That Vicodin sure is narcotic,
Prescribed for pain chaotic…
That ten-out-or-ten
Pain level’s when
The patient gets almost psychotic!
–J.E.C.
(“J.E.C.” is short for Jonathan E. Caswell)
–
I’ve read a book by Crighton
The plot of which tended to frighten…
Adromeda strain
Bleeds out the brain,
Bacteria put the bite on!
–J.E.C.
SOME PENTATETTE SUBMISSIONS:
I submitted limericks to THE PENTATETTE** for several years. These are just a few.
It’s raining and snowing together,
The perfect Worcester (Mass.) weather…
But here’s the trick,
It better not stick
With cars driving hell-for-leather!
–J.E.C.
–
Blogging of a starlet’s spiral
Downwardly took off viral…
What is stank,
She laughs to the bank
Not caring her story’s hirel.
–J.E.C.
–
I once had red hair you see,
But grey, black and bald’s left to me…
My prejudice arose
‘Gainst the men I suppose,
Because anger for me was easy!
–J.E.C.
–
In October his Mom died of cancer,
After all this time there’s no answer…
Why he’s not cried
But deep inside
The issue takes more than a glance, sir.
–J.E.C.
–
He once knew a family from Douglas
Whose home was practically bug-less…
They sprayed lots of mist
With chemical fist,
Poisoned the dog and went pugless!
–J.E.C.
**THE PENTATETTE is an on-line and printed newsletter specifically for limericks. See http://www.limericks.org for details.
–
WHO NEEDS ENEMIES???
Just remembering Editor Deex,
And his concise critiques…
I wrote of a zoo
And got it wrong, too,
Had one of those brain fart leaks!!!
–
His PENTATETTE publication,
Turned into an education…
A MENSA project
Which I suspect
Was opened to make sure propagation.
–
He and his staff used “quote tease”
To energize the devotees…
“Limerick writer as friend,
Troubles never end”:
No need for enemies!!!!
–
Writing limericks reverberating,
One must be exacerbating…
Sarcasm/satire
The font of desire,
Even better–quips about mating.
–
Alas, I tone mine down,
A Christian must keep his head sound…
But in thought
By the Lord he is caught,
And I’m thankful God’s grace is profound!
–Jonathan Caswell
LIMERICKS AS A PAST-TIME
I once wrote for Arthur Deex
And THE PENTATETTE*, for weeks…
On end just to squint
And see it in print,
Like all other poetry geeks.
–Jonathan Caswell
*Arthur Deex is the Editor of THE PENTATETTE, the monthly newsletter of the Limerick Special Interest Group. Wrote limericks for them for several years, actually!
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