The Friday Fling Has Fabulous Fun With Pet Limericks!
Friday Fling #127 5/6/11
For our first Fabulously Fun Friggin’ Friday Fling on Friendburst, we thought it would be a good time to celebrate friendship by writing about our animal friends, our pets or the pets of people we know.
On the Fling we also like to challenge you further by suggesting a format to write your poem(s) in. Michelle suggested the Limerick, a five line poem of about 9-9-6-6-9 syllables in which the nine syllable lines all rhyme and the six syllable lines rhyme. An additional pair of rules is that usually the first line introduces the subject, which is usually a person or animal, and the last line is a sort of punchline, often humorous. For example, Michelle wrote this one for the CPC Simple Simple challenge at the beginning of the week:
So long ago two horses from Maine,
were quenching their thirst and fed on grain.
They were best friends of joy
and also of LeRoy
Forever in their hearts they remain.
This week the Friday Fling writes pet limericks!
Be sure to save time to read and comment fondly on your fellow Pals’ pet projects. Then go off and enjoy the weekend, including showing appreciation to the one who at one time called you HER pet! -Bob/Scotorum and Michelle K.
As always, should the topic and/or format not be your catnip, you can post anything you’ve written lately which fits within the broad boundaries of the CPC family’s standards of appropriateness!
One final note for newbies: Traditionally the 5F gives an award called the Fickle Finger of Freggin’ Friday Fun (or 5F) award to the poem considered by the hosts to be the best of the week, usually the one which best fit both the topic and format. An award poster is given to the winner, and it is posted along with congratulations at the end of the following week’s Fling intro. Here’s our last winner from Fling #126, which was held near the end of March:
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for 3/25/11
Very cute indeed. I’m not much of a limerick writer for being Irish on both sides, but will give it a try. Looking forward to reading. ~barb~
I wrote this as a crossover with the CPC Thematic Attic Thursday challenge, where the theme was Mother’s Day.
My dog is a beautiful friend
He loves to play and romp to no end
When the day is over
I call my dear Rover
A heartache he will faithfully mend.
Limericks can be notorious because many are quite risque (have you ever seen or heard the “There once was a girl from Nantucket” one?) This is just silly fun about a pet relationship gone too far LOL
Limerick Love……..yep only at the CPC……. :love:
Busy days…..but thinking of you and lovin the fling!!!!!!
Oh Yeah…and lovin the hosts!!!!! :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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I had a grey cat called Claire
Who loved to curl up in my chair.
She invited her brother
her sister and mother,
And soon her whole family were there.
MY PHOOCH
My pretty little chihuahua just sitting looking so cute
All dressed up in her oink sweater so sweet
Sweetie pie cutey cutey she is
Adorable with that mysterious look
Bathe in coconut frag ram perfectly warm
Written By: Bettie Davis ————————– © May o5 , 2011
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I had a wee kitty called Muse,
Who curled up to have a nice snooze.
I went out the back
And when I came back
She was sitting there reading the news.
Since no one has covered this pet yet, I gave it a shot. This is a 10-10-7-7-10 Limerick. The title is a takeoff on an old commercial from the Fifties about some kind of ham, maybe Armour, which was touted as the “Ham what am.”
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There was a black cat named Mitch
Who stole from a neighbouring witch
He took her mouse Cecil
And her mortar and pestle
Then fell head over heals in a ditch.
Emmmmy meany mine y and moo three in a boat
Whos gonna take the dip first look y kinda deep
Dive boy dive nun hum you first
One fer yer money two for shores
Come on we better row for the shore dud
Written By: Bettie Davis —————— © May 05 , 2011
This is the first I’ve done a picture poem on my new Mac computer…and also with Photoshop CS5…which is a lot more complicated than my old Adobe Elements. Hope it turns out ok!
:love: I just loves me some Tommy! :love:
My favorite pet is Winnie
She comes to stay sometimes,
She loves to snooze on my bed
So sweet she is, a lovely thing,
But never leaves me any room.
Winnie is so cute! My dogs do the same thing and my Penny takes up all the room down by my feet that makes it hard to stretch out! LOL
Sweet poem, Emmsy!
Hey folks. 🙂 This blog is so cute and sweet,and hilariously fun in places,lol! 🙂 I do hope you all are well,and that everythings going well in each one of ya’ll neck of the woods. I missed TAT-computer stuff and housework,but maybe I can come up with something that will combine the two. 🙂 ‘k,here goes:
Our 4 Cats….
We have four cats-like no others…. 🙂
And of course- 🙂 they all like to mother. 🙂 :love:
They’ll lick on our chins,and then they’ll just grin;
I’m so glad they love us like the others. 🙂
c-5-2011
by Elfwing/Brenda Brite
Peace folks,and enjoy your Friday. Love and Hugs,Elfwing.
ONLY YOU…..
Life with a cat is in certain ways a one-sided proposition. Cats are not educable; humans are. Moreover, cats know this. If you’re not willing to humor them, you might as well stick to dogs.
~Terry Teachout
9-9-6-6-9
Bump Survived Th_ Bayou ~ Dontcha Know !!!
As AAA Frog Was Expected Tooo Show ~
Up Da Swamp III Did Swim ~
Back Down III Ran Again ~
Wit Rippid Pants & AAA Gators Grin ~
Written..Bitten & Rippin Byyy Da Bump ~ ® TM © WITHIN…
I once had a pet who was a goat
On the water, he did try to float
But much to his dismay
He found out the hard way
That he better just stick to a boat!
Ok I will try this.. so love it and love learning hug’s Scotty and Michelle!!
:love: :love: :love:
This is Cosmo , he is actually a boy , but for this poem I made him a girl , so it would ryme ;0
Sorry I do not have time for more but I am going hiking for the weekend and trying to get things ready but here are two quick ones:
I really miss Pol – she passed away three years ago at the age of 8
Mia was never quit a lady
she’s more like a Tom, Dick, or Brady
She snores and drools all night
Her hair’s always a fright
She’s always doing things quit shady
This is for my Mia. I almost named her Gwendolyn but glad I did not – she is more of a Chuck…..(sorry but code is not adding the spaces for me)
You Guys Rock!!! I’ma gonna be working on pulling the share together!!!
Happy Friday and thankyou all for doing such a great job and bringing so much fun to FriendBurst. Kevin loves the Creative Poetry Corral!