Limerick Saturday Submission

Hello and welcome to a Ham Bingo Saturday here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is March 23rd.

Dear Jack Pine Savage,

It was with great pleasure I read your Limericks 03 – A preview of the finalists post this week. I love limericks. They're cute and funny and a little cheeky. A great poke of mirth at the otherwise serious pursuits of poetry.

Please accept the following submissions to your limerick contest. We've studied the masters, i.e. Chairman Joe and Teapoetry, and while ours will undoubtedly resemble (adorable) toddling babes to these wise wordy wizzes, we hope you will find some limerick-y spirit and a few clever bits.

Yours most sincerely, most affectionately, and (hopefully) most favorably,

The Warroad constituent of Wannaskaland

There once was a boy named Troy
Who loved to play with his toys
And once they break
Pa's cash he takes
And gets away with his ploy.

An ode to our lady cat Scrawny

Who sleeps between all her yawnies

She's got not a flaw

Til she pops out a claw

And scratches my poor little hawny.

There once was a boy named Ray

Who played on the computer all day

He was hungry

So he went to Mungry

And realized there was so much to pay.

There once was a boy named Reuter

Who didn't do anything but play on the 'puter

Then one day

He gave it away

And realized the world was much beaut'er.

There once was a boy named Antonin

Whose rhymin' was just catastophin'

He was pretty old

For a pot of gold

So he settled on the Hampton Inn.