Limerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: LIGHT or DELIGHT at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: June 24, 2023)

It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.

I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using LIGHT or DELIGHT at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)

The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)

Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to TEACHERS, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best TEACHER-related limerick.

And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE, I’ve used a “Random Word Generator” to generate five random words. Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.

Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: JOINT, LOVELY, NAP, TAX, CONQUER.

(You’re free to singularize/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)

I’ll announce the winners on June 25, 2023, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)

Here’s my LIGHT/DELIGHT-Rhyme Limerick:

I enjoy writing verse that is light,
Although many poo-poo it as trite.
And I happily slave
Over lim’ricks — my fav.
They’re well worth it, when written just right.

And here’s my TEACHER-Themed Limerick:

The schoolteacher, usually nice,
Could be scary at times – cold as ice.
And her tone, when provoked,
Went from mellow to stoked
With a furious “THAT WILL SUFFICE!”

And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:

“How I long to be able to nap
Just like those who can sleep in a snap.
As for me, there’s no point
In trying. Each joint
In my body shrieks ‘Don’t bother, chap!'”

Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.

To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!

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135 Responses to “Limerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: LIGHT or DELIGHT at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: June 24, 2023)”

  1. Gail White says:

    Said the sultan, “Let’s party all night!
    Line the girls up and do the thing right!
    Let the Harem Recorder
    Call each one in order:
    We’ll call it a Turkish Delight.”

  2. Bob Turvey says:

    To his teacher a boy in Juneau
    Said, “I can’t write. It’s 20 below.”
    So she took out a strap,
    From his arse beat the crap,
    And then said, “Warm your hands on the glow.”

  3. Bob Turvey says:

    Said a teacher, “I love teaching words,
    Like cannons and canyons and curds.
    Like fuming and frantic
    And spuming, Atlantic,
    And hippos and hoopoes and herds.”

  4. Bob Turvey says:

    Lighting lamps on small boats in the night,
    He wished he’d a lamp that was bright;
    So he bought a new wick,
    And now this clever trick,
    Means the lighters’ lamp-lighter’s lamp’s light.

  5. Sally Franz says:

    Said I, I love the moon light
    It puts me in a mood that’s right
    So my suiter dropped trou
    My reaction was, WOW
    Your mooning is best seen at night

  6. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    I’d like to give thanks to those teachers,
    Who due to their no-nonsense features,
    Helped build a foundation,
    While real education,
    Was going on under the bleachers.

  7. Sally Franz says:

    My English School teacher was a hottie
    I imagined doing stuff that was naughty
    His aftershave made me woozy
    Wished I was a floozy
    Screw words, let’s conjugate his body

    My Math teacher was so hot.
    My lessons I simply forgot
    When he leaned over my desk
    I broke out in a sweat
    My formula? Play dumb a lot.

    My Spanish teacher was muy guapo
    He made my heart simply stop-o
    His voice was castanets
    He made me hot he made me wet
    I was done for, hook line and taco

  8. Lisi Nortman says:

    From The Dictionary: “DE” added to verbs and their derivatives denoting
    REMOVAL or REVERSAL

    Who made up “delight” isn’t bright.
    To say it is simply not right.
    DEtox and DEcode
    Are in the true mode.
    But “delight” doesn’t turn off the light.

  9. Jean E McEwen says:

    The way teachers teach physics and math
    Makes their students respond with sheer wrath.
    Want the secret to teaching?
    Stop screeching and preaching!
    Leave each kid to find their own path.

  10. Jean E McEwen says:

    Please excuse me; I feel a bit light
    In the head. Would you be so polite
    As to please stop that top
    From its spinning? Chop-chop!
    Can’t you tell I’m as high as a kite?

  11. Jean E McEwen says:

    Gee, how lovely! They just raised the debt
    Ceiling. Nice! We have now dodged the threat
    Of a flagrant default.
    Plus, the rich can exalt
    ‘Cause their tax cut demands remain met.

