The wisdom of Solomon could allay
All the idiocracy in our world today.
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With little common sense
To be dispensed
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All this stupidity, holding us at bay…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Wisdom of Solomon
Category: Limerick
Sully the Shy Squid
Sully was nervous and he felt so alone
Unless he was near his watery home.
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Getting nervous, he’d overthink
Then leak out some ink.
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Being shy, was this squid’s epitome…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Pamela the Perceptive Python
Pamela was perceptive and cared a lot
But the other animals thought not.
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She’d surround them and blushed
And they feared being crushed.
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So she’d tie herself into a knot…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Gina the Gorgeous Giraffe
Gina was very pretty as far as giraffes go
She had long lanky legs moving to and fro.
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She does her make up from scratch
With eye lashes to match.
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She’s a girlie girl you know…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Sammy the Singing Shark
Sammy the shark was quite the crooner
Just ask any yacht or schooner.
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Was he some kind of a wizard?
Or a costal lounge lizard?
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Both are conjecture or rumor…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Tonya the Talented Tortoise
Tonya was talented and could sing and dance.
She’ll entertain you if you give her the chance.
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She taps and squeals
It’s quite unreal.
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She does it all wearing red sequined pants…
-AAA 07/02/2024
Ivan the Irritating Iguana
Ivan drives everyone mad
With the ego that he’s had.
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Since he knows more than most
It makes him gloat and boast.
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Singing his own praises, is his favorite fad…
-AAA 07/01/2024
Rodney the Radiant Rat
Rodney sure had the bleem
He was the shiniest rat ever seen.
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Many necklaces of gold
Some new, others old
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He reigns as a rodent supreme…
-AAA 06/29/2024
Three Things Challenge #M741
Your final three words for June are:
DRAW
DRAWER
DRAWN
Darcy’s Drawn to Clothing
Darcy was so drawn to clothes
So her drawers were filled with to the nose.
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The draw was the selection
Just like an infection.
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She’ll need a bigger house I suppose…
-AAA 06/30/2024
The Three Things Challenge #M740
Your three words today are:
PACT
PACK
Team Sardines, Go!
The sardines all made a pact
To be the best of friends while packed.
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No pockets for toil
While dredging in oil.
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Together forever, tinned instead of sacked…
-AAA 06/29/2024
Sasha the Sleepy Sheep
Sasha always fell asleep
To the chagrin of the other sheep.
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Never feeling her best
Even after twenty hours rest.
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She makes her own wool pillows on the cheep…
-AAA 06/29/2024
Pauline’s Pantelone Persistence
Pauline loved pantelones, she was obsessed
She had forty pairs or more at best.
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Her closet was full
From denim to wool.
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Assuring she’s fashionably dressed…
-AAA 06/29/2024
Three Things Challenge #M738
Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. …
DAFT
DRAFT
RAFT
Kelly the Crafting Kangaroo
Kelly, a kangaroo, can really craft
This is a skillset where she hardly daft.
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Drafting her designs
Sometimes using dotted lines.
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She can build a popsicle stick raft…
-aaa
Brad the Bashful Bull
Brad was shy as far as bulls go
Lacking bravado, can his confidence grow?
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Reading bovine self-help books
And improving his looks.
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Bradley will the best bull in show…
-aaa
Jackie the Jumping Jaguar
Jackie sure is fast
Her adventures are vast.
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Jumping jaguars are rare
But Jackie doesn’t care.
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She’s always having a blast…
-aaa
Davy the Daring Doggie
Davy was more daring than most
As few dogs eat their master’s toast.
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His fearless mind was one track
As he hunts another snack.
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If he gets caught he’ll definitely roast…
-aaa
Carrie the Claustrophobic Cat
Carrie was claustrophobic and it was bad
Having this phobia for a cat is quite sad.
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She had scared faces
Within tight spaces.
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Running away outside was her fad…
-aaa
Hortense The Hacking Heyena
Hortense had a nagging cough
With no way to turn it off.
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She tried lozenges or a drop
But the hacking won’t stop.
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Like a soda, she’ll sputter and pop…
-aaa
Rik-ah-tick-ah
(For Mr Milton Greg who taught me this word to help me subdivide my high school field show music)
“Rik-ah-tick-ah” is a word that emotes
When subdividing, percussion notes.
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It keeps me in time
And drum playing, sublime.
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It makes an interesting word in quotes…
-aaa
Charlie’s Consternation
Charlie rarely smiled like me or you
Since he struggles with the digit, two.
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Laxatives and libations
Won’t relieve his consternation.
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If I had his colon, I’d sue…
-aaa
Tommy the Too-Tall Toucan
Tommy toucan was so tall
All the other birds seem quite small.
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In his tree-branched nest
His head always hits the crest.
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I hear he’s taking up volleyball…
-aaa
Three Things Challenge M#736
Your three words today are:
FINGER
DIGIT
TOE
Wild Crazy Joe
Wild and crazy Joe
Had a finger for each toe.
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Extra digits were fun
Except when he’d run.
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Toeless, his balance would to and fro.
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Carlene The Crazy Cow
Forget about Mrs. O’Leary’s cow
Instead of fires, Carlene takes a bow.
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Her logic was curved
Applause, undeserved.
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She’s taking her encore now.
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Bartholomew: A Bear With Bravado
Bartholomew the bear, Bart for short
Always acts up in every way and sort.
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Opening every door
With shove and a roar.
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Scaring everyone, just for sport…
-aaa
Yasmin the Yelling Yak
Yasmin a yak lives her dream
To her, everyday life was a scream.
