A Month of Limericks

Part 1

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In October I wrote a limerick a day. Sometimes two. I’ll be posting them 11 at a time over the next few weeks. Let me know which ones you like in the comments.

1.
I once had a dog I named Jim,
So full of vigor and vim,
He’d leap through the air
Off of my chair
And bounce with a gamboling shim!

This dog I call Pete is quite small;
In stature he’s not very tall.
But he’s sweet and polite,
Won’t growl, snarl, or bite.
He’s the kindliest dog of them all!

2.
A beautiful girl is a pleasure,
Someone to worship and treasure.
If you make one your wife
You’ll be happy for life.
That’s wealth that no science can measure.

3.
Humans and pets all get sick;
A flu or a cold’s no picnic!
With pets it’s so tough
To know why they feel rough--
So get to the vet double quick!

4.
The knife man did such wicked work.
In shadows he’d quietly lurk.
Awaiting his mark,
He’d strike from the dark
Then disappear into the murk.

5.
Writing’s a wonderful thing;
Your words forever can ring
Through the ages to be
Read with tears, fright, or glee,
Or what thoughts you wished them to bring!

6.
Route Sixty-six was the main road;
From Shy Town to L.A. it flowed.
Cross the country it went,
Sometimes straight, often bent,
And cars travelled it by the truckload.

7.
Let me wander in meadows where melodies
Are hummed by slim maidens in revelry.
With goldenrod hair,
And voices so fair
They still all my soul’s awful maladies.

8.
In the north, in a princely stronghold,
Lived a knight so exceedingly bold
He would never back down
From a chance at renown;
His valor he’d promptly uphold.

One day, to this knight’s castle gate
Came a young man in full armor plate.
A challenge was made,
To the knight was conveyed,
While the youth in the courtyard did wait.

9.
The knight to the courtyard did go
To see who would deal his death blow.
When he saw the youth there
Spitting hate in his stare,
He asked, ‘Why do you loathe me so?”