Endearing Limerick (Poetry Prompt)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this as a first line:
“An elderly fellow named James…”
Here’s mine:
Endearing Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
An elderly fellow named James
Had trouble remembering names,
So he often used “dear,”
Which hurt his career.
His defense? “I just did it to dames.”
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity in my Limerick-Offs.
Tags: Age Humor, Career Poem, Feminist Humor, Poetry Prompt, Remembering Names, Writing Prompts
An elderly fellow named James
Had differences more like his sames.
Some nights, on a whim,
He’d trade James for Jim,
And enjoy being both of his names.
An elderly fellow named James
Who met a young lady from Ames
She jumped in the hay
Asked for a quick lay
Poor man! He’s too old for these games.
An elderly fellow named “James”
Felt more at home on the range
Where the antelopes and dear
Have everything to fear
From James playing animal games.
An elderly fellow named James
Declared he’s swim across the River Thames
I’m such a fool
This ain’t a pool
I shouldn’t make such outlandish claims.
Thanks for your fun limericks and please keep them coming! And if you’re on Facebook, please join me there as well at my Limerick-Off post.
Well, I see I’m a little late for the Thames joke…but I tried.
An elderly fellow named James
Complained, upon seeing the Thames,
I can’t understand
All the guides in this land
They certainly can’t pronounce names!
An elderly fellow named James
Has a store where he sells picture frames.
Good at cheating and scheming,
He leaves customers screaming,
“You’ll die soon and will suffer, in flames!”
An elderly fellow named James
Loved to swim nude in the Thames,
So he often would hear,
“He’s naked – Oh, dear!”
His response? “Bring on the dames!”
An elderly fellow named James
wants octogenarian “games”
the sex with his wife…
oh man, was it rife!
“Viagra?… NO MORE!” she exclaims!
An elderly fellow named James–
A great guy ‘cause he took allda blames,
I asked if he wanted
What younger guys flaunted,
Said he, “nos, but t’anks allda sames!”
An elderly fellow named James
Wore glasses with sturdy black frames,
I looked ‘to his face
When to my disgrace,
He passed gasses of low classes for games .
Steve Nance An elderly fellow named James
Sought help with remembering names
But his use of mnemonics
To help with the phonics
Was tough — I mean, what rhymes with “James” ?!
Hey Mad, glad to see the return of the limerick-offs!
Thanks Steve. I’m so glad people still enjoy participating in my limerick-offs.
And thanks to all of you for your delightful limericks!
Here’s mine:
GLASSY EYED – Seeing double trouble
An elderly fellow named James
Who once opened for Cryan Shames *
Put down his guitar
When they closed down the bar
Now it’s many grandchildren he tames.
* Cryan Shames
Thanks Linda and Realist!