  12. Judy Freed says:

    She thought she was losing her sight.
    Her vision got blurry at night.
    Her fears were erased
    When her bulbs were replaced.
    She could see! It was purely de-light.

  13. Judy Freed says:

    All my life, how I’d hunger and yearn
    For a love who would love in return.
    Now I offer a course
    In avoiding divorce.
    ‘Cause we teach what we most need to learn.

  14. Judy Freed says:

    Some people lie flat on their backs
    When taking a nap to relax.
    But curling up fetally
    Will much more speedily
    Conquer my panic attacks.

  15. Terry Marter says:

    (A question my mind strives to bridge:-
    Is the light off in Schrodinger’s fridge?)

    Erwin Schrodinger wakes in the night,
    Concerned that his cat is alright.
    A new thought, that he’ll bridge
    As he then raids his fridge,
    Is the state (On AND Off?) of its light.

  16. Terry Marter says:

    I never was once teacher’s pet
    (Feigned affection) in order to get
    Higher marks in her class
    By kissing her ass.
    It’s something I’ll always regret.

  17. Rudy Landesman says:

    He intended to kiss her that night
    By the moon’s bright and silvery light;
    But there was an eclipse.
    He could not find her lips.
    He too, it would seem, wasn’t bright.

  18. Judy Freed says:

    Your hands and your feet have grown colder.
    For no reason, you can’t move your shoulder.
    Your joints are arthritic.
    But don’t be a critic.
    How lovely to be growing older.

  19. Terry Marter says:

    English rhyming)
    With no int’rest in stuff I was taught,
    My mind turned to learning to rort
    My way through my life
    With the minimum strife,
    But with many a tort I’ve been caught.

  20. Lisi Nortman says:

    “My Tale Of Woe”

    I’m a signal that all drivers see.
    But that is sure no guarantee
    That my bright yellow light
    Is real “outta-sight.
    Cause no one is mindful of me.

  21. Tim James says:

    A lovely girl carp known as Joy
    Swiftly conquered the heart of each boy
    In the fish pond. She’d flirt,
    And then treat them like dirt.
    It turned out she was just being koi.

  22. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Mused one caveman — a sensitive chap —
    Before giving his woman a rap,
    “I’d take time to conquer
    my instinct to bonk her,
    But then I’d miss out on my nap.”

  23. Dave Johnson says:

    DeSantis, to no one’s delight,
    Decided to put up a fight
    With Micky and friends.
    Now he struts and pretends
    That wokeness is done for the night.

  24. Doug Harris says:

    A wandering prankster named Knight
    Loved to cook up a culin’ry fright.
    He’d sneak in the capsicum,
    Setting hot traps for some,
    To his peri-patetic delight.

  25. Doug Harris says:

    Good teachers ignite and inspire,
    Setting the pupil on fire.
    That place in life’s college
    And hunger for knowledge
    Is a gift that shall never expire.

  26. Doug Harris says:

    Life is an anti-climax –
    Roll a joint, take a nap and relax.
    Conquer your fears
    With a few dozen beers,
    Do lovely things, avoid tax.

  27. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    Watching news at night gives me a fright,
    Thanks to murder and mayhem and blight,
    And the cheery newscaster,
    Who dishes disaster,
    With a look on his face of delight.

  28. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    (A small change in L3 of May 30th entry)

    Mused one caveman — a sensitive chap —
    Before giving his woman a rap,
    “I would take time to conquer
    my instinct to bonk her,
    But then I’d miss out on my nap.”

  29. Lisi.Nortman says:

    I’d a lovely and undisturbed nap.
    Let me give you a pithy recap:
    I dreamed of the sea
    And a breathtaking tree.
    Then I woke up and thought about crap.

  30. David Friedman says:

    There once was a fellow named Sloan
    Who used turpentine for cologne
    He tried to ignite
    A girl’s Marlboro Light
    And was scattered to places unknown.

  31. David Friedman says:

    The rocket invented by Dwight
    Can travel much faster than light.
    “It takes off for Venus
    Next week,” said the genius,
    “And will arrive yesterday night.”

