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Unlucky

Six men are strolling atop the levee
They whistle a tune, happy as can be
Recklessly one falls over,
Splashing into the water
I’m glad the unlucky one wasn’t me.

written November 27, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/28/2021 7:10:00 PM I am glad too! Funny! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/28/2021 7:14:00 PM Thanks, Caren. This is the kind of limerick you write when you are suffering from writer's block...which you never are!!!!!!

Delice Arleen Skelly Date: 11/28/2021 3:32:00 AM Fun write Milt...Delice Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/28/2021 10:56:00 AM Thanks, Delice. Just toying around with the limerick here.

Maurice Rigoler Date: 11/27/2021 8:47:00 PM Enjoyable limerick: east to read and grasp and good rhymes. What more can a limerist ask for? / Maurice Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/28/2021 10:57:00 AM Thanks, Maurice.

Lindsay Laurie Date: 11/27/2021 7:17:00 PM G'day Milton ... youse weren't walking home from the pub were you - thanks Milton - Lindsay Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/27/2021 7:28:00 PM Nope. But, it is certainly a worthy conclusion!

Anselmo Boles Date: 11/27/2021 5:35:00 PM That four-leaf clover you stashed in your pocket saved you from hypothermia! Lol...ab Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/27/2021 7:28:00 PM Hmmm....possibly!

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 11/27/2021 3:58:00 PM Better stay dry and safe, Milton, luck it wasn't you, :) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/27/2021 4:20:00 PM (chuckling) Thanks, Vie. I'll try to stay high and dry! Hope you're doing well.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 11/27/2021 3:21:00 PM But it could have been…perhaps though you are the seventh dwarf. You must be grumpy…don’t scowl at me ;) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 11/27/2021 4:20:00 PM Hmmm...a few folks over the years have said that of me, but I think I'm "Happy!"