Limerick Ode To Print Newspapers
Limerick Ode To Print Newspapers By Madeleine Begun Kane It appears that print papers are dying, Cuz few are subscribing or buying. Print magazines too Keep saying adieu. Who’s happy? The trees —...
View ArticleA Limerick About Nothing
I just found out that this week (May 1 through May 7) is National Pet Week. So I thought I’d celebrate with a canine limerick: A Limerick About Nothing By Madeleine Begun Kane A fellow who owned a pet...
View ArticleThrilling Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
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...
View ArticleHeated Limerick
Heated Limerick By Madeleine Begun Kane Nasty heat wave, I beg you, please cease Cuz we need your high temps to decrease. I don’t mean to complain, But this weather’s a pain. So stop it already! Capice?
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More Squirrel Adventures (Limerick and More)
In late March I wrote some verse about our squirrel problem. More specifically, a squirrel that likes snoozing in my upstairs window sill under the AC. As you can tell from my tanka and limerick, the...
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Dear Deer (Limerick and Photo)
A month or so ago, hubby Mark took a wonderful photo of a deer just a couple of feet from our deck in Putnam Valley, New York. I’ve finally written a companion limerick for that image: Dear Deer By...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Hot Dog Heckling
The hot dog throwing incident almost made me feel sorry for Tiger Woods. Of course, if Tiger Woods sang Italian opera, it would have been fruit. Limerick Ode To Hot Dog Heckling By Madeleine Begun kane...
View ArticleCamp-Free Limerick
Poetic Asides prompts us to write poems about camping. As you can see, I’m not exactly a roughing-it kind of gal: Camp-Free Limerick By Madeleine Begun Kane I’m reluctant to rough it outside. I need...
View ArticleLimerick Airs (Limerick-Off Monday)
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...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Olympic Beach Volleyball
Limerick Ode To Olympic Beach Volleyball By Madeleine Begun Kane Watch those barely clad women play ball On the beach, keeping viewers in thrall, Gals hoping to volley Olympic wins. Golly! I’m...
View ArticleBeached Plans (Limerick)
I sure hope your Memorial Day weekend weather’s better than ours, here in New York. Beached Plans (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Though Memorial Day is upon us, Winter clothing continues to don us....
View ArticleLimerick Ode To National Running Day
Happy National Running Day, celebrated yearly on the first Wednesday in June. Limerick Ode To National Running Day By Madeleine Begun Kane My joints tend to creak when I walk. My knees will lock up and...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To A Stimulating Ride
Limerick Ode To A Stimulating Ride By Madeleine Begun Kane If a bike rider seems too elated– First euphoric, than seemingly sated, I suspect that her seat May be vibrating heat, And that she and her...
View ArticleAnother Snow Job (Limerick)
Another Snow Job (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Dear Mark, thanks for shov’ling today. If you hadn’t, that snow’d surely stay Until I did the chore, A job I abhor. It’s more fun to make limerick hay.
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Here are my entries in the Washington Post Style Invitational’s good/bad/ugly contest: Good: While walking through a wildlife preserve, you encounter a crane. Bad: It’s moving toward you, getting too...
View ArticleAn Eclipsed Eclipse (Limerick)
An Eclipsed Eclipse (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Last night, I kept searching the skies For that promised “blood moon,” but my eyes Were betrayed by the pall Cast by clouds — a thick wall, Which...
View ArticleOut On A Limb Limerick
Out On A Limb Limerick By Madeleine Begun Kane A show-off is out on a limb, Having climbed a tall tree with great vim. He is grim now and sore; Ev’ry limb hurts full-bore. Will he awe, thrill, or...
View ArticleHappy “Bike To Work Day”
May 16th is National Bike to Work Day. Of course, some rides work out better than others: A Spousal Ride (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Spousal nagging pushed hubby to strike Some balance by riding...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Flowering Weeds
Limerick Ode To Flowering Weeds By Madeleine Begun Kane Our neighbor insists we should weed And refuses to even concede That a weed can have beauty. That gal is too snooty. Methinks that her soul’s...
View ArticleChange is Good??? (Limerick)
Change is Good??? (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane My allergy’s fine while inside. I’ve no problem when outdoors I stride. Then I go back indoors And my nose says, “Up yours!” I’m attacked, and...
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