  32. David Friedman says:

    There once was a student named Ace
    Whose visage was like outer space
    His teacher would gripe,
    “Hey Ace, would you wipe
    That bad simile off your face?!”

  33. Lisi Nortman says:

    1950 Elementary School “Seams”

    My teacher back then was Miss Rose.
    She had chalk stains all over her clothes.
    Those “letters” WHAT STRESS!
    Yet I hark back to “S”
    From the zig zag in back of her hose.

  34. Bob Turvey says:

    When I purchased an LED flashlight,
    I found it gave out such a brash light,
    That I now read in bed,
    With candles instead –
    And I enjoy Fanny by Gaslight.

    [Said my teacher, “In North Carolina
    We’re taught British English is finer.
    But in England, alas,
    Fanny doesn’t mean ass.
    It means, I’m afraid, a vagina.”]

  35. David Friedman says:

    Sorry, accidentally re-posted one. It had been “awaiting moderation.”

  36. David Friedman says:

    There once was a teacher named Link
    Who taught kids to critically think.
    The Florida fools
    Fired him from their schools,
    Wanting kids to just sit there and blink.

  37. Lisi Nortman says:

    Interviews For Aspiring Teachers: Suggestions From Mr. Mammary

    Mr. Mammary highly suggests
    That the interviewee takes some tests.
    To be sure teachers know
    They must be a pro.
    And what is the size of their breasts?

  38. J.OConnor says:

    At night when the lights are down low
    And his lovely wife’s watching a show,
    He will say in her ear
    “Are you napping my dear?”
    Then she’ll always snore twice for a “NO.”

  39. Bob Turvey says:

    My two year old is very bright,
    At a spelling bee he caused delight,
    When he spelled “cunctator”
    As “PROCRASTINATOR” –
    And the quizmaster shouted, “He’s right!”

  40. Tim James says:

    My mentor at work taught me this:
    Never tell the boss something’s amiss.
    When he says something dumb,
    Shut your mouth and stay mum;
    And don’t ever forget what to kiss.

  41. Rudy Landesman says:

    I once got a college degree,
    And a teacher I wanted to be.
    But every darn kid
    Knew more than I did;
    And, wisely, I had to agree.

  42. Rudy Landesman says:

    After dining on Buddha’s Delight,
    I did meditate all through the night.
    Am I such an oaf who
    Ate fungi and tofu?
    I am humbled now and am contrite.

  43. Tony Holmes says:

    At a function, attended at night,
    You are smitten with love, at first sight.
    Give your all, there and then?
    Or, think, “No! Not again.
    I’ll hold back and decide when it’s light.”?

  44. Tony Holmes says:

    Having rescued the lovely young maid.
    We then – jointly – agreed we’d get laid.
    I would fain take a nap –
    Derring deeds drain one’s sap –
    But the feisty young maiden forbade.

  45. Bob Turvey says:

    When Nature herself splits up light
    The result is a stunning delight
    It gives us a rainbow
    And sometimes the main bow
    Is joined by a second, less bright.

  46. Tony Holmes says:

    As a healthy, testosterone knight,
    It has been my enduring delight
    To be errant. Egad!
    In a good way, not bad.
    (Wink.) I mostly do erring at night.

  47. Tony Holmes says:

    For a lesson to take it must hurt.
    A great deal if we want to convert.
    If we don’t feel the pain
    We will backslide again,
    As our nature’s inclined to revert.

  48. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    I would write of the joints I have been to —
    Taken women and children and men to —
    But it’s best not to tax,
    My old brain for the facts,
    That I shouldn’t be putting my pen to.

  49. Terry Marter says:

    When you’ve partied too hard through the night,
    Then you wake with a head that’s not right
    And your brain, with a jerk,
    Screams “Get up! Go to work!
    – Wait! – It’s Sunday”, it’s such a delight!

