Stylish Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
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.
So I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A gal who took pride in her style…
or
A man who took pride in his style…
Here’s mine:
Stylish Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A gal who took pride in her style
Had a temper quite terribly vile.
When asked if her dress
Came from Buy It For Less,
Her screams could be heard for a mile.
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: Bad Behavior, Clothing Poem, Dress Verse, Fashion Verse, Money Poems, Poetry & Prompts, Style Humor, Temper Humor, Temperament Limerick, Writing Prompts
What a great first line.
arrested development
A gal who took pride in her style
Older men, with her looks she would beguile
She made them feel all aglow
While stealing their dough
And walked all the way to the bank with a smile
that’s funny Mad. I think I know the screamer.
A gal who took pride in her style,
wore top name designs all the while.
But every label she wore,
looked best on the floor,
right next to my bed, in a pile.
A gal who took pride in her style
Was beset with the mouth of a crocodile
See couldn’t look people in their faces
So she saw the dentist for braces
And now bears her teeth with a smile
A gal who took pride in her style,
Her boyfriend was quick to revile:
“I don’t mean to be mean,
But I cannot be seen
With a man if his socks are argyle.”
A guy who took pride in his style,
would only sing songs by Kurt Weill.
He thought himself hip,
but was such a big drip.
Plus his singing was quite infantile.
Fun limericks, everyone! Please keep them coming. And if you’re on Facebook, please post them on my Facebook post too. (You don’t even have to be one of my Facebook friends to comment on my FB posts.)
A gal who took pride in her style
could make all the men erectile.
She just had a gift
for giving men a lift.
So now, of course, she is “with chile.”
I know that looks like the country Chile, but you do know what I meant.
A gal who took pride in her style
Precluded each kiss with a smile,
Confusing some dates
Who just wanted mates;
‘Twas her way of discarding the vile.
A man who took pride in his style
Would lapse every once in a while.
His clothing was neat,
But his speech was replete
With expressions remarkably vile.
well done humor, love the rhymes..
cheers.,
A gal who took pride in her style
Actually has to discreetly beguile
That she has it all and won’t fall
When she finds it hard to stand tall
She taste the bitterness in her smile.
Good prompt…and surprisingly difficult. Thought yours was great, Mad. Thanks, vb
A man who took pride in his style
Stood in front of a mirror a while
I know it sounds vain
And a wee bit insane
But , lord, how I make myself smile
A gal who took pride in her style
was dressed like the Queen of the Nile
she bought off the rack
and lived in a shack
and shoplifted once in a while
Hehehehehehe. i find fashionistas quite irritating and so do you by the look of it. Rather funny.
“When asked if her dress
Came from Buy It For Less,
Her screams could be heard for a mile.”
thanks a lot…
A++
love your supportive spirits.
My Stylish Limerick
A gal who took pride in her style,
walked in her Dolche’s a mere mile.
Then she gave up walking
for shopping and talking
‘cuz blisters were sqinching her smile.
© Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
There was a lawyer who took pride in his style,
He turned up his nose at the rank and file,
He was hated by some of his peers,
Who were the object of his sneers,
When his clients were acquitted at every trial.
A gal who took pride in her style
Wore patterned bright socks– yes, argyle
Her foot fetish expressed
Without being overdressed
Final touch? Her two foot wide smile!
These are wonderful. Please keep them coming. Thanks!
lols!
A gal who took pride in her style..
People loved her for her killer smile!
She loved eating grapes
Listening to tapes-
She’s been living in the country all this while.
That’s me- more or less- lolss
Hugs xox
A girl who took pride in her style
in a convent stayed for a while
As a nun with a bun
she was having no fun
so she left on the run with a smile.
This is fun!
A man who took pride in his style
confronted the world with a smile;
he thought he was best,
(being perfectly dressed)
but really was utterly vile.
A gal who took pride in her style
Hadn’t bought a new dress in her while
When she had no more money
Her new job was funny
As a mannequin clothed with a smile!
