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A Limerick For Carolyn

Our Carolyn has now gone to her rest
At limericks she was one of the best
Full of humour and wit
Bawdy, well just a bit
And found time to host many a contest...




I know Carolyn loved humour and it shone through in the limericks she wrote.



For Tributes To Carolyn Poetry Contest
Sponsored By Constance La France.
Written on 15th August 2021.

Copyright © Tom Cunningham | Year Posted 2021

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Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 9/9/2021 4:04:00 PM Dear Tom, such a great tribute to our dearest Carolyn. She would have loved your limerick - she was a wonderful lady with a great sense of humour. BW ~ Mala Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 9/10/2021 2:56:00 AM Thank you very much Mala, still cant believe that she's gone from our lives. Tom

Alexis Y. Date: 8/26/2021 12:52:00 PM Hi Tom, What a fine tribute to Carolyn. She was a wonderful lady and poet. I agree; she excelled in the limerick form:-) Alexis Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/26/2021 12:53:00 PM Thank you very much Alexis, She had a great sense of humour without a doubt. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 8/24/2021 12:22:00 PM Carolyn, was the best - the limerick you paid tribute to her with Tom, is so very apt a description of who she was. Gentle thoughts of Carolyn we will always have. Blessings my friend, Jennifer. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/24/2021 12:26:00 PM Thank you Jennifer, still can't believe she's gone. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 8/24/2021 5:10:00 AM Thank you for the tribute to Carolyn dearest Tom. You are the one who should have written a Limerick to honor her memory. She was a great lady and will remain forever great in our hearts! Blessings! Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/24/2021 5:13:00 AM Thank you very much Demetrios, such a shock to hear of her passing, I know she loved the limerick form. Tom

Constance La France Date: 8/23/2021 12:08:00 PM Tom, thank you for taking part in the Tributes To Carolyn, your poem is wonderful ~ Constance Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/23/2021 1:58:00 PM Thank you very much Constance, it still doesn't feel real, its sad when you come across a comment she left on a poem you've written. She's at peace now but she won't be forgotten. Tom

Lindsay Laurie Date: 8/21/2021 6:17:00 PM Hello Tom ... I know how much Carolyn enjoyed humour Tom. A nice tribute indeed - Lindsay Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/22/2021 12:23:00 AM Thank you very much Lindsay, it was a great shock to hear the sad news. Tom

Paul Callus Date: 8/21/2021 9:35:00 AM Carolyn would have enjoyed this Limerick, Tom; as you say, she loved this form, and excelled in it. ~ Best regards // paul Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/21/2021 11:13:00 AM Thank you very much Paul, it was such a shock to hear that she had passed away, I still cant believe it. Tom

Krish Radhakrishna Date: 8/20/2021 1:00:00 PM Lovely Limerick Tom! I think you are as good if not better than any one else when it comes to limericks! lovely apt tribute! Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/20/2021 1:11:00 PM Thank you very much Krish, I know Carolyn loved writing them too and wrote many humourous ones. Tom

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/19/2021 3:22:00 PM I've just read most of the tributes and you and Brian did two of my favorite forms, the limerick and the clerihew. Both VERY good!! I sure hope she is looking down and seeing all these tributes. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 3:24:00 PM Thank you very much Andrea, the tributes written for her were amazing all pointing to the fact she was much loved on here. Im sure she's looking down seeing these. Tom

Christuraj Alex Date: 8/19/2021 6:42:00 AM Great Tribute. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:27:00 AM Thank you very much Christuraj, It was si thoughtful of Constance to bring together all these wonderful tributes to Carolyn. Tom

Beata Agustin Date: 8/19/2021 5:31:00 AM Thanks so much for sharing this, enabling me to know more intimately Carolyn (though I will surely miss her and her uplifting comments). God bless you. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:26:00 AM Thank you very much Beata, I know she had a lovely sense of humour and it showed in the limericks she wrote. Tom

