The Friday Fling Has Fun With Ghouls and Monsters in Limericks!

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Friday Fling #152 October 28th 2011

It’s almost Halloween, and time for monsters, ghouls and other trick-or-treaters! We love them little critters here on the Friday Fling!

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We also love Limericks! So we thought, why not put them together and make Limericks about monsters and ghouls!

As you almost certainly know, a Limerick is a five line poem of roughly 9-9-7-7-9 syllables in which the rhymescheme is AABBA. Usually the point is to amuse. For instance:

There once was a monster, Raoul,
who believed he was ever so cool.
He haunted a singles bar,
thought he’d get very far
showing ladies his monsterous tool.

Copyright October 25th 2011 RGD

A year or two ago Scotorum began writing what he called “Slim Limericks,” which have shorter lines of 7-7-5-5-7 syllables and in which there is an internal rhyme in the first line, but the first line does not rhyme with any others. In other words the rhymescheme is ABCCB. Like this:

A foolish ghoul named Raoul,
believing that he was hot,
went in a saloon
expecting that soon
he would find love; he did not.

Copyright October 25th 2011 RGD

This week the Friday Fling writes ghoulish Limericks and Slim Limericks about monsters and stuff!

Be sure to save time to read and comment ghoulishly on your fellow Zombies’ abominations – I mean your fellow Pals’ poetic masterpieces. Then, following a weekend of pre-Halloween merriment, take a friend trick-or-treating Monday night (before visiting the CPC’s Cheryl’s Pals’ line blog of course!).

As always, should the recommended format not be your preferred piece of Halloween candy, you may post your write in any format you like, or not.

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for  October 21st

Congratulations Silver!


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299 Comments

  • Scotorum says:

    Welcome everyone to this special Halloween edition of the Friday Fling! Tonight we are having a poets’ version of a Halloween party by writing Limericks about monsters and ghouls. Let your monster muse loose and see what sort of cool ghoul Limerick or Slim Limerick you end up with! Yeah baby!

  • mrobinking says:

    This is a slim Limerick I wrote a while back!

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  • mrobinking says:

    This is from my friend, Sonnet Diva (Lori) Thank you Lori for your contribution! :love:

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  • mrobinking says:

    I just realized that I goofed. The third and fourth line should be 7 syllables and I only wrote 6. I also did the same thing with my other Limerick that I will post shortly.

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  • mrobinking says:

    Here is another Limerick by Sonnet Diva (Lori)

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  • mrobinking says:

    And another one by Sonnet Diva (Lori)

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  • Silver says:

    OMGOODNESS!!!!! HEHEHE…………..I WON!!!!! THANX BOB AND MICHELLE!!!!!!

    What a fun night….wish my eyes would stay open to visit this evening……but I will be back tomorrow…..love and hugs to both of you…… 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯

  • Barbara_K says:

    Happy Halloween! Awesome scariness and challenge.

  • Elfwing says:

    Well hey Bob and Michelle. good to see you all. Hope all is well. This is totally a gas! ‘k. Let’s see what I can come up with.

    Mumpkin the Pumpkin

    There once was a pumpkin named mumpkin,
    who spewed,and spewed,about sumpthin’
    well,he ate and he ate,and…
    he fell off the gate….
    never more to spew..about nutkins!

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

  • Scotorum says:

    While we waited for your posts Michelle and I collabed on one:

    Michelle: I’m just a plain Hungarian ghoul
    Michelle: Eating Ghoulash sitting on my stool.
    Me: I could eat it till noon
    Me: And then lick off the spoon,
    Me: But it’s not as delish when it’s cool

  • mrobinking says:

    LOL.. I Will have to make my Ghoulash sometime for you to try out (((Bob)))

  • Elfwing says:

    #2

    Cool Ghoul

    There once was a Ghoul who was cool,
    he was tall,looked good,and ne’er drooled.
    He was so hot to trot,that he thought he was naught,
    then the ladies got hold o’ him…and he spooled!

