Limericks written in Limerku form where words are counted, not syllables.
To some contest hosts, it seems to be very inconsequential
Perhaps they see poetry by a living brain as nonessential
What a disservice to the human hand
When AI poetry should receive a reprimand
Users have no shame in winning. They're positively nonpenitential
So easily now they've learned how to cheat by utilizing
the way AI allows, by using the means of humanizing
No hesitation over which buttons to click
and what they post is a goldbrick
Lines of blah blah blah, unappetizing that needs closer analyzing
The sponsors I continue to write for have dwindled low
Never would I post something that was empty of emo
Poetry should come from heart and soul
And if anyone cares... truth be told
Those who take unearned wins, I label them a bozo
Death,
is darkness that covers
to all
from Earth...
Death is divine messenger
of clarity,
that will illuminate
the new inhabitants
newcomers
from ancient time,
to the fresh world,
novel era... !
We're always curious and ask questions
to gain more awareness of and learn to
acquire knowledge to form own impression;
But, knowing of what, when, where doesn't lead to
satisfaction; all queries lead to 'why'.
We ask 'why', as our mind, brain is having
that great quality of analyzing
thinking reasons consequences, planning,
finding explanation, humanizing;
Animals don't possess such quality.
Knowing 'why' leads to answers and actions
linked to future; try to realize more
to plan duly the next course of action
as living in brighter days we look for;
"why" motivates everyone to excel.
~X~X~X~
Don't scream about equality.
Life's unfair, that's reality.
Just do the very best you can
to be a truly worthy man.
Productive work and mind said Marx,
beget the humanizing sparks.
Self-worth and self-respect, said Rand,
can make for ouselves a better land!
Accumulation of an Accumulation
Hide, Fool, Confidence
Coincide, Abide, Ridicule Tense
Denied Mule Sense
Humanizing, Deserve, Afford, award,
Despising, Conserve, Ignored
Surprising Preserve Lord
Word, absurd, Once upon, Included,
Re-occurred, God has done, Alluded,
Assured Only one Deluded
Survive, Repeated Withstand
Come alive, Deleted Demand
Revive Conceited Disband
Whether or not Avoid, Heeded,
Had been hot Annoyed, Conceded,
Preposterous plot Destroyed Impeded
Now I need to form each combination
of words into limericks. You can also
do the same if you want to. How is
that for a challenge?
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Member of Over 4,000 Poems Club.
oh, so you call me filthy rich,
blame me for your fate in the ditch,
and then you tell me to detour
for the sake of you, lazy poor
from all the paths of cruel greed
and hand to you your every need,
that I must practice charity,
that mercy be my cup of tea;
but, why should I take care of you?
I've toiled so hard, I've earned my due,
while you sit, spit and waste your time
telling folks I stole your last dime,
how dare you, lousy lazybones
claim as yours what I truly own,
only by the sweat of my brow
I've become truly rich, that's how;
and then you talk of human rights
while you just live as parasites,
sucking hard on society's guilt,
playing victims up to the hilt,
thriving well on hypocrisy,
your vices have no secrecy,
why don't you live within your means
and work real hard behind the scenes?
don't scream about equality,
life's unfair, that's reality,
just do the very best you can
to truly be a working man,
productive work and mind, said Marx,
beget the humanizing sparks,
self-worth and self-respect, said Rand,
can make this place a better land!
Don't scream about equality;
life's unfair, that's reality;
just do the very best you can
to truly be a worthy man.
Productive work and mind, said Marx,
beget the humanizing sparks;
self-worth and self-respect, said Rand,
can make this place a better land !
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