Shy 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.
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner plus three Honorable Mentions.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here are two excellent resources: OEDILF on Writing A Limerick and Speedy Snail’s Limerick Rhythm and Meter.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A gal who was painfully shy…
or
A man who was painfully shy…
Here’s mine:
Shy Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A gal who was painfully shy
Had a crush on a very cute guy.
When she fin’lly let on,
He was rude — said “Begone!”
You want fairy tale endings here? Why?
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: Battle of the Sexes, Fairy Tales, Poetry & Prompts, Romance Humor, Shyness, Timid Humor, Writing Prompts
Loved yours…funny…and quite perceptive…of course, that’s essential in humor isn’t it…that grain of truth.
A man who was painfully shy
Thought he might give whiskey a try
To bolster his nerve
But got thrown a curve
His face slapped for groping her thigh
A man who was painfully shy
was a big hit and didn’t know why.
At a catered affair
people laughed and they stared.
It seems he had left down his fly.
A gal who was painfully shy
Hid herself under hat and bonsai
It was there that she saw
An outrageous faux paux
As Jimmy Hoffa smiled and walked by.
A gal who was painfully shy.
Was given to walks through the rye
When asked what she learned
She scoffed and she spurned
My wisdom’s engrained by and by.
A gal who was painfully shy
Thought she would give petting a try
But try as she might
To leave on the light
Her lover was ten times more shy
I’m enjoying your limericks. Thanks! And please keep them coming!
A guy who was painfully shy
When asked for a speech said he’d try
But each word he uttered
Was muttered or stuttered.
He even was too shy to cry.
A man who was painfully shy
On his analyst’s couch, whispered “why?”
“Vell, your Vater ist rich
und your mutter’s a bitch
But my bet’s on that shrimp in your fly.”
A doll dat wuz painfully shy
At catchin’ da wanderin’ eye
Tried a push-up brassiere
And her Ma said: “It’s clear,
You can bet dat it’s just for a guy.”
A gal who was painfully shy
except about saying goodbye.
She relaxed with a kiss,
so relieved that this
meant end of ordeal, she could fly.
Oh good, more fun limericks. Thanks!
A gal who was painfully shy
Met for lunch with an also shy guy
They spent most of their date
Looking down at their plate
‘Cause they blush when they face eye to eye
A gal who was painfully shy
Found new work out of the public eye
Unseen, undiscovered
Always undercover
She never gets seen…she’s a spy!
A gal who was painfully shy
Got a job as a clown and here’s why
When her face gets all flush
She just adds some more blush
And an laugh at the fact that she cries!
There once was a gal called Mad Kane
On Monday’s led a crazy campaign
With limericks as her muse
She gave out one line clues
That sent writers, not mad, but insane!
A gal who was painfully shy
Met a man who was terribly sly
He plied her with romance
Trying to get in her pants
But she soon wised-up and said bye bye.
Thanks to some good input, I think I’ve got it right now!
A gal who was painfully shy
thought she’d give paso doble a try;
though her feet were confused
and her partner bemused
she managed to look in his eye.
I didn’t know you had this challenge. How fun, Madeleine. I am in a catch-up mode, so can’t try right now, but maybe soon.
A gal who was painfully shy
couldn’t look at you straight in the eye
so she set out to find
a man who was blind.
It was love at first sight and first sigh.
A gal who was painfully shy
and grateful that no one asked why
sent her twin to retrieve
the McNugget’s repreive:
a taste tester of sauces to try.
A gal who was painfully shy
Let eyes meeting hers mortify
Her. Then she met Jm
And was smtten wth hm
But stll tryed to avoyd every i.
A man who was terribly shy
Didn’t marry though years had gone by.
Then he thought, “This is silly.
And that gal’s a dilly.”
Then he worked up the nerve to say, “Hi.”
DEMURE de JOUR
A man who was terribly shy
Avoided the world with a sigh.
His mom hid to read,
To find her indeed,
He had to catch her in the rye.
It’s good to see more fun limericks. Thanks, and please keep them coming. You have till Sunday to post your limericks and compete to be named “Limerick of the Week.”
And thanks so much Elaine for your amusing limerick about me and my insanity-provoking Limerick-Offs! :)
A guy who was painfully shy,
it seems wasn’t so cut and dry.
The gals thought he was kind,
but all he had on his mind,
was “how can I get to that pie?”
A gal who was painfully shy,
has a motto all gals should live by.
“Love the man that you wed,
and be a whore in his bed.”
That’s why I’m a real lucky guy.
Most folks who are painfully shy,
are really just like you and I.
Just a couple stiff drinks,
and we’ll say what we think.
So get drunk and watch the shit fly!
A man who was painfully shy
Once knuckled a guy in the eye
It scared him to tears
So he had a few beers
And thought, “Next time, I’ll use a pie.”
A woman who was painfully shy
Couldn’t look meter square in the eye
I first have to feel it
Before I can seal it
If a cute one, a slip can slip by.
A gal who was painfully shy
Caught a news photographer’s eye.
Though she didn’t mean
To be seen at the scene
She would see her face featured. Oh my!
A gal who was painfully shy
Ducked her head when others passed by
Blocking her view
Subjugating, too
Skunk-like roots that stunk like cow pie
I tried several times to copy mine to FB, but it won’t work…
A gal who was terribly shy
In person, let guys pass her by,
But left them agog
with her hot sexy blog
And met guy – after guy – after guy.
Could you remove that embarrassing “Like” that was appended to my limerick above? I had written on Facebook, copied it, then was called away urgently, and hit “paste” here when I returned. Even more embarrassingly I must have hit “Like” on my own Facebook entry as I hurried away. I found that out when looking to see who liked my entry. Thank you, Madeleine, from a red-faced Granny!
LOL! Done, Granny. :)
And Laurie re posting on Facebook, if your problem is with formatting or premature posting, use shift/enter for each line and use enter alone only when you have the whole thing pasted in and are ready to post.
Thanks for participating!
And thanks again everyone for your fun limericks!
A gal who was painfully shy
Found herself on a ladder quite high.
Was she trying to flirt,
Wearing such a short skirt?
Well yes, from the look on that guy!
A gal who was painfully shy
Spied a man with a wide open fly.
She surmised he was proud,
And wanted a crowd.
But since it’s so tiny, then why?
Lost Oppor-tuna-ty
A gal who was painfully shy
One day ordered a tuna on rye;
Stared in disbelief
At ghastly corned beef:
Speak up? No, she’d rather just die…
She sighed and then got back in line
Praying for intervention divine,
Then started to quiver
When given chopped liver ~
‘Twas time to develop a spine!
Thanks again to all of you for your charming limericks. This week’s contest is now closed, although you’re free to keep posting shy limericks here, if you’d like to.
Here’s where to go if you want to find out who won Limerick of the week.
And I’ve posted my new Limerick-Off and Limerick of the Week contest here.