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    gotta watch those hot ghouls….lol

  • mrobinking says:

    I have to go now but will be back tomorrow! Keep on writing those Monstrous Limericks.. Nighty night! :love:

  • Elfwing says:

    Freddie,the Steady….

    There once was a werewolf named Freddie,
    who loved to make love to his steady,
    well,they tossed and they turned,
    and they grinded and burned….
    then they both fell asleep….
    in her teddie…..

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    gotta love those werewolf love stories! LOL. 😯
    .

  • Elfwing says:

    A Knave’s Knight Out….

    There once was a Knave who was brave,
    who stood watch and watched o’er the graves.
    So noble was he,that he took not a brie,
    and was thus made a Knight….from a knave.

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    gotta love those brave and noble souls. 🙂

  • Elfwing says:

    Ghouls,Goblins,and Gush

    Twas the night of the party it was,
    all goulish,and goblinish….with gush.
    They all got their dates,(which became their dear mates)
    and they danced till the was a hush!

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    ahhhhhhh,the romantic monster mash! 🙂

  • Elfwing says:

    Well,Shiver me Embers…..

    Twas a cool night in town,yes it was….
    with a bonfire glowing for us….
    Well,a cool breeze came over
    and ’bout blew me over….
    and me embers did shiver…
    What a buzz!!!

    copywright 10-27-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    ahhhhh,those cool October 31st breezes….Shiver me embers!

  • Elfwing says:

    The Case of the Missing Label(As in Black Label alcohol)

    Twas a swell party in town…yes it was.
    All the gouls and the goblins were there.
    Well,the Label went missing,
    and the crowd was a hissing…
    cause they don’t drink in their undies,
    Just(only) bare.

  • Bettie says:

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    SPOOKY GOODLY LIMERICKS

    Pumpkin head ragtag ghoulish ghost
    Monsters ghoulishly and zombies
    All went out to trick or treat
    But what they didnt know that
    Hellowitch and Franklin were there two

    Written By: Bettie Davis ————————— © October 27 , 2o11

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  • Bettie says:

    Spooky Pictures, Images and Photos

    SPOOKTACULAR

    Wobbling cobbling goblins goo
    Spooky hooky creepy critters
    Hello ween hillwalking
    On unhallowed grounds
    Oh what a site to see not

    Written By: Bettie Davis ————————————- © Bettie Davis 28 , 2o11

  • Elfwing says:

    A Bayou’s Sticky Rememberance……(Are you wearing your galoushes,dear ones?……)

    Glistening,Globberly,Gooberly glitter,
    Piled up on me and boggeled me critter.
    We was hoopin’ n hollering loud as we could,
    to attract the attention -of witchie be good.
    Well,witchie was watchin’ & wobbelin’ nearby-
    findin’ the makins of poobles pumpkin pie-
    when the brew done exploded and landed therin-
    and made a plum mess of me critter’s derriean(behind)
    Well,critter and I headed back to the stealth,
    we decided to wander-no more in spook’s wealth,
    So the next ‘venture me wolf and me tripped-
    was ladened with caution,and lots of waxed wicks!

    gotta watch those October adventures on the Bayou…
    especially on the 31st.

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite Happy trolling……:)

    I know this may not be a limerick,,but I just couldn’t resist. It was there and it flowed out. I figured I better pen it before it vanished.

  • Elfwing says:

    Billy’s Big,Boo Boo!

    Blithy Billy Bit me Beak–
    Blisterly blundering boob!
    Well,the witch from the willy
    cut down his hill dilly–
    now Billy’s a dillyless dude!

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    gotta watch those beak biting impulses…..lol!

  • Elfwing says:

    Blumbbering Bertha’s Bewregalment…..

    Blumbbering Bertha befuddeled his path,
    bless her blubbering heart,
    She had done seen a wizard,
    went to town with his gizzard,
    and now all she could do
    was blow farts!(I don’t think he was complaining!)

