2010 Student Limericks

There once was a young boy named Wyatt
who was always exceedingly quiet.
"Has a cat got your tongue?" asked Ms. Sue,
"that must be why you're so blue."
So he opened his mouth and extended his tongue,
and spectators saw it was true!
 -- Skye K.


There once was a man named Hub,
who rather liked his bathtub.
He took a bath every day,
and in the bath he would stay
'til his pruned-up toes needed a rub.
--Libby W.


There once was a monkey named Bob.
He loved to eat corn on the cob.
He ate and he ate.
'Til he came to his fate,
And that's why he started to sob.
-- Robyn M.




Student Limericks

My new shoes are green, blue and white,

And they glow when you turn off the light.

At night on the street

People see "phantom feet."

It's fun to give people a fright!

             -- Kalie W  Spring  2006

 

Limericks

There once was a lady named Sue.

She had a great dog named Lou.

They would skip near the lake,

And stay up real late,

Her husband would come along too!

--Janessa F

There once was a prince in a boat

Floating around in his moat.

He hardly could speak

When he saw a leak,

And drowned from the weight of his coat.

-- Kayti T

There once was a man named Lode

Whose clothing I always sewed.

One day he ran

In front of a van,

And now he’s dead on the road.

-- David Y

There once was a man named Bud,

Who liked to play in the mud.

He played there all day,

And now he can say

That now he is lost in the mud.

-- Daniel L

Geezer

There was an old geezer named Hank.

He was bigger by far than a tank.

He got new false teeth,

And gave them to Keith.

Keith went for a swim and he sank.

--Taylor J

I once saw a frog named Sam,

Who jumped, and played, and swam.

He ate a nice snack

That was purple and black,

And covered with strawberry jam.

-- Christie B

I’m joking around with the boy.

I’ll treat him like he is a toy.

I’ll play with him once,

I’ll play with him twice.

I’ll give him to you, so enjoy!

-- Crystal C

There once was a frog named Lu.

He lived in a little old shoe.

It stunk like a tire,

And burned in a fire,

But instead of yelling, he shouted, “Woo-Hoo!”

-- Chanice M

There once was a guy named Smoo,

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

But when he awakened,

His mouth was a achin’.

He found that his dream had come true!

-- Matthew W

There once lived a princess named Lil

Who was married against her own will.

She took up her knife

And took her man’s life,

And found that she quite liked to kill.

-- Kelton D

There was a young girl with a hat

Who had a very fat cat!

Then one day

As she went out to play,

She found her cat on his back!

-- Emily B

 

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Ms. Dorsey's Limericks 

This was from when we sent limericks to a contest. 

This limerick explains this packet:

A teacher of writing creative,

Who was of Utah a native --

Had her students write poems

About Utah, their home.

When you see them, please be approbative. 

This limerick is my own entry:

She studied at dear BYU

Then went to the U of U, too.

So when game time came

She wasn't to blame

When found wearing the red AND the blue.

I wrote these in a prior year -- for the KUER limerick contest, but never sent them in:

School funding in Utah is lower

'Cause of students we simply have mo-er.

We were doing fine.

'Til fed government whined.

No Child Left Behind left us poorer.

There once was a man from Salt Lake

Who heard there might be an earthquake.

But he wasn't scared;

He was always prepared.

In case Earth decided to shake.

These are words and lines I considered for the above limerick.

-- With a year's worth of food for God's sake. 

--With a 72-hour kit he could take.

. . . wake


and here are more notes I took as I prepared those limericks:

A teacher from American Fork

Had students who just wouldn't work.  (rhymes with fork)

She called all their mothers . . .

A trip to Timp Cave

She took them to Parkers.

And

Utah Valley

BYU   U of U  

true blue

She studied at dear BYU

Then went to the U of U, too.

So when game time came

She wasn't to blame

When found wearing both red and blue. 

float in Salt Lake

highways  construction

# children

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Utah Authors' Limericks -- from an email group a few years back

Rick Walton

 A limerick’s very strict form

Never will stray from the norm.

Break rules, you can not,

Or else you’ll be shot,

For it’s a sin and a crime to diverge from the mandated rhyme and meter.

A DOGGIE LIMERICK

Bow wow bow wow wow bow wow wow,

Bow wow bow wow wow bow wow wow,

Bow wow bow wow wow,

Bow wow bow wow wow,

Bow wow bow wow wow bow wow wow.

(It’s very profound, meaningful and funny, if you speak dog.)

Erica

Oh! Wicked World! Don’t entreat me

For goodness and truth shall defeat thee!

Wither thou cold;

Grow weary and old

I never shall stoop, World, to meet thee.

(Plagiarism? Yup!)

And this, in honor of the upcoming holiday:

There once was a bright Irish lass

Who loved lolling around in the grass

One day as she lolled

A leprechaun called

And stole all her silver and brass

(Or gold!)

And, finally, our magnum opus:

There once was a woman named Sharlee

Who secretly longed for a Harley

In her free time she dreamt

She was cool and unkempt

And spouting new words like “gnarly!”

Justine:

I can’t think of anything clever

to say to this happy endeavor

I’ll leave it to you

Deep thoughts to review

I’m stuck in the shallow forever!


More limericks online: http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm 
Student worksheet for your assignment: Limericks.doc

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11-05-10
A caveman who played basketball
Was short when he should have been tall.
But that boy was quick
So he was the pick
To become Darin Williams 's sidekick.


A girl who enjoyed creative writing
Thought wikis were really exciting
She spent time online
And that was quite fine
But she just couldn't stop over-nighting.