  50. Tony Holmes says:

    To conquer in battle doth tax
    And once done, a knight needs to relax.
    Smoke a joint, take a nap,
    And if lucky, mayhap,
    Suffer lovely young maiden attacks.

  51. David Friedman says:

    At the power plant, newcomer Dwight
    Was not very careful or bright;
    He shorted the grid,
    And, you know, when he did,
    It both was and was not a delight.

  52. There once was a man who was white
    who claimed he had once seen the light:
    “The problem’s not my gun!
    It’s the trans having fun
    which someone infringes *BANG* right!”

  53. J.OConnor says:

    Recommended by our local preacher.
    She’s also a Sunday school teacher.
    And she’ll accept checks
    When you call her for sex.
    But Sundays may be hard to reach her.

  54. Lisi Nortman says:

    der Fuhrer

    “We will conquer the states in a snap.
    And why? Cuz I’m not a nice chap.
    Then in a few years
    You will cry Nazi tears
    When I take my extended dirt nap.”

    Then in a few years
    You will cry baby tears
    When I take an extended dirt nap.”

  55. Lisi Nortman says:

    WHAT HAPPENED? OY!

    der Fuhrer

    “We will conquer the states in a snap.
    And why? Cuz I’m not a nice chap.
    Then in a few years,
    You will cry Nazi tears
    When I take my extended dirt nap.”

  56. Lisi Nortman says:

    The Lincoln Tunnel is one way to get to New York from New Jersey, and vice
    versa: “A Stunning New York Attraction”

    If you’re taking the “Lincoln” tonight,
    At the end, you should make a quick right.
    Though those hookers don’t know you,
    They are happy to show you:
    At the end of the tunnel, there’s light.

  57. Unsal Ozunlu says:

    There was a nice girl who wore tights,
    In them she never went out at nights;
    Alas; one night she did,
    Her attitude was unfit;
    Tearing them while dancing, she gave good sights !

  58. Rudy Landesman says:

    I’m convinced I’ll be proved to be right,
    And I won’t ever give up the fight.
    Why can’t you see that
    The Earth’s really flat?
    Just open your eyes! See the light!

  59. Lisi Nortman says:

    I know how you feel as a pappy.
    And lately, mom’s rather slaphappy.
    Pappy, give her a break.
    After all, you helped make
    This baby, so go change that nappy.

  60. Lisi Nortman says:

    oops I used only one “random”

    It’s taxing when you are a pappy.
    And lately, mom’s rather slaphappy.
    Pappy, give her a break.
    After all, you helped make
    The baby, so go change that nappy.

  61. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    One misogynist’s lot is so fateful,
    That whenever he starts to feel grateful,
    For a lovely gal’s smile,
    He can’t conquer his bile,
    Which then stirs up some feelings most hateful.

  62. Lisi Nortman says:

    Bob Dylan Says: “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.”

    “Wow, smoking a joint’s outta sight.
    Come join me; you’ll feel such delight.
    You really should try it.
    And I will supply it.
    So do not think twice, it’s all right.”

  63. Pete Miners says:

    A top-heavy teacher from Diggle,
    who’s wares would unfailingly jiggle,
    ignored every warning
    that pupils were fawning
    and gave the headmaster a wiggle!

  64. Jon Nixon says:

    A man who flew faster than light,
    Arrived on the previous night.
    He then took the life,
    Of the man with his wife,
    And was dead before starting his flight.

  65. Lisi Nortman says:

    Gee, look at that lovely display.
    I’ll buy Sally 2 pairs today.
    When she gets the right shoes,
    She will never refuse
    And be ready to conquer the day.

  66. Lisi Nortman says:

    You know you are old, (it is said)
    When you’re napping inside of your bed,
    Or that new lovely couch
    And they notice your slouch
    Most people will think you are dead.

  67. Bob Turvey says:

    Said a vicar, “I follow Church Teaching;
    For the Truth I am always reaching.”
    He then asked, “Is it wrong
    To twang the wife’s thong?”
    And the judge said, “It is when she’s preaching.”

