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Some poems receive praise only grudging.
Still others are praised despite fudging.
For better or worse
It isn't the verse
But the people who are doing the judging. :)
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Look at me, look at me, look at me!
I’m always mistreated, you’ll see
I whine and pout,
Stamp my feet, act out
And repeated shout, look at me.
Ignored: not feted or praised
My virtuousity should leave them dazed
Incredible, quick
Witty and slick.
How come the carpel’s aren’t phased?
Blue ribbons are mine to command
I should be lauded ” best in the land”
So where is the toast?
I deserve it, I boast
A ribbon, a parade and a band!
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Pooh-Bah
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My shoulders got tight 'cos I'm stressed.
These cutbacks they made me depressed.
Now I'm all aglow,
took a walk in the snow
I can float up o'er all the rest.
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Look at me, look at me, look at me!
I swear, Of Troy, this is, perhaps, your best limerick [say nothing of multiple limericks] yet, certainly the best that I have seen!
It does seem that I bring out the very best in you, however ironic that may seem to some.
If I can be the foil and the fuel of your talent, Of Troy, then I am grateful for the privilege. We are all the better for it.
Flay on, Of Troy.
I seem to be the crucible, if not the very chemistry, of your talent. And, perhaps, yours of mine.
Courage is not the only quality forged in extremis. Perhaps acuity of mind, and fiery focus too.
How many ingots have sprung from this spleen?
May your anger roil
Your hatred coil
To bring your talents
To a boil.
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Producing a play is no sonnet
'Cause there are so many troops working on it.
When the lead blows his top
'Cause he's missing a prop
The director cries "Get a grip on it!"
Today's word of the day is "grip": "A general assistant on a movie set responsible for handling production equipment, such as setting up and moving camera dollies, lighting, etc." [per Anu]
I wonder who the "most essential" person in the movie-making business will be in tomorrow's AWAD?
It probably won't be the "superstar". Everyone already knows who the superstar is. Just ask the superstar:
"I'm the most essential person by far",
Said the "B" flick's male superstar.
"I don't say a bunch
I just shoot and punch
And smash up a brand new, hot car."
"Everyone knows that it's me",
Said the leading lady, coyly.
"My wardrobe is scant
My lines I just pant
And that's what the boys come to see."
New version for themilum's discerning taste:
"Everyone knows that it's me",
Said the leading lady, coyly.
"My wardrobe so sexy
Makes the star go all flexy
Thumpin' dudes to impress me, you see."
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enthusiast
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I can't get that local Rhode Island town name out of my head when it comes to limericks, so I'll give you one that my son wrote for an English class when he was in 5th grade.
A rhino from Mozambique,
searched the wide world for a leek.
She had no success,
but you must confess,
Her diet was quite unique
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Ah so, Owlbow, I have insinuated myself into being the sole judge and jury of the limericks, doggerel, and poems, posted on this thread. Please tell your son his poem is in the top ten list of submissions by folks under age fifty. Good luck! 
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I'll give you one that my son wrote for an English class when he was in 5th grade.
You should get your son to post his limericks here, Owlbow. Before long [if not already] he will be showing the rest of us a rhyme or two.
Seriously, please tell him we loved his limerick, and we would welcome more. He has a talent for it.
With themilum as the chief judge of limericks around here, he can be certain he will always come out ahead of at least one limerick poster -- c'est moi. :)
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I shudder to say that it's true,
But I found my mistake on review:
When I wrote the word "rhyme" -
In fact at the time
I realize that "meter" was due.
TRANSLATION: I meant to say "meter" not "rhyme" but it didn't, in fact, rhyme.
8-)
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I meant to say "meter" not "rhyme" but it didn't, in fact, rhyme.But it *did* fit the meter.  Meter didn't rhyme, rhyme did meter. Rhyme rhymed, meter didn't. There's a riddle in there somewhere.
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