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    Bless Bertha’s heart,she was just so overcome,that she couldn’t help herself….

  • Elfwing says:

    Marvin’s Melicious Marshmallow (Or,what a sticky,gooy,uh…..)

    Marvin’s Melicious Marshmallow
    ran out to Melicia’s Mom’s Maze,
    They hung out in the corn,
    didn’t come out till morn-
    and looked like the scarecrows–half dazed.

    Well,Melicia said “Marvin what happened?”
    All we did was stargaze and then napped some?
    Well(Marvin said,quite to his dread),
    “I think the Marshmallow done slapped us”

    “Well,”said Melicia quite heavily,
    “I don’t think we otta go steady,
    cause out in the corn ‘fore
    the first Nov morn
    has wierd effects on me skin,and me teddie”

    “Well”Marvin said to Melicia,
    “It’s a good thing I didn’t kiss ya,
    cause the last girl I kissed-
    in situations like this
    ended up like a troll and a misfit.”

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    I don’t think that that was any ordinary marshmellow–I think it was a sticky gooey ooey gooey of the inbetween spatical type. (A sticky gooey protoplasma that hadn’t evolved yet! LOL)

  • Elfwing says:

    This blog is a total gas! Will try to come back later today and write some more. Blessing,folks,and have a good one.

  • mrobinking says:

    Here is one by Sonnet Diva (Lori)

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  • mrobinking says:

    I have a friend named Count Dracula
    He likes to bite and do the hula
    Blood thirsty licking his lips
    He then starts shaking his hips
    Hula hooping feeling Ooh la la

    Michelle R. King
    10-28-11

    Dancing Vampire Pictures, Images and Photos

  • Elfwing says:

    Vinny and Frankie’s Escapades……(Or,where the heck are they? LOL)

    Vinny Vamp and Frankie-went a walkin’ one night–
    they set out to scare–the whole town to a dare–
    all in the glossy moonlight.

    Well,Vinny went out on a limb,
    and Frankie–went out on a whim-
    they both disappeared—for nearly a year,
    and the wierd thing is–they can’t swim!

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    bless their hearts,they both had a case of the wanderin’ willies–
    that got them lost in the Netherland’s Aunt tillies!

  • Elfwing says:

    My Apple went Missin'(Or,where in the heck is my costume?)

    Once a fine nite on all Hallows
    I went dressed as an appletine gallow!
    Me body was wood,and I did best me could-
    but I couldn’t find apple-von-trappple.

    Well,me head was a twitterin’ me neck-
    cause me makeshift applein’ mask didn’t fit-
    I couldn’t see squat-much less round the block-
    and I dropped all me candy–in the net.

    Well,the moon was a howled much by dogs-
    and me bones were a shiverin’ me clogs-
    so I turned to the hatter and said-
    “bloke,What’s the matter”–
    n he said”Dude,you’re all naked–
    like the bogs”

    10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brie

    that’s the last time I go out on all Hallows dressed as a gallow with an apple head-dress! LOL. 😆 😆 😆

  • wildfire1 says:

    I heard you scream beat and torture the witch before you burn her at the stake.
    Not knowing it was the towns people’s grave mistake.

    witch dayday pictures

    In my my death I cursed all the land and your families names.
    A ghostly price for you and your children you will pay.
    Every where you turn you will see my tormented evil face.
    My eyes so cold with revenge the color of evil gray.
    I need your souls to come back alive someday..

    You will know when I rise
    By the vine on my grave.
    It will be stain with your souls blood a price you must pay.

    I will corner you on the streets.
    I will cut body parts out with a knife.
    Collecting pieces of organs and flesh making them mine.
    So I can grow strong and come back alive.
    A must for all time.

    I will come into your homes while you sleep.
    Scaring your children to death.
    Poisoning your food making you deathly ill sick.

    Ill take control of your cars and drive you off dead mans curve 100 foot cliff.
    Ill come for you at work and strangle you to death.
    Ill come for you in parks has you peacefully sit.