  68. Bob Turvey says:

    Cried an old Orkney teacher named Stover,
    “As a sadist I think I’m in clover.
    Perhaps there are laws
    On using the tawse,
    But they don’t apply here so bend over.”

  69. Terry Marter says:

    There’s a saying that quite often features,
    In school students’ chats on the bleachers.
    It goes: Those who can, – Do,
    Those who can’t, – Teach (it’s true),
    And those who can’t teach, – teach the teachers.

  70. Terry Marter says:

    English “Pissed” (= inebriated).

    If you tend to post lims when you’re pissed,
    Your subtle wit’s ‘gems’ will be missed.
    Your talent, so bright,
    Will fail to delight,
    Cause no one but you, gets the gist.

  71. Lisi Nortman says:

    Correction Of Rhyming Error From June 8, 12:09 AM

    “The way to a girl’s heart”

    Gee, look at that lovely array.
    Think I’ll buy some to give to “Sweet Kay”
    When she gets the right shoes,
    She will never refuse.
    And be ready to conquer the day.

  72. Lisi Nortman says:

    Close, but not exactly Ella Fitzgerald’s “Sweet and Lovely”

    More lovely than roses in May:
    That nap was much more than okay.
    Now I’ll go back to sleep.
    And the same plot I’ll keep.
    To see if I get a good lay.

  73. Rudy Landesman says:

    King Charles and his queen they’d anoint.
    But where do the deed? That’s the point.
    So, they did find a place.
    To Westminster they’d race,
    Where the Abbey’s a lo-ve-ly joint.

  74. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    When I doze with a wrap on my lap,
    My young pup chews the thing into pap.
    With his nose out of joint,
    Soggy fluff makes his point:
    “I have had quite enough of this nap!”

  75. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    I will conquer a limerick rhyme!
    Perfect diction will end ev’ry line.
    Lovely meter will be,
    Always synced up syllabically.
    I will do it! (but some other time).

  76. Lisi Nortman says:

    Oh, why can’t I find Mr. Right?
    (Many husbands, but always a fight)
    Relationships sever.
    Not a thing lasts forever.
    Except for my LED light.

  77. Bob Turvey says:

    When you get up without any light
    There are things that go bump in the night
    And the worst, so it’s said
    Is the foot of the bed
    Which can give any toe a bad bite.

  78. Bob Turvey says:

    In a bar-room one Saturday night
    God lost all his teeth in a fight,
    And during CREATION
    To His consternation
    His voice boomed out, “LET LERE LE LIGHT!”

    [Did God have teeth? We are made in His image …]

  79. Lisi Nortman says:

    It wasn’t an uplifting night.
    He tried stiffly with all of his might.
    The problem was cause
    He didn’t take pause
    To notice his “check engine” light.

  80. Lisi Nortman says:

    The Chadwick’s were nice to invite
    Us, yet I became impolite.
    All they served were some drinks,
    And I hollered, “That stinks!
    We expected much more and ate light.”

  81. Tony Holmes says:

    The instructor said, “Indicate right.”
    I turned left. (You’ve discerned I’m not bright.)
    For my second mistake,
    I drove into the lake – –
    They’re just keeping him in overnight.

  82. Tony Holmes says:

    The instructor said, “Indicate right.”
    I turned left. (You’ve discerned I’m not bright.)
    For my second mistake,
    I drove into the lake – –
    They’re just keeping him in overnight.

  83. Brian Allgar says:

    “Just explain how to do it”, she begs,
    “And I’ll swallow it all to the dregs.”
    “Grasp with fingers and thumbs,
    Then suck hard till it comes …”
    I had taught my old Gran to suck eggs.

  84. Lisi Nortman says:

    The Guilt Trip Dialogue

    “Come quickly, dear, please fix my light.
    The darkness sure gives me a fright.”
    “Mom, I’ve got a concussion.
    To the E.R. I’m rush’in”
    “That’s okay, son, I’ll fall down all night.”

