Archive for the ‘Aphorisms’ Category
Sunday, August 8th, 2021
“Here today, gone tomorrow — life’s short.
So follow your dream,” some exhort.
But others may say,
“Dreams can lead you astray.”
(A retort that could lead to a tort.)
Tags: Advice Humor, Advice Limerick, Ambition Humor, Ambition Verse, Annoying Advice, Aphorism Humor, Law Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Legal Limerick, Tort Verse
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Unsolicited Advice (Limerick)
Sunday, May 12th, 2019
A lim’rick a day keeps away
The doctor — at least, so they say.
Well okay, I’ll concede
I invented that lede,
But it sure beats that “apple” cliché!
UPDATE: Happy Cliché Day, November 3rd!
Tags: Aphorisms, Cliché Day, Clichés, Clichés Humor, Doctor Humor, Doctor Limericks, Health, Health & Medical Humor, Health Limericks, Limerick Humor, Medical Humor, Medical Limericks, November Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 5th, 2015
Happy “National Bird Day!”
A birder who’d frequently swear
His toupée was in fact his real hair,
Was caught by a gust,
And his toupe, not just mussed,
Flew the coop, leaving pate rather bare.
*****
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” —
People tell me that all of the time.
Such axioms give me a pain in the tush.
Were I queen, I would make them a crime.
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Aphorism Humor, Axioms, Bird Humor, Birds, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Quatrain Humor, Quatrains
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Aphorisms, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Quatrains Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
A Lemon Of A Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Turn lemons to lemonade?” Ugh!
Such advice sounds to me oh so smug.
No I won’t sugar-coat,
Cuz it sticks in my throat.
But turn lemons to lim’ricks? We’ll hug.
Happy National Lemonade Day! (For some odd reason, it’s celebrated both on August 20th and on the first Sunday of May.)
Tags: Advice, Annoying Advice, Aphorism Humor, August Holidays, Drink Verse, Fruit Limerick, Lemonade, Lemons, Maxims, May Holidays, National Lemonade Day, Odd Holidays, Optimism, Pessimism
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Self-Help Humor | 3 Comments »
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
I was disturbed to hear that today (December 21) is “Look On The Bright Side Day.”
Please don’t tell me to “look on the bright side.”
This merely exposes your trite side.
Neither wise, nor delightful,
It makes me feel spiteful.
Quote that maxim? I’ll max out my smite side.
Tags: Advice Limerick, Aphorism Humor, Behavior Humor, December Holidays, Maxims, Odd Holidays, Optimism, Personality Verse, Pessimism, Truisms
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. 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 the Honorable Mentions.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, you can find some helpful resources listed here.)
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 fellow who looked like a hick…*
or
A woman who looked like a hick…*
*(Minor variations to my first lines are acceptable, but rhyme words may not be altered.)
Here’s my limerick:
Hick Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow who looked like a hick
Met a woman who poured it on thick.
But you can’t tell a book
By its cover. It took
Him no time to see right through her schtick.
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 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!
Tags: Aphorism Humor, Battle of the Sexes, Hicks Humor, Limerick Contest, Maxims, Poetry & Prompts, Relationships Poetry, Schtick, Shtick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Aphorisms, Battle of the Sexes, Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Relationship Humor | 77 Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Poets United prompts us to write a poem about home:
Homing Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I may travel and wander and roam.
For adventure, the streets I may comb.
But wherever I go,
Here’s the one thing I know:
There is nothing and no place like home.
Tags: Adventures Limerick, Aphorism Humor, Home Limerick, House & Home, Maxims, Travel Humor
Posted in Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Famous Quotes Humor, House & Home Humor, Travel Humor | 6 Comments »
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Today I’ve written four poems on a theme called hope. There’s a pair of quatrains, one haiku, and a limerick — something for everyone, or no one, as the case may be:
Hope springs eternal—
a “truism” some speak.
Yes, hope springs eternal,
until it springs a leak.
*****
Alexander Pope
wrote about hope.
His eternal quote
helps some folks cope.
*****
Showing up to vote—
a yearly exercise in
unrequited hope.
*****
A gal who is often caught moping
And is terribly dreadful at coping
Drives her family mad.
Things have gotten so bad,
That they’re hoping to hear she’s eloping.
*****
(Inspired by Haiku Wednesday’s hope prompt and Poets United quotation prompt. For more optimistic poems see Friday Poetically.)
Tags: Alexander Pope, Aphorism Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Funny Quotes, Hope, Moping, Optimism, Personality Verse, Quatrains, Truisms, Voting Haiku
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Aphorisms, Authors & Playwrights, Behavior & Personality, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Famous Quotes Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Public Figures, Quatrains Humor, Self-Help Humor, Social Satire | 35 Comments »
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Every so often I break into tanka:
Acidic Tanka
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Pithy recipe:
Turn lemons to lemonade.
Don’t mean to be tart,
Acid, ill-natured, sour—
But sugarcoating’s tasteless.
(Prompted by lemon prompt over at Poets United.)
UPDATE: August 20th is National Lemonade Day.
Tags: Advice, Annoying Advice, Aphorism Humor, August Holidays, Lemonade, Lemons, Maxims, National Lemonade Day, Odd Holidays, Optimism, Pessimism, Poets United, Tanka, Writing Prompts
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Odd Holidays, Self-Help Humor, Tanka | 7 Comments »
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Oscar Wilde famously (and amusingly) said, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” So I thought I’d have some limerick fun with the “be yourself” advice:
Be Yourself?
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Be yourself” is outstanding advice.
You’ve heard it, I’m sure, once or twice.
I’d advise you to take it.
It’s best not to fake it,
Assuming you’re someone who’s nice.
Tags: Advice Limerick, Aphorism Humor, Funny Quotes, Oscar Wilde
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Famous Quotes Humor | 8 Comments »
