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Escaping the Blob

Keep your tentacles away from me Touching your body stings like a bee Pardon me, for I am on the lam Foot crushed by the shell of a clam Pray you won’t follow me as I flee

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Kash Poet

Date: 5/29/2011 1:08:00 PM

Nice Limerick on jelly fish here....enjoyed

Robert Pettit

Date: 2/15/2011 7:36:00 PM

You have described jellyfish very well in this limerick. When I saw the title, I was expecting to see something describing the Steve McQueen movie.

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 8/10/2010 2:04:00 PM

This one is going Keep/da your/da ten/da TIC/DUM les/da a/DUM way/da from/da me/DUM...da da da DUM da DUM da da...can you hear it dear? (Funny concept though HUGS)

Jessica Arteaga

Date: 7/10/2010 7:01:00 PM

i'm so paranoid of the ocean...yet i love to swim in it >.<, i hope i never feel a sting from a bee or jelly fish ever! lol good poem :D

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 7/10/2010 9:04:00 AM

Carolyn, I can hear the spooky escape music in the background as the giant jellyfish gropes for your body...DON'T STING! ...as you FLEE! Pardon me, but this is funny! SMILES, Dane Ann

Gerard Keogh Jr.

Date: 7/9/2010 9:02:00 PM

It sounds like you've been there. I had that happen to me one year when they all congregated in close to shore down at Manasquan, New Jersey because of the warm water currents. They were like filled up plastic bags. God, they are bizarre, truly like aliens from Saturn . I HOPE you like Nat King Cole, because YOU are about to get him...

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 7/9/2010 8:00:00 PM

Better run or swim fast, Carolyn ;)! Loved that last line of yours-- those jellyfish stings sure could be mean, eep wouldn't want pee on me!! Wish you the best in the contest with your fun limerick, haha love how you call them blobs btw & thanks for all your inspiring comments :) --nikko :)

John Rhinem

Date: 7/9/2010 6:28:00 PM

Smile ~ Well, here I am -- Tell me something dear, does my style of writing and or its sometimes frankness ever bother Yourself? Smile, You know whom my true object of attention is don't You by now? Satan!!! Smile, now, "foot crushed by the shell of a clam." ~ Hmm, I wonder what that means? "My Love to You Always," John!:) On we go....

James Fraser

Date: 7/9/2010 3:18:00 PM

A most incredible and highly intellegent creature Carolyn. Puts many humans to shame. Good luck in the contest >> James

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/9/2010 1:18:00 PM

good way to do the contest, I want to do limerick too. Hey, if I forgot to say it, thanks for the win the other day. Good luck in the jellyfisth contest. LUv, Andrea

Daniel Cwiak

Date: 7/9/2010 12:11:00 PM

I'll bet you're afraid of mice, too...lol Nice fun write. Dan C

Wilma Neels

Date: 7/9/2010 11:52:00 AM

Hehe, watch me run with you Carolyn :) Thank you for the awesome comment on "He whispered my name" it serves as my pick me up for me as well, love and blessings Wilma

Joseph Spence Sr

Date: 7/9/2010 11:39:00 AM

This is really funny. I love the images of you taking flight. How fast do you swim and run? Those blobs can be very deadly at times. I bet you left lots of footprints of the sands of time trying to escape. Great job! Joseph