James Earl Carter Poems | Examples


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What's a poem about the NCAA Final Four? - An Above-the-Rimerick
And a poem about a monster? -- A Chimerick
A write that's dull? -- A Dimerick
A pirate's ditty? -- A Fee-fi-fo-fum-Fimerick  
Then there's a tricky one -- That's a Gimmerick

  A church composition? -- A Hymnerick
  An illegal poem? -- An Illegitimaterick
  A poem by James Earl Carter? - A Jimerick
  A poem by a monster from North Korea?  -  A Kim Jong-unerick 
  One that's copied? - A Mimicerick

The Name Game? - A Nymerick 
Razzamatazz and all that Jazz?  -- A Pizzazerimerick  
A poem for a doctor between patients? - A Rinsemofferick
A poem for slender people? -- A Slimerick
A funny three-line pem? -- A Tri-merick

  A poem by Dr. Zeus? - A Vipper of Vipperick
  One that literally chirps? -- A Whippoorwillerick
  A poem that sounds like chimes? -- A Xylophonerick
  One about tuna that's not packed in oil? - A Yellowfineric
  And a poem that goes back and forth? - A Zigzagerick

And all this is, of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocierick!

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