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Fun, wit, and, yes, repartee
I could not agree more with thee
Let's get with the program
And deep six the pogrom
So only our best Strangers see.
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On TV tonight I learned about errant A
The news: great new vowel shift is away
The new black is said block
So I should not mock
When in rhyme, gram and grom together do play
Still, It sounds all wrong to my ear.
Unnatural, awkward and queer.
poetry ? or rot?
A rhyme is not
Something to force, I think clear!
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May rhyme and reason excel
And wit in the stories we tell
Let no-one squint
For linguistic lint
And may peace rain o'er us as well.
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Moses and the Ten Commandments and the Nitpickers Moses said... "Written in stone, not written in sands
Bide you Ten Laws of Yahweh's good plans." The Nitpickers said... "Yahweh is smart,
But it ain't art.
Art is only art when it scans!" 
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Let's have a limerick for bosh
A dollop is only a nosh
If you say something wise
We will scrunch up our eyes
And your wit will end up kibosh.
Thanks to Dr. Bill for inspiring 'fix' for this limerix. :) ["tush" did not work with "bosh", hence "kibosh" which Dr. Bill came up with in "AWAD" thread.]
And why not a limerick for nark
An informer who creeps in the dark
You won't see him working
'Cause he's always lurking
Where his bite is worse than his bark.
And spookum would make a good limerick
But it ought to be clever, not chic
'Cause spookum is sage
And all of the rage
Like shopping the Net with a click.
And let's not forget chaparral
I have fallen under its spell
A cowboy rides
Like an eagle glides
Through a country where I wish to dwell.
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Unappreciated day in and day out
Unappreciated, I want to shout!
Hardly any replies,
What’s wrong with you guys?
You’d think as a Carpel, I had more clout!
Well, avoid me, if that’s what you will
And unappreciated, I remain still
I’m having a ball
Even if you all
At one limerick had your fill!
Are you up to the challenge, I ask?
Or is it too arduous a task
Post one or two
It’s something to do
Who’s creativity can we unmask?
Its obvious, I don’t really rate.
Your love or your envy or hate
No comments, no posts
No editors notes
Ah, to be unloved, is my fate!
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It isn't for love or for hate
Or even indifference, I state
That no-one is batting
While you are rat-tatting
Homeruns 'fore we reach the plate.
Amended with useful advice from Etaoin & Of Troy.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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My joke has created confusion
And left of troy with some contusion :(
My earlier allusion
Was to tsuwm – the illusion
Of rules was the point of infusion!
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batting - swatting?
Thanks, etaoin. I substituted "belting" for "swatting" which may(?) work better.
BTW "OED in Limerick Form" [www.oedilf.com] has a "Workshop" where seasoned Limerick writers provide constructive advice on defects like the one you just pointed out. The idea is to improve the quality of submissions. Sometimes the volunteers actually suggest useful changes. One guy over at OEDILF.com has 670 limericks which have been approved for posting. Awesome!
BTW I always welcome helpful specific suggestions for improvement like yours. It's harder to respond to a general criticism which applies to all of my limericks without differentiation.
Of Troy has created a great thread here.
Keep knockin' em out of the park, Of Troy. You're the Queen of Swat. [That is meant as a compliment, I hope ya know. I'm sure everyone knows that Babe Ruth, also a NY'er, was "the King of Swat".]
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