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Shelly Gorde

(small revision made line two to make all syllables equal for lines 1, 2 and 5)

A sweet homemaker named Shelly Gorde

with her laundry and cleaning was bored.

She imagined a beach

with a sea within reach.

Rode her ironing board like surfboard.


July 14, 2022
for Lisa YY's Limerick Poetry Contest

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Paghunda Zahid

Date: 7/25/2022 10:14:00 AM

Well I guess life without imaginations would be pretty boring. Our boring days are colourful because of it. We'll penned

Jack Horne

Date: 7/22/2022 6:49:00 AM

LOL, loved this cute one

Tania Kitchin

Date: 7/22/2022 3:51:00 AM

Andrea, a cute limerick, enjoyed!

Ann Foster

Date: 7/20/2022 9:03:00 AM

Haha... love this... I always daydream as I iron. Great write. Ann

Bill Baker

Date: 7/20/2022 7:11:00 AM

Still very funny and entertaining to my imagination, Andrea. Hugs, Bill

Christuraj Alex

Date: 7/20/2022 7:08:00 AM

Great imagination. Congratulations!

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 7/19/2022 1:24:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. What a cute write. Is she still OK??? Have a blessed day.................

Terry Flood

Date: 7/19/2022 6:42:00 AM

Isn’t it frustrating that sometimes a Limerick reads better with a slightly out of kilter syllable count. I don’t know what change you made, but I bet you prefer the original. It happens to me all the time. Terry

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/19/2022 4:25:00 AM

In “Walter Mitty” style! Congratulations, Andrea!

Jack Horne

Date: 7/18/2022 11:59:00 AM

LOL, a great one for the contest

Harry Horsman

Date: 7/16/2022 9:16:00 PM

Well that's one way to stop the boredom, excellent contest entry.

Jennifer Walker

Date: 7/16/2022 1:25:00 PM

Still laughing; what an imagination, never thought of an ironing board being a surf board but it does have a similar shape.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 7/15/2022 6:55:00 PM

Enjoyed! In Waikiki, everything is possible! Almost any day of the week, you will see someone surfing on a McDonald's breakfast tray . . . .Aloha!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/15/2022 11:54:00 AM

I love this Andrea. It left me laughing. A great limerick! I am sure Lisa will enjoy this too. Blessings xxoo

Joe Dimino

Date: 7/15/2022 9:48:00 AM

Love it! Best of luck in contest. I think ironing boards would made terrific surfboards...but don't take the iron...and please, if you do, remember to unplug it -- shark teeth are very sensitive to current.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 7/15/2022 8:51:00 AM

LOL Andrea. I had a neighbor walk in one time while I was ironing. She studied it for a moment and then asked, "What's that?" A joke of course, and made me smile. I didn't think to tell her it was a surfboard! Very clever! Linda

Vijay Pandit

Date: 7/15/2022 5:50:00 AM

Creative lady. Hope she at floated. Lovely humor, Andrea.

Valsa George

Date: 7/15/2022 1:38:00 AM

This is so cute Andrea ! A funny illustration of the picture given---

Joe Maverick

Date: 7/14/2022 11:39:00 PM

On a different note have you heard of hand prime news? I just watched a short clip of Russian soldiers helping a Ukranian mother With many children relocate it seems ' so a Slight shift of presentation, but war its a Complete disaster, I once went to a military Air Show and a large bomber roared low above us.i sensed an evilness then it was announced it Had been in active service the crowd was cheering I just wanted to get away which I did '

Joe Maverick

Date: 7/14/2022 11:31:00 PM

The new type of boring.?.. Er I mean boarding Andrea? I guess the legs could be deployed if You didn't want to swim all the way back to The beach.?