  85. Lisi Nortman says:

    I made a rhyming error on June 10, at 11:33 PM.
    I just caught it. Here is my “fix”

    The Chadwick’s were nice to invite
    Us, though we got into a fight.
    All they served were some drinks.
    So I hollered, “This stinks!
    We expected much more and ate light.”

  86. Rudy Landesman says:

    Waddya think Dr. Turvey?

    God in heaven’s as vain as can be.
    “I’m the fairest of all”, so says He.
    Well, He does look all right
    By the new moon’s dim light.
    He was made in our image, you see.

    “If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.”
    — Voltaire

  87. Lisi Nortman says:

    In 1969, I taught 5th. grade for one year. One year was enough. (true)
    “New Jersey Education”

    If you want to teach 5th. grade, beware
    You’ll repeatedly say this, I swear:
    “Your hands don’t belong
    In your pants, it’s just wrong.
    And girls, please stop twirling your hair.”

  88. Fred Bortz says:

    Long ago, some great scholars would fight
    Over differing theories of light.
    But none could surmise
    Quantum theory’s surprise:
    Neither Newton nor Huygens was right.

  89. Fred Bortz says:

    LOVELY, CONQUER — A scene from a horror movie

    The lovely maid knew what he meant.
    His eyes showed his evil intent.
    He wouldn’t just conquer.
    He’d ravish and bonk her
    Until his desire was spent.

  90. Fred Bortz says:

    In the future, will teachers instruct
    That Congress should never have ducked
    And declared, “We acquit,
    Though we know Trump’s a sh*t”?
    Now our nation’s security’s f*cked.

  91. Tim James says:

    Said a fellow who wasn’t too bright
    As he drunkenly dumped on Bud Light:
    “Bud’s supporting a trans?
    I’ma shoot up some cans!”
    That’s what passes for “thought” on the right.

  92. Bob Turvey says:

    When a rose bud unfurls in the light
    It is a most beautiful sight
    But the roses I’ve got
    Have aphids (a lot),
    Deadwood, loads of thorns and the blight.

  93. Bob Turvey says:

    To teach kids the whole sexual map,
    Printed works outperform a good app..
    If boys’ parts need a look
    We’ve a large Pop-Up Book;
    Girls’ bits have a small Lift-the-Flap.

  94. J.OConnor says:

    Always wrong but his name is B. Wright.
    She’s unpleasant but goes by D. Light.
    An ill-fitting name
    Is always a shame.
    Ask my friend with no teeth, Pearl E. White!

  95. Dave Johnson says:

    When bad news continues to tax,
    We need to know how to relax.
    Try napping or play;
    Although some spend their day
    Immersed in alternative facts.

  96. Lisi Nortman says:

    Teachers

    I was hoping to get frisky kicks.
    Or maybe a few juicy licks.
    But he was of age,
    And despite all my rage,
    You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

  97. Lisi Nortman says:

    New Pronoun

    I was hoping to get frisky kicks.
    Or maybe a few juicy licks.
    But he was of age,
    And despite all my rage
    I could not teach this old dog new tricks.

  98. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    I find offices better for napping
    Than are theaters with people unwrapping
    Some old cellophane treat,
    Or else tapping their feet.
    Plus, at joints we call work no one’s clapping.

  99. Terry Marter says:

    Mad, please delete June 15 7.25pm. I’ll re-post. Thanks.

    *******

    done

  100. Terry Marter says:

    My sleeping position at night?
    The result of long 3-way fight
    ‘tween my pillow and sheet
    And sore neck, till I’m beat.
    Then repeating, – without the damn’ light.

  101. Terry Marter says:

    It is futile to put up a fight
    In defence of dumb crimes none too bright.
    So reflect in the dark
    When you scratch your first mark
    As the jail warden turns off delight.

  102. Rudy Landesman says:

    When if France, as I am now and then,
    I enjoy crusty pain quotidien
    With Mayonnaise Light
    And Velveeta that’s white.*
    With a Sauvignon Blanc 2010.

