Kitty Limerick
Once again, it’s Limerick-Off time. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
But before I get to this week’s Limerick-Off, I want to point you to my thank you Limerick Ode To My Limerick-Off Friends.
And now I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A cat-owner made a mistake…
Here’s mine. (It was inspired by a post-Christmas personal anecdote told by my pal Linda Ann Nickerson, who’s both a writer and an animal enthusiast.)
Kitty Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A cat-owner made a mistake,
While packing up stuff half-awake.
She bundled her cat
In her closet. The rat!
Cat in closet can cause quite a quake.
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 Facebook Limerick-Off post.
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Tags: Animal Poetry, Cat Humor, Pet Limerick, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
A cat-owner made a mistake,
that a cat lover only could make.
She fed her cat Trix,
while she ate Meow-Mix.
She should have stuck with coffee-cake.
A cat-owner made a mistake
and asked Kitty to shake her awake
Kitty wasn’t to blame
She overslept the same
Now the owner is late, f’pete’s sake.
Fun limericks! Please keep them coming! Thanks!
A cat owner made a mistake
After all they are easy to make
And then you rue the day
You got the pain in the ass anyway
Might as well toss it in the lake (and get a dog)
A cat owner made a mistake
Though she did so for poor kitty’s sake:
She served him each hour
A small whisky sour
Mistaking his purr for a quake.
A cat owner made a mistake
when driving with friends to a lake
Those curious women
forced the cat to go swimmin’
(now their families have scheduled a wake)
A cat owner made a mistake
The kitty litter she forgot to rake
The stuff piled up
And stank the room up
Then the poor cat was scooped and tossed in the lake!
A cat owner made a mistake
Fed her kitty potatoes and steak
Now she mews all the time
Expecting red wine
Demanding ice cream and cake.
A cat-owner made a mistake:
He dropped cat food into the lake.
Well, the cat got loud
and meowed and meowed
and gave his owner no break.
A cat-owner made a mistake…
And went out to buy a flat cake
But cats can hold grudges
Making litter dust smudges
Or pawprints on cakes she’ll make
…
These messages appear to be innocent
When scolded, she’ll remain reticent
Quietly keep your eye peeled
Soon her nasty side’ll be revealed
And your antique won’t be worth a cent
You’ll never know how you’ve offended
But your tea cup will be upended
Your stockings she’ll shred
Or she’ll jump on your head
It’s the lion, not the lamb, she’s pretended
Like a lamb she’ll want loving attention
When you’re so busy you can’t even mention
You give in to her out of fear
To avoid another damage, loss or tear
On our hearts cats leave an indention
How could we live without the li’l darlings?
Don’t you love how they chatter at the starlings?
They’re as much fun as monkeys
And much smarter than donkeys
Sometimes we could scream, but they’re . . . darlings!
Kept writing myself into a corner with each last line and hadn’t the patience to work it out. Just call me “The Lazy Limerickist” or something like that.
A cat owner made a mistake
She said, “I’ve had all I can take!
I’m a bird person not cat,
And this cat taught me that.
This li’l monster takes the cake!”
“She’s happy-go-lucky, I know
But she or me–one has to GO!
I enjoy my decor
My keepsakes even more
Than this critter that costs me dough.”
“Take your catnip toys with you
Along with your brush and your box, too!
I like quiet and relaxing
I find your antics too taxing.
Perhaps a canary would do.”
A cat owner made the mistake,
dropped her glasses when seeing a snake.
When she called kitty kitty,
She mistook polecat to the city,
Now her apartment they must fumigate…
I’m really enjoying this limericks. Thanks and please keep them coming!
A cat-owner made a mistake
While baking a three-layer cake:
While it’s true baking soda
Stops litterbox odor,
The cake turned out flat as a flake.
A cat-owner made a mistake
Having just driven home from the lake
was unloading his reel,
when he heard a loud squeal.
Seems he forgot to set the hand brake.
Oh, goody! more fun limericks!
We stops from the carnival of cats that Billy and Nicky are having. This a very fun post. We’re not good at limer-licks, but we sure enjoyed reading all of yours!
I’m not mean. It’s a means to some ends.
My computer’s nights’ “OFF” state depends
On just one simple fact.
Last month it was hacked.
My two cats, searching Facebook for friends.