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What is a Limerick?
A limerick is a short and fun five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm. The first, second and fifth lines are longer than the third and fourth lines. The rhyming pattern is AABBA. The longer A lines rhyme with each other and the shorter B lines rhyme with each other.
- Line 1: 7-10 syllables A
- Line 2: 7-10 syllables A
- Line 3: 5-7 syllables B
- Line 4: 5-7 syllables B
- Line 5: 7-10 syllables A
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16 Funny Limerick Poems
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1. A Wonderful Bird Is The Pelican
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- By Dixon Lanier Merritt
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a weekRead Complete Poem
- Stories 5
- Shares 2623
- Favorited 5
- Votes 1397
- Rating 4.15
Featured Shared Story
My best childhood friend loved this poem! We were separated by four hours as we lived in different cities and had become married with children. Our visits existed by phone. At least once...
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2. Limericks By Edward Lear
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- By Edward Lear
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,See Also5 Lines Short Stories with Moral, Quick Inspiration - English storyQuintain Rhyme Scheme: The Five-Line Form in Poetry15+ New & Best 5 Lines Story in English with Morals - Story in English5 lines – Poetry FormsRead Complete Poem
- Stories 1
- Shares 2708
- Favorited 11
- Votes 1084
- Rating 3.94
Featured Shared Story
Those birds will just nest anywhere! Of course they need to build a home for their young-uns. Our dad told us a story that when he was young he would help gather the clothes off the clothes...
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3. Candy Tree Shops
- By Beryl L Edmonds
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2019 with permission of the Author.
Limericks Poems For Kids About Sweets
If ice cream could be grown on the tree top,
Tiny tummies would be liking it lots.
Any fruit flavour
For all to savour.Read Complete Poem
- Stories 4
- Shares 3119
- Favorited 11
- Votes 295
- Rating 4.03
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Thank you for the congratulations on my winning the Summer Poetry Contest, Brother John. Winning was an unexpected surprise. To my mind, all of the entries were worthy winners. Yours I...
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4. Statistics
- By Peter Sellers
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author.
Funny Poem About Taking A Break From Data Analysis
Having had just a bit too much wine
the statistician opted to recline
head in the Frigidaire
feet out in the hot airRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 168
- Favorited 3
- Votes 188
- Rating 3.36
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5. Homework Limerick
- By Alyssa Tyler Ashely Lily Skylar Emily
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2015 with permission of the Author.
Limerick About Too Much Homework
Why do we have homework after school?
This is so uncool.
I so want to cry
I want to denyRead Complete Poem
- Stories 3
- Shares 4442
- Favorited 8
- Votes 2088
- Rating 3.89
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This is very funny and true. Nice poem. Keep it up!
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6. Music Players: A Brief History
- By Doug W Benson
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 7, 2024 with permission of the Author.
There once was a disk called a record
Played on vinyl with a stylus connector
Known for hisses and pops
And scratches on topRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 11
- Favorited 0
- Votes 13
- Rating 4.46
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7. Rest In Peace Abraham Lincoln
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2014 with permission of the Author.
There once was a fellow named Abe
And today is the day he was slayed
John Wilkes Booth took his life
As he sat with his wifeRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 569
- Favorited 2
- Votes 173
- Rating 4.37
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8. Confessions Of A Serial Plant Killer
- By Cynthia C. Naspinski
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2020 with permission of the Author.
Oh, I wish that I had a green thumb.
All my houseplants are looking quite glum.
I never can tell
Why they're looking unwellRead Complete Poem
- Stories 2
- Shares 2328
- Favorited 10
- Votes 318
- Rating 4.35
Featured Shared Story
Greetings, fellow Aussie! Yes, "the care we inflict"....well put. Thanks, Raelene, for the kind feedback.
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9. Tribute To Michael Jordan
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2009 with permission of the Author.
There’s a fellow we knew as Air Jordan
Years ago many planes he was boardin’
When he left his abode
To play games on the roadRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 406
- Favorited 9
- Votes 107
- Rating 4.30
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10. Harvey The Hippo
- By Alan Balter
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2021 with permission of the Author.
Limerick About A Hippo
Harvey is a huge hippopotamus
Who bathes in a bay that is bottomless
HIs mouth is as large
As a riverboat bargeRead Complete Poem
- Stories 5
- Shares 224
- Favorited 6
- Votes 46
- Rating 4.26
Featured Shared Story
I enjoyed the quality presentation of the hippo story. The rhyme style was very skilled, and there was care for rhythm while telling a coherent and entertaining tale.
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11. The Ball Up High
- By Abimbola T. Alabi
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2019 with permission of the Author.
Limericks About The Sun
Once I did hear my brother call
The sun a giant fire ball.
How can that be?
For what I see,Read Complete Poem
- Stories 3
- Shares 813
- Favorited 8
- Votes 169
- Rating 4.19
Featured Shared Story
The poem written in simple colloquial language expresses the genuine thoughts of an innocent child who admires nature.
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12. Happy Mother's Day Limerick
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author.
There's a lady in each of our lives
Who endured all the lows and the highs
That her children went through
Like the mumps or the fluRead Complete Poem
- Stories 1
- Shares 1682
- Favorited 10
- Votes 335
- Rating 4.09
Featured Shared Story
This is a poem almost everyone can relate to. I thank you for making this. I read this to my mom for Mother's Day, and she teared up a little!
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13. Listen To Mum
- By John P. Read
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2019 with permission of the Author.
Limerick Poems About A Lesson Learned About School
I remember when I was small and cool,
I was always playing truant from school.
My mum used to say,
"You'll regret it one dayRead Complete Poem
- Stories 4
- Shares 1156
- Favorited 11
- Votes 198
- Rating 4.09
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It's only now that I'm older I realise my school years were the best days of my life. If only I could turn back time.
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14. Tribute To Lou Costello
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author.
There once was a man called Costello
A silly Vaudevillian fellow
He expired this day
So this tribute we payRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 775
- Favorited 10
- Votes 570
- Rating 3.81
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15. Happy Easter Limerick
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author.
Easter weekend's a time when we feast
On a turkey that's freshly deceased
Or a slow roasted duck
That has run out of pluckRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 758
- Favorited 3
- Votes 212
- Rating 3.74
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16. Tribute To Norman Rockwell
- By Neil Dickinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author.
His paintings are slices of life
Depicting the joy and the strife
And the highs and the lows
Of the subjects he choseRead Complete Poem
- Stories 0
- Shares 171
- Favorited 1
- Votes 212
- Rating 3.56
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