    *(marketed as Velveeta Queso Blanco)

  103. Lisi Nortman says:

    “What Story Did The Teacher Read To You Today?”

    “In pre-school today, after juice,
    We heard, “Thidwick The Good-Hearted Moose.”
    “The bugs on his head
    Thought his head was a bed.
    It was writted by The Arthur Seuss.”

  104. Rudy Landesman says:

    Your Commandments, Seigneur, there are ten.
    We obey un or deux now and then.
    Yet I ask s’il vous plait,
    Won’t you teach us to pray?
    And give us our pain quotidien?

  105. Rudy Landesman says:

    Correction of typo in line 1 (June 17, 12:14 am)

    When in France, as I am now and then,
    I enjoy crusty pain quotidien
    With Mayonnaise Light
    And Velveeta that’s white.*
    With a Sauvignon Blanc 2010.

    *(marketed as Velveeta Queso Blanco)

  106. Lisi Nortman says:

    I think “Sex Ed” in school is real nice.
    All the kids get instructive advice.
    I am one of a twin,
    So it isn’t a sin.
    Cause my mom and dad did it just twice.

  107. Tim James says:

    Our pot business prospered and grew,
    But at tax time we hadn’t a clue.
    Would we pay a steep price?
    Then we got this advice:
    A joint filing was what we should do.

  108. Sjaan VandenBroeder says:

    A do-nothing fellow named Sap,
    Found it even too taxing to nap.
    Folks were wrong to deduce,
    He could be of no use,
    Foe his cat made him into a lap.

  109. Rudy Landesman says:

    At Fort Sumter they partied all night.
    And then, at the dawn’s early light
    They just didn’t care,
    That their flag wasn’t there.
    A hangover’s all they would fight.

  110. J.OConnor  says:

    Acrostic Limerick spelling LIGHT with first letter:

    Look at me and you’ll see that I’m light.
    I’m as light as a feather and might
    Get airborne with ease.
    Head off in the breeze.
    Then get stuck in a tree like a kite!

  111. Terry Marter says:

    In his heyday, in order to conquer
    His dream girl, he’d drive by and honk ‘er.
    But now they’re both old,
    (If the real truth be told)
    He would rather a nap than to bonk ‘er.

  112. Lisi Nortman says:

    Although it is not very bright,
    We still can see light in the night.
    The moon always reflects it.
    From the sun, which deflects it.
    Now that’s a hot fact about light.

  113. Lisi Nortman says:

    Or To Put It Another Way

    Although it is not very bright,
    We still can see light in the night.
    The moon always reflects it
    From the sun which affects it.
    Now that’s a hot fact about light.

  114. Lisi Nortman says:

    Plants turn light from the sun into food.
    This process is never eschewed.
    They sure need that light,
    Or they might get the “blight”
    Which would put them in quite a bad mood.

    (photosynthesis)

  115. Rudy Landesman says:

    She was lovely, a truly good looker.
    To your place for some loving you took her.
    But she first took a nap.
    Then she gave you the clap.
    That’s price you pay dating a hooker.

  116. Rudy Landesman says:

    Your affairs, you say, are just ethereal.
    So, my comments you’ll think immaterial.
    Let me teach you some facts.
    Outré sexual acts
    Could bring you diseases venereal.

  117. Terry Marter says:

    Some regard bawdy lim’ricks as trite,
    And prefer Lim’rick Lite as their rite.
    While some others, imbued
    with a bent to be crude,
    Tend to use words like ‘shite’ with delight.

  118. At the end of meditation, you’ll see
    a path that is brighter e’en though your a first nighter
    can come to the LIGHT
    in case you’re not BRIGHT.
    Enlightenment is just a tool, as a rule
    Enlightenment is really just a tool

    Meditation and mantra is useful,
    If in your bucket,
    you’ll sure get a snoot full.
    Transcendence is plainly good for the brain
    and crosses the losses
    of the dark night of the soul
    Don’t stop you’re on a roll’s delight.
    It helps you cross into the LIGHT!
    In Sight
    It’s sure enough nothing to fight!