    There is no place to hide.
    No safe place to find.
    Not even the church of grace can save you this time.

    I’m coming for you a price your soul must pay.
    For the torture of my soul on that evil day.
    All in the power of my cursed name.
    Forever your town will be blood stained.
    For eternity I will kill your families name.

  • Barbara_K says:

    A couple of Halloween slimericks. Such fun to try them.

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    GHOST TRICKS

    A little ghost named Milk Toast,
    trying to be such a ham,
    giving it his all,
    slid right through the wall.
    Yikes! And how frightened I am.

    A ghost named Joe was all show
    and loved to try jumps and spins.
    He once jumped so high,
    he made himself cry.
    But ev’ry contest he wins.

    (c) barbara kausteklis 10-28-11

    Thanks for the chuckle as I read all of them here today.

  • Elfwing says:

    A frank Barbeque…on all Hallows

    Me friends were a roastin’ their wiennes,
    they was all comfort up tho quite squeamish,
    the franks were all done
    but were yet without buns–
    cause the goblins and ghost had done eat ’em.

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    the next time I do a frankfurter roast on all Hallows,I’m gonna make darn sure that I invest in some ghost-repellent hotdog buns! LOL Happy BBQing!

  • Elfwing says:

    Would You Be Nice….(Or,don’t disrespect this evening. 🙂 )

    Twas a lovely All Hallows Eve,
    with the leaves just a rustlin’ the trees.
    All Nature said “Hi,and Please do Comply,
    this night is quite special,tread easy”.

    copywright 10-28-2011
    by Elfwing/Brenda Brite

    This night is very special to a good many. 🙂 May we all remember and appreciate this, especially as it’s dawning draws near. Blessings,and have a very safe and respectful All Hallows. Peace,Elfwing/Brenda Brite

  • Elfwing says:

    Bob and Michelle,I have totally enjoyed this blog,and,all of it’s participants and their poems;pics,and comments. Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of this very precious group.(the CPC) :love: :love: :love: 😀 😀 😀 May you all have a wonderful evening,and,Lord willing,I’ll see you in the blogs! Ally up!

  • Angel Love says:

    All such great writes…fun and scary! This one isn’t really either, but it is what it is! 🙂 :love:

    ~

  • Bumpalottapus says:

    Don’t Step Onda Witches Hat !!!

    Rising From Graves & AAA Pumpkin’s Patch ~
    Goblins Ghouls AAA Ghost & Witches Hack…
    Cacklin Crackin Booo’s & Splat ~
    Crush & Crunch Smash Crash Wats Dat ???
    Somebodie Sat On AAA Pointy Hat !!!

    Nooo FlashLight For Tooo Find…
    Theyre Waaay Back ???
    Slip ped & Trip ped Step ped In Black !!!
    Stopped Looong Enuff Tooo Catch Breath !!!
    Walked Intooo AAA Spiders Web ~
    Da Witch Was Mad Said Off Wit Dare Head !!!

    Written & Hitten Byyy g.T Beck’s
    ® ™ © Within…

    Now w/ Growls & Howls Da Moon Turned Red !!!
    Eyes Did Cower Boney Fingers Did Telll !!!
    Burn Hot As Fire ~ Like AAA Made Helll
    Fueled Wit Desire Da Feud Went Higher !!!
    Dressed Like AAA Mummy Da Culpret Did Flyyy ~

    Wit AAA Broomstick Up His Tail & Crack !!!
    Screams & Cryyy’s Weee’re Heard Alll Thru Th_ Nite ~
    Watta Sound & Scary Fright One Helluva Scary Sight ~
    Siiingin Whyyy Ohhh Whyyy ???
    As Theeeey Flew Past You & Sored Right Byyy ~

  • Mary Margaret says:

    Hope you like this!!!

    Watch this video it is so cute!!!

    :love: :love: :love:

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  • Elfwing says:

    awwwwwwwww! 😀

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