Limericks

Limerick is a city in Ireland.  It is also a short form of poetry.  In honor of St. Patrick's Day we are going to write limericks.  

 See this link for how to write a limerick:
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html


 Here is a famous limerick by Edward Lear:

Limerick There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!'

The Deseret News has an annual limerick contest.  Here are some winners: 
Deseret News 2011 Winners
FIRST PLACE — Don L. Milne
I watch "The Biggest Loser" show
Where lots of obese Utahns go.
Are we really the state
That packs on the weight?
My mirr'r shows a fat buffalo.

SECOND PLACE — Glen Crooks
The state takes all that I've got
And passes it on to UDOT.
They buy orange cones,
Double fines in work zones
And in traffic jams we are caught.

THIRD PLACE — Jed L. Ericksen
The Cougs have a star they call Jimmer
Whose fame is beginning to shimmer.
His NBA 3s
Are certain to please
As Ags, Wildcats and Utes only simmer.

FOURTH PLACE — Bonnie Beyer
Congress' spending ways fill me with dread,
Each new bill just increases the red.
I'm fully aware
To pay off my share
I'll be working long after I'm dead!

FIFTH PLACE — Glen Sherwood
At directions I've been known to guess,
I've been lost once or twice I confess.
My wife had the cure:
You'll get home now I'm sure,
Plug it in, it's your new GPS.

2010  First Place
If cyber-site news all the rage is,
We will miss the crinkle of pages.
To read news online
Is perfectly fine,
But how will we line our bird cages?
— Julie Reid, Orem

2009  first place:

FIRST PLACE

I went to bed rich, then awoke,
To find that I'm totally broke.
The old CEO
Is spending my dough.
I hope he'll eat truffles and choke.

2008:
1ST PLACE

My computer just went on the blink
And my printer it ran out of ink,
With my pencil in hand
I'll write Limericks Grand
But to do that, I still have to think.
— Glen Sherwood, Riverton