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If Only Life Were That Simple (Limerick)

The task at hand over at Three Word Wednesday is to write a poem using these three words: Figure, Juicy, and Stress. I enjoyed the mental exercise and wrote this limerick:

If Only Life Were That Simple
By Madeleine Begun Kane

When I’m feeling a bit under stress
And I figure my life’s in a mess,
If I read something juicy
Or play some Debussy,
My problems are quick to egress.

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10 Responses to “If Only Life Were That Simple (Limerick)”

  1. Kim Nelson says:
    February 23, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    How did you do it? Difficult to combine prompts, yet succinct and truly meaningful. Nicely done!

    Here’s mine for the week:

    Beautiful Man

  2. Anthony North says:
    February 23, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    That’s definitely the way to chill. Nicely done.

  3. The Blithering Idiot says:
    February 23, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    I figure a limerick which includes stress
    Is a difficulty, I must confess.
    With something juicy?
    I Love Lucy.
    Even my mind is under duress.

  4. rallentanda says:
    February 23, 2011 at 7:26 pm

    Ha.. Loved this, especially the rhyming of joosy with deboosy:)

  5. madkane says:
    February 23, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    Thanks so much everyone for your kind words and verse!

  6. Sheilagh Lee says:
    February 23, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    Lovely limericks!

  7. Altonian says:
    February 24, 2011 at 9:02 am

    Any mention of Debussy is a hit with me, but to use him as a main rhyme in a limerick must be a WOW ! Very good.

  8. Nanka says:
    February 24, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Pleasing and harmonious limerick!!

  9. ms pie says:
    February 24, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    oh yeah…. it is good to have the remedy in hand….

  10. madkane says:
    February 25, 2011 at 3:17 am

    Thanks so much everyone!