Anitha Jayasankar Date: 8/19/2021 1:35:00 AM Such a lovely tribute to dear Carolyn with this wonderful limerick Tom... Congrats on your win... God bless... ~ Ani Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:25:00 AM Thank you very much Ani, it was very moving reading all the beautiful tributes to Carolyn, still cant believe that she's gone. Tom

Phyllis Babcock Date: 8/18/2021 8:36:00 PM Congrats on your win on the tribute for Carolyn with a wonderful limerick. love phyl Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:21:00 AM Thank you very much Phyllis, she wrote some very funny limericks and ran many limerick contests, I thought what better way to pay her a tribute than with a limerick. Tom

Eve Roper Date: 8/18/2021 7:22:00 PM Love the photo you picked for Carolyn's tribute, and your poem. Congratulations in Constance's Tribute. Hugs Eve Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:19:00 AM Thank you very much Eve, she was so well loved on here and it was so nice to see all her poetry friends paying tribute. Tom

Jan Allison Date: 8/18/2021 4:31:00 PM Dropping back with many congrats on your win Tom:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/19/2021 11:18:00 AM Thank you very much Jan, it was lovely to see so many beautiful tributes to Carolyn. Tom

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/18/2021 12:18:00 PM Back with Congratulations on this win. A wonderful Limerick write and tribute. She would love it. Have a blessed day......................... Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/18/2021 3:24:00 PM Thank you very much for your return visit Paula, there were some wonderful tributes written for Carolyn. Tom

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/17/2021 11:05:00 AM Moving, expressive tribute, Tom. Janice Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/17/2021 11:17:00 AM Thank you very much Janice, I used to love her limerick contests and she had a great sense of humour. Tom

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/17/2021 8:31:00 AM A wonderful Limerick write and tribute. She must be looking down and reading all the writes from the soup family. I did not put Carolyn's name in my title. I just called it "Good Bye My Friend." Have a blessed day......................... Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/17/2021 8:47:00 AM Thank you very much Paula, the tributes to her have been amazing, she was such a good friend to everyone here on soup. Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/17/2021 2:15:00 AM - I see her smiling, when she reads this Tom :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/17/2021 2:31:00 AM Thank you very much Anne, she wrote some very funny limericks and loved a bit of humour, so I wrote one for her as a tribute. Tom

Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/16/2021 6:59:00 PM A fantastic Limerick in tribute to Carolyn, it’s a lovely picture of her too Tom… Belle Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/17/2021 12:31:00 AM Thank you very much Belle, I used the picture of her home page. She was an excellent poet in all forms but used to write very funny limericks. Tom

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/16/2021 3:17:00 PM love LOVE IT. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/16/2021 3:29:00 PM Thank you very much Andrea, I wanted to write a tribute and I know she liked the limerick form and she had a great sense of humour so I thought why not. Still doesn't seem real though. The amount of tributes I've seen show how much she was loved on here. I'm sorry I never got to meet her. Tom

Smita Kulkarni Date: 8/16/2021 11:10:00 AM Such a nice tribute Tom!! Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/16/2021 11:16:00 AM Thank you very much Smita, she was very supportive of her fellow poets on here. Tom

Delice Arleen Skelly Date: 8/16/2021 11:04:00 AM A lovely tribute to Carolyn Tom, she was much loved. RIP Carolyn Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/16/2021 11:15:00 AM Thank you very much Delice, she certainly was and she was a friend to everybody on here. Tom

JCB Brul Date: 8/16/2021 9:51:00 AM A sweet tribute that will make Carolyn alive in our hearts. Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/16/2021 10:05:00 AM Thank you very much JCB, Carolyn wrote many funny limericks and held many limerick contests. Tom

Regina Mcintosh Date: 8/16/2021 8:00:00 AM Love it! God bless you always, Love, Gina Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 8/16/2021 8:30:00 AM Thank you very much Gina, she wrote some very funny limericks and I learnt a lot from her. Tom

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