Dental Verse (Limerick & Haiku Prompt)
A limerick and a haiku (senryu) with teeth today. First, my limerick:
I think I’m becoming unglued —
Not my mind, but a cap caught on food.
But I can’t blame the guy
Who implanted it. Why?
I forgot to get perm-glued — not shrewd!
And now my haiku (senryu):
The left and the right
May mouth off at each other,
But both hate dentists.
Now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write some verse about dentists and/or teeth. When you’ve posted your poem(s), please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry, using Mr. Linky. And please post a comment as well.
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13. Ben Cousins 14. Val Russell 15. Holly 16. Unsay Moon |
UPDATE: Mr. Linky is now closed, but you can still add links to your dental verse in the Comments. And if you’d like to participate in a new poetry prompt, you can always find my latest one here.
UPDATE 2: Happy National Toothache Day! (celebrated yearly on February 9th) And happy Dentists Day! (celebrated yearly on March 6th)
Tags: Cap, Dentist, Dentists Day, Food, National Toothache Day, Teeth
i hate dentists – but I got my teeth into this and came up with my response to the prompt.
“Down In The Mouth” (haiku)
when my dentist gets
depressed, the mouth he likes to
look down in is mine…
(senryu)
dental check
my bank statement too
has a hole in it
Ok, I dashed off a limerick before work; guess I’ll have to add the haiku later.
A lovely and fun assortment of poems already! Thanks and please keep them coming!
what’s worse
than a toothache
…my dental verse
I didn’t play, but I’m reading….
thanks for the prompt. :) my first ever dentist related haiku. :)
I finally joined in, and had some fun. Thanks for the prompt. :)
S IS FOR SOMEDAY
Mad Kane,
Spread too thin and couldn’t participate this time. Hope I’ll be able to, soon.
Best
Hey, thanks for the prompt, was fun :)
Thanks for the e-mail! I was hoping for a limerick with more bite (pun intended) but at least the one I came up with is topical. Maybe another will present itself to me later. If so I’ll let you know.
I’ll try to work on a limerick, but here’s a senryu:
with cavities
you must get novocain
– but gas makes it fun
.
.
Thanks for the excellent prompt; here’s my second Limerick ever:
While sitting in the dentist’s chair,
It just seemed so very unfair;
The doctor had no more gas,
So time would not easily pass,
And this gave me quite a big scare.
.
Dentists+pain+ too much money=unhappy person
‘Lack of business was causing me grief’
My dentist explained with relief
‘I canned my ad which had read:
“Got a pain in your head?
Fixed as easy as pulling teef!”’
*sigh* I <3 Haiku! :)
I really enjoyed this prompt. Here are my contributions:
Once when I wanted for money
I mistook for a dentist a dummy
He made my grin wider
But left my incisors
And now I just look like a bunny.
And:
I slowly drift off
Calm and peaceful, dreaming deep
Then he starts the drill.