A Month of Limericks, #19 "A soprano who sang in the choir"

A soprano who sang in the choir
Practiced hard to sing hoir and hoir.
'Til straining on day
For a double high A
Her vocal cords started on foir.

A Month of Limericks, #18 "A twelve tone composer I know"

A twelve tone composer I know
Used a combinatorial row,
Ensuring each note
Of the opus he wrote
Had a dodecaphonical glow.

A Month of Limericks, #17 "Quiche capisce" a limerick with double rhymes

The technical challenge in today's limerick is that each line has an extra rhyme word, so there are ten rhymes instead of the usual five.


I've found a new book about quiche.
Take a look, it's the best in its niche.
In a trice you'll be makin'
A nice quiche with bacon,
Like a cook for the French nouveau riche.

A Month of Limericks, #16 "A virginal lass from Le Seuer"

The limerick on offer today
Features sex in an humorous way.
It's done in good taste -
It's still pretty chaste -
And only just slightly risqué.


A virginal lass from Le Seuer
Led a life so remarkably pure
That when she was dead
The mourners all said
It must have been hard to endure.

A Month of Limericks, #15 "Constructive Witticism"

Construction is here and we're in it,
As changes appear by the minute,
Replacing our sidewalks
With zigzags and wide walks --
As the old saying goes - bear and grin it.

A Month of Limericks, #14 - The Mall of America.. and enjambment

Continuing the series exploiting the names of Upper Midwest places....

These three limericks feature enjambment ("the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet  into another so that closely related words fall in different lines"), a technique not too much associated with the usually highly end-stopped limerick line.  I experimented to see how often enjambment could be used and how violent it could be without tearing the fabric of the verse completely apart.  (And you thought this blog was just fun and games?)

MOA 1
There is an old tale, and it's tall -
Why Paul Bunyan won't shop at the Mall
Of America or
The Men's Wearhouse store -
'Cause nothing there fits him...  - that's all.

MOA 2
If you're planning a trip to shop all of
The stores that you find at the Mall of
America, know
That it's better to go
When you've had a martini and olive.

MOA 3
A logging camp story says Paul
Bunyan won't shop at the Mall
Of America, and
It's his understand-
-ing everything there will be small.

A Month of Limericks, #13 - Columbus Day

Unless you're forgetful or slumbrous
You'll know about Christopher Columbus
Whose voyage to here
Prove the world was a sphere.
Instead of some sort of a rhombus.