Not-So-Colorful Limerick (Poetry Prompt)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A woman whose hair was quite gray…
Here’s mine:
Not-So-Colorful Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Was told she should dye it — said “Nay!”
She opined that most tresses
When colored were messes,
And cautioned that “Dye does not pay.”
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: Aging Limerick, Getting Older Verse, Gray Hair, Hair Dye Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Well, here’s mine, Mad:
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Lived by this line: ‘Seize the day!’
When others were moping
She was hip hopping;
Youth’s in your mind they do say.
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Said she’d just leave it that way
“In honor,” said she
“Of Barbara Fritchie”
“Whose name’s still remembered today.”
A woman whose hair was quite grey
Remembered more childish days
When she had short hair
And everyone stared
When it flew in the breeze, toupee! ;-)
There was a woman whose hair was quite gray,
Who thought the hair was a pass to play,
When last we saw her,
she was pushing a stroller,
And telling everyone the part still worked after all..
These are fun. Thanks! And if you haven’t already, please post them on my Facebook post too.
A woman whose hair was quite gray
For a color-reversal did pray.
“I know I’m not old–
My thoughts are still bold.
I guess I’ll go red–what the hey!”
Said a woman whose hair was quite gray:
“That gray I shall rinse quite away!
It’ll heighten my chances
Of amorous glances,
Or even a roll in the hay!”
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Drank a bottle of Oil of Olay
But she wanted more brown,
So she then went to town,
With a gallon of Bain de Soleil
More fun limericks. Thanks! I hope you’ll post them on my Facebook post too.
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Read her poetry every day
Though metres were sound
And her rhyming profound
Her themes wandered every which way
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Never lacked in the sack for a lay.
O’er the years she has found
This advice to be sound —
Beauty’s only a light switch away!
or this one
A woman whose hair was quite gray…
Oh, who cares?! The big news is — she’s GAY!!
And her date to the prom
Is her lab partner’s Mom!
At least that’s what Fox News said today.
Went a whole crazy different direction with this one:
SPLITTING CARES – COMPLETE RETREAT
Lisa, that first one of yours made me laugh out loud.
Jon, I can definitely relate to yours.
Thanks everyone! Hope you’ll participate in my next prompt which will probably be next Wednesday.
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Decided to keep it that way
Some said she should change it,
Should style, rearrange it,
But the follicles are still gray today.
Since I just did a little grooming…
A woman whose hair was quite gray,
Like to hold her legs in a splay
As the preacher passed,
he was quite aghast.
“Dear Lord,” he said, “don’t let her spray.”
Oh moderating?
OK, here’s another
A woman whose hair was quite gray,
was feeling a bit risque.
I shall change the color,
which will be much duller,
but Blondes Have More Fun is not a cliche.
Bob Basler? I thought you died!!! I have not heard from you in ages and now I know why.
BTW: I’m here via Larry Wallberg of My Old Kentucky Home (or something like that)
A woman whose hair was quite gray
Attended an off-color play.
She thought it was rude,
When the cast became nude,
But her husband took off his toupee.
Oh good, some fun late entries. Thanks!