A gal who took pride in her style
Cleopatra – she lived on the Nile
She mistook an asp
For a necklace and clasp
Now she’s in the Dead Ptolemies File
A gal who took pride in her style
Walked on the ramp with a smile
What happened there next
Is much too complex
See it on my blog its worthwhile
A man who took pride in his style
Once tried to restore his wife’s smile
Said ’twas just an air kiss.
She replied with a hiss,
An air miss is as good as a mile.
A gal who took pride in her style
of her credit was in full denial
then they came to reposess
every last shoe, hat and dress
now she’s garbed in only a smile.
I wish I were that witty, as are your responses.
That is too funny!
LOL, I so associate with that girl!!
Lovely limerick. I must try these, I haven’t written any since school a few years ago.
Here from Poetry Potluck.
Sweat Pleasures
A gal who took pride in her style,
Thought she soon would a-glide down the aisle
Men liked her coloring and size
But got not a word in edgewise
In a mirror she’d groom, vogue and smile
A gal who took pride in her style,
Knew that it had been “out” for a while.
“I’m all into cottons,
“Like 501’s with buttons
“And T-shirts I’ve got by the pile.”
That long hair, her “freak flag,”
Was not many others’ “bag.”
She kept up with the times
(And with Mad Kane’s mad rhymes)
And her style’s still in the fashion mags!
Natural fibers, international design,
Stone, shells, leather–silver for shine.
Handmade accessories, in color,
Made the other gals feel duller
So she flipped them the ol’ peace sign!
“Comfort is my middle name,” she said
(“Birks and Earth Shoes mess with YOUR head!”)
Arts and crafts in her heart,
Why not look the part?
She’ll feel happy, hippie, comfy ’til she’s dead.
These limericks are lots of fun! Please keep them coming. Thanks!
A gal who took pride in her style
wore tattoos of numbers to dial
for the places we could buy
fabrics that caught our eye
priced by the yard or the mile.
A gal who took pride in her style,
dressed to impress and beguile.
No one did better
as an instant trendsetter
than the late, great Ms. Kitty Carlisle.
If we could vote for our favourites, I’d vote for Sally Franz: delicious.
A gal who was proud of her style
Thought to give Nefertiti a trial;
As she regally strolled
In a headdress of gold,
Some said: “She’s de queen of denial.”
A gal who took pride in her style
used her charms to make good in her wiles
She would flaunt debonair
too make the gentlemen stare
and the ladies all thought she was vile.
lots of good verses- Sallys and robert basler’s are funny.
I would like to meet the woman Jesse Levy wrote about but I don’t want to go all the way down to Chile:-)
More fun limericks! Thanks, and please keep them coming!
Fabulous opening line… love the humor in your limerick.
i like to come here hahahahahahahaha! thank you for this! my potluck- nectar from heaven
Great fun. It’s good to use cliches in an uncliched way, I think.
Thanks so much Reflections, fiveloaf, and David!
A gal who took pride in her style
Went to live in India a while.
Back home she looked strange.
Friends asked her, “Why change?”
“Sari” she said with a smile.
I reckon it would be fun just to say it :-)
Nice one.
a guy who took pride in his style
had a temper quite vile
he’s hen and he’d peck
making everyone sick
when he left we all had a smile.
a gal who took pride in her style
oh my – her clothes – they did pile
in heaps in her room
and she needed a broom
to sweep them into the nile
Fantastic! Super enjoyed!!
hahahah.. quite a temper she has there!! I had better stay away from her…
a gal who took pride in her style
thought gramps was jus’ old and senile
when he told her to heed
she called him a weed
and off she fled hiding a smile
Thanks so much to all of you for your enthusiastic comments and your delightful limericks. Please keep them coming. And don’t forget, I post a new Limerick-Off every Monday. Hope you’ll be back for more versifying.
A gal who took pride in her style
was eager to walk down the aisle
so desperate was she
that she wed a Nazi
now like Strangelove her greeting is Heil
Good one, Gary! I like it.