint took flight,
And avoided that man with a flute.
Limericks by Edward Lear

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There once was a young girl named Jill.
Who was scared by the sight of a drill.
She brushed every day
So her dentist would say,
Your teeth are so perfect; no fill

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There once was a fellow named Tim
Whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell off a dock
and sunk like a rock.
and that was the end of him.

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There was a young man from Madras
Who had a magnificent ass.
Not rounded and pink
As you probably think
It was grey, had long ears, and ate grass!

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There once was a fellow from Yuma,
Who told an elephant joke to a puma.
Now his skeleton lies,
Under hot western skies,
The Puma had no sense of huma!

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A gay chap who lived in Khartoum
Took a lesbian up to his room
And they argued all night
About who had the right
To do what and with which and to whom

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