  119. Bob Turvey says:

    Richard Spisak – gosh are you alright?
    Have you any idea what is LIGHT?
    Your verse is just crazy
    The logic is hazy
    You just can’t write a limerick right.

  120. Richard Orr says:

    Ol’ Tadd Dameron’s tune, Our Delight,
    Set the jazz world on fire every night.
    Slick by Bird, Fats or Diz;
    Through the changes they’d whiz.
    But it gave novice blowers a fright!

  121. Lisi Nortman says:

    Teacher Theme

    My line of work: Nothing was dumber!
    From September to June: What a bummer!
    As a pedagogue, I
    Always prayed I could die.
    Then rise from the dead in the summer.

  122. Lisi Nortman says:

    My joint used to slip and then rip.
    I must say I could not get a grip.
    But now my new gait
    Isn’t crooked; it’s straight.
    I’ve a lovely titanium hip.

  123. madkane says:

    Attention All Limerick-Off Procrastinators: The current Limerick-Off ends this Saturday, at 4 pm (Eastern time.) So please get your limerick stragglers in.

  124. Lisi Nortman says:

    “Tucker”

    Mr. Carlson seems rather unstable.
    His judgments are more like a fable.
    He belongs in the joint.
    For making his point.
    In an effort to conquering cable.

  125. Paul Haebig says:

    The dragon beseeched the brave knight:
    “Would you help me, kind sir, in my plight?
    The fire’s gone out
    at the end of my snout.
    Could you possibly give me a light?”

  126. Paul Haebig says:

    I wanted to serve something light
    So I made some fish tacos last night.
    But it didn’t work out
    Those ungrateful trout
    Swam off without even a bite!

  127. Lisi Nortman says:

    “Patient In Crisis Speaks”

    “Oh, doctor I can’t take the strain.
    It’s so taxing, it’s causing me pain.
    I can’t conquer the fear
    That the devil is near
    And yank out my limerick brain.”

  128. Lisi Nortman says:

    It’s only 2 words, but it’s killing me. Maybe I’m that patient LOL !

    Oh doctor, I can’t take the strain.
    It’s so taxing, it’s causing me pain.
    I can’t conquer the fear
    That the devil is here
    To yank out my limerick brain.”

  129. Rudy Landesman says:

    Many yarns for the Sultan she spun.
    A certified thousand and one.
    She’d weave stories all night
    ‘Til the dawn’s early light.
    That was work and it wasn’t much fun.

  130. Tim James says:

    She pursued and eventually caught him.
    It took a full day, but she taught him
    All the ways to delight.
    For the final that night,
    His exam was complete, top to bottom.

  131. Rudy Landesman says:

    Another typo. Line 5 corrected. 6/21 1:41 am

    She was lovely, a truly good looker.
    To your place for some loving you took her.
    But she first took a nap.
    Then she gave you the clap.
    That’s the price you pay dating a hooker.

  132. Lisi Nortman says:

    Delight and Teachers

    I teach Junior High. What a delight.
    I’m always composed, not uptight.
    I am so analytical
    Thus, remember it’s critical
    To ingurgitate choc’late each night.

  133. Mark Totterdell says:

    In my youth, life was fun as could be,
    But the years have made changes in me.
    Now my greatest delight
    Would be sleeping all night
    With no need to get up for a pee.

  134. Mark Totterdell says:

    A limerick mentioning light
    Is a thing I am sure I could write.
    I’ve got plenty of time
    To come up with a rhyme.
    Now just when is that deadline? Oh shite!

  135. madkane says:

    Thanks so much everyone for another fun Limerick-Off, which is officially over. And the winner is…

    Limerick-Off Award 510. Congratulations to the winners!

    But you can still have lots of limerick fun because a new Limerick-Off has just begun: Limerick-Off Drink.