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Le Mer Maids

Alone with fifty men six months at sea torture, this womanless monotony after lusty dreams follow lurid schemes curvaceous manatees look good to me ©8/1/2018 for –Sea Tales Limericks – Poetry Contest

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/13/2018 7:38:00 PM

Hello John … they'd want to get there first so they don't get an ugly manatee, don't you think John - being at sea for such a long time would play tricks with the mind - thanks John - Lindsay

Susan Gentry

Date: 8/7/2018 6:35:00 AM

Congratulations on your win! :)

Dean Wood

Date: 8/6/2018 8:45:00 AM

It must have been a lonely life indeed, have you ever seen a Manatee? Not that curvaceous to me! Great write John!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/5/2018 6:43:00 AM

Back for Congrats!

Virginia Waters

Date: 8/4/2018 7:46:00 PM

great fun and fact too.

Jan Allison

Date: 8/4/2018 5:43:00 PM

Dropping back with my congrats John:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2018 5:25:00 PM

hahaha. I am loving these limericks AND yours. Congrats.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 8/4/2018 2:44:00 PM

John, I can see mama manatees warning their daughters to stay away from you. Enjoyed very much. Congratulations on your win. Hugs, Carolyn

Charlie Smith

Date: 8/2/2018 8:43:00 PM

Lusty dreams I’ll bet, good one John...

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/1/2018 5:30:00 PM

LOL! Too funny!

Jan Allison

Date: 8/1/2018 4:27:00 PM

very witty indeed John. I think many folk have gone for mermaid themes in the contest!:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 8/1/2018 4:04:00 PM

Aha! Acquainted with the lore and partial to my kitschy manatee ceramic soap dispenser, if this were my contest, this would be a winner ;) good luck! Enjoyed :))