Dogged Photographer
Big Tent Poetry’s latest prompt asks us to dig up a photo portrait taken by someone else and write from the photographer’s point of view. Here’s the limerick I came up with:
Dogged Photographer
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Oh why won’t that doggie sit still?
My photo career’s gone downhill.
I should have said “no”
To that dog owner’s dough.
No more pet shots — I’ve been through the mill.
Tags: Animal Verse, Canine Humor, Dog Verse, Pet Limericks, Photography Humor, Poetry Prompt
Doggies can sure look real purdy
But they can’t sit still and get dirty
So it’s hard to take pix
When they’d rather learn tricks
And not really look at the birdy.
Why does this Bull Mastiff look smug?
It’s the same one that crapped on my rug
Regal he’s not
Though he drools quite a lot
Either end could sure use a plug
That’s exactly how I feel every time I try to take a picture of my dog!
Don’t move ,sit still, come on….please
Be sure to smile, and say Cheese
I’ll give ya a treat
There it is, how sweet
It’s sure hard to get Fido to stop scratching fleas.
I’d love to see the result, but I expect it’s in the bin!
I’m enjoying everyone’s limericks and comments! Thanks. And Rinkly, you’re quite right. :)
This made me laugh out loud. Witty and clever. I wish I could make myself write limericks….
LOL!
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Terrific! Gotta love it…
Very fun. One of my dogs is photo-phobic so all the pics we have of her are when she’s asleep.
Perfect Family
Your limericks are so fun…I’m going to have to investigate this and find out exactly what makes a limerick. They kind of have a mischievous feel to them.
Just look at those puppy dog eyes,
Full of love and joyful surprise.
Such a beauty, you see,
Lives each day momently;
No photo can capture this prize.
That’s just so cute!
I’m so sorry you had to go hurl
’cause my dog, in your shoot, caught a squirrel.
She’s so proud of her trap
that she posed for your snap
without the slightest deferral.
Thanks so much everyone for your wonderful comments and verse!
A fun way to start my BTP reading! Thank you so much!!
Thanks, Deb!
I’m a sucker for a good Limerick! Great topic for it, too!
Thanks very much, Erin!