A Holiday Of Sorts (Limerick)
A Holiday Of Sorts (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
How I savored my marvelous break
From political venom — each snake
Of a pol now defanged,
And no one harangued.
At the time, though, I wasn’t awake.
Note: This limerick started out as haiku, inspired by the Twitter prompt word “venom.” But just as I was about to post it, I noticed I’d placed the word “break” (which has tons of rhyme words) at the end of line one. And it occurred to me to try to turn it into a limerick. Of course, as soon as the rhyme word “awake” hit me, I had my last line. So NOT writing a limerick would have been criminal.
Here’s my original haiku:
Imagine a break
from political venom–
puffed up pols defanged.
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Here’s this year’s excellent roundup of some of the best posts from liberal blogs, chosen by the bloggers themselves.
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I’m so glad that Christmas is over
For now I can bathe in clover
So happy am I
I just might eat pie
And so again be a rover.
How I savored my marvelous break
From political venom and hate
If I don’t watch Fox News
I won’t know what to do
And of nothing left to stew or bake!