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Her barking and yell
Come heaven or hell.
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Blows our eardrums clean…
-aaa
Xavier the Xylophonist Xenarthra
Xavier played his Xylophone well
At playing the mallets he excels.
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His marimba has appeal
As does the glockenspiel.
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He’s a mad xenarthra on the bells…
-aaa
George the Gassy Goat
To George, life is such a gas
Just beware, when you pass.
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Sometimes silent, others, loud
Of each, I’m sure, he’s quite proud.
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He must be eating “stinky grass”…
-aaa
Three Things Challenge #M732
Your final three words for this week are:
CARPET
SLAY
FIBRE
Carl the Carpet Slayer
Carl the carpet slayer could kill any rug
With his tools of choice he slays with a tug.
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Nimble as a tiger
With every inch of his fiber.
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As he rolls it around like a slug.
-aaa
What Can You Do, Curly Drew
Curly Drew was fed up, he was a mess
All because of his raucous girlfriend, Jess.
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She often fooled around
With a beau or two she’s found.
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Though knows her sins, she’ll never confess…
-aaa
Connie the Crossed-Eyed Crocodile
Connie was a cross-eyed crocodile
Exploring a book took her quite a while.
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She’d start left and then right
And be reading all night.
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Aesop’s Fables are her style…
-aaa
Mandy the Mad Muskrat
Mandy was quite mad, some would say
But she prefers it to be that way.
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Wearing her shoes on wrong feet
Saying “goodbye” as salutation to meet.
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Her insanity was always on display…
-aaa
Natalie the Nearsighted Narwhal
Natalie couldn’t see past her nose
Or tell seaweed from a rose
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Swimming by, they all stare
At her corrective eyewear
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She’s nearsighted I suppose.
-aaa
Francis the Friendly Flamingo
Francis was very kind
With friendship, often on her mind.
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She greets everyone with smiles
Was well known for miles.
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For her best intentions aligned…
-aaa
Robert the Rowdy Raven
It’s a certified fact
Robert had no tact.
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His words were crude
And often very rude.
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From all the niceties he lacked…
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Bailey the Balding Baboon
Bailey lost his baboon flare
Ever since losing his hair.
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Trying every goop and cream
All sight unseen
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To be once again debonair…
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Pablo the Persistent Parrot
Pablo was determined to win
No matter the challenges within.
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His hemming and haws
All without a pause.
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This parrot has a very thick skin…
-aaa
Ringo A Self-Righteous Raccoon
Sanctimonious Ringo had much to say
With his approach each day.
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He thought he knew better than most
Of these things, he’d often boast.
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Living his life in a self righteous way…
-aaa
Bob the Backwards Bear
Bob did everything in reverse
Which was both a gift and a curse.
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He could read upside down
Wore inside out clothes into town.
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Conventional bears found him, perverse…
-aaa
Oscar an Ornery Ocelot
Oscar an ocelot was ornery and loud
Doing whatever he wanted was allowed.
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A scowl on his face
His actions meanly based.
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As a constant jerk, he was proud.
-aaa
Molly the Miserable Marmoset
Molly often felt bad
She’d rather be sad than glad.
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Instead of a crown
She’d rather wear a frown.
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She wears her depression like the latest fad…
-aaa
Eleanor the Ostentatious Antelope
Eleanor was in such a mood
Because she needed some food.
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Something that merits
Like celery and carrots.
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To end her miserable brood…
-aaa
Egg Rolls
A fellow author pointed out that today is National Egg Roll day and wrote a witty limerick. I decided to do the same 😊
Egg rolls are the very best
A better appetizer than the rest.
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Eat them without pause
In sweet and sour sauce.
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Just don’t spill a glop on your chest…
-aaa
Three Things Challenge #M721
Your three words today are:
CROWD
CLOWN
CITRUS
Thanks as always to Pensivity101 for hosting this event.
Clunky the Clown
Clunky The Clown gathered a crowd
He did his routine and he did it loud.
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Juggling citrus and knives
Delighting husbands and wives.
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His reputation made him quite proud.
-aaa
An error in Form
Ant’s poetic forms were at break.
Something he couldn’t unmake.
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He used the form tanaka
When it should’ve been tanka.
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He’s since learned from the mistake…
-aaa
The Racer
Dally is his name
Racing cars is his game.
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All of his Hot Wheels aligned
He acts out races all the time.
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He’s a 6 year old is future NHRA Hall of Fame…
-aaa
Nancy the Nearsighted Newt
Nearsighted Nancy can’t see a trace
Without large spectacles on her face.
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Corrective eyewear does the trick
And surly beats a twiggy stick
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Without them, she’d just stare into space…
-aaa
Heinrich, a Happy Hippopotamus
Heinrich was a hippo Henry for short
Not the typical hippo of sorts.
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His double-sized chin
Always carries a grin.
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In laughter, often snort…
-aaa
Zach, the Forgetful Elephant
Zach, a young elephant was upset
Since unlike his contemporaries, he’d always forget.
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Homework, notes, the ladder for his bunk
If it wasn’t attached he’d misplace his trunk.
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Consuming more ginseng would be a sure bet…
-aaa
Mr Flip Flop
Mr Flip Flop was about to Drop
With direction reversals he just can’t stop.
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His left is right and right is left
At getting things backwards he’s adept.
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You’ll find him indecisive at a shop…
-aaa
Not so Crusty Dusty
Dusty felt crusty and old
From all things he was told.
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He felt instant rage for the sappers
Those damn whippersnappers.
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So tapped one and knocked him out cold…
-aaa
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