Alphabetical Limericks #24 "X is for Xerxes"

The battle swords Xerxes was buried with,
The ones that he eXpertly parried with,
Allowed him a range
Of blades to eXchange,
In eXacting gradations of varied width.

Alphabetical Limericks #23 "W is for Whitsuntide" (what else?)

Whitsuntide #1

The crowd at the Whitsuntide service
Was so small that the vicar was nervous.
"I've never denied
That the Lord will provide,
But the week is so bleak - Saints preserve us!"


Whitsuntide #2 

The flock at the Whitsuntide rite
Was dismayed that the Bishop was tight.
The obvious sign
That he'd had too much wine
Was the limerick he chose to recite.

Alphabetical Limericks (continued at long last) #22 "V is for Visiting Venice"

V is for Visiting Venice

When Vivian visited Venice
She vetted a venue for tennis.
The court that she found
Had canals all around,
Which made every volley a menace.

Another Month of Limericks (Alphabetical) #21 "U is for Ulysses Untied"

 Classical Tragedy

Ulysses, whose shoes were untied,
When ask if he knew it, replied,
"Ask Homer, he'll know,
I just go with the flow."
Then he trip on his shoelace and died.

Another Month of Limericks (Alphabeical) #20 "T is for Ta ta"

International Incident 

"Ta ta," Tillie said after tea,
"The biscuits were perfect, but brie,
(Although a nice touch),
Is really too much,
When stir-fried with curry and ghee."

Another Month of Limericks (Alphabetical) #19 "S is for Stephen Sondheim"

I wish I could meet Stephen Sondheim
To tell him in person how fond I'm
Of his lyrics, his wordplay,
His verbal absurd play,
His lexical leapings beyond rhyme.



 

Another Month of Limericks (Alphabetical) #18 "R is for Rigoletto"

The jester at court, Rigoletto,
Had  daughter at home in the ghetto.
She met, through a fluke,
The Mantuan Duke,
And thus, there's a tragic libretto.