Holiday Limericks
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Through faithful practise I surmise -
Holidays - chaos in disguise!
Diets get out of hand,
Fickle waistlines expand,
And stern resolutions arise!
But until then it’s pure delight,
Family ...
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Categories:
waistlines, holiday, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Revenge is Sweet
...The bullying and bruising
Went on and on for years,
'Til the time had come
They'd atone for her tears
Aimed at those people
The cruel and the two-faced,
For revenge is sweet ...
And she wan...
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Categories:
waistlines, anti bullying, bullying, change,
Form: Rhyme
My Favorite Vacation
...Once again the annual holidays came, a time of great cheer
We, the batch mates of 1976 planned a mega get together
We wanted to make it an occasion to be memorized for ever
Tracking old fr...
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Categories:
waistlines, beautiful, emotions, friendship, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Change of Autumn Clothes
...Last trees of leaves flutter bright yellow
Aviary of canaries freed from their cage
By this morning’s first clash of autumn snow
Birds pour out crumble below
Flatten their wings over the tiny b...
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Categories:
waistlines, autumn, bird, clothes, fate,
Form: Free verse
I'M Confused
...We have a hundred brands of bubblegum
In the shops that line our streets.
We have thirty-five flavors of potato chips
For those with waistlines to increase.
We have cars and trucks of every size
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Categories:
waistlines, angst, mystery, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
End-Of-Term Party
...At the final quilting class
We always bring in food.
This is what today’s assorted
Choices did include:
Purple grapes (2 different types)
And fat green grapes as well,
Lots of cheese and berr...
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Categories:
waistlines, food,
Form: Rhyme
The Inflated Nation
...The Inflated Nation!
Americans growing wider by the minute!
Is there a Russian collusion behind this illusion?
(Now, there's a breaking news headline
with real meat in it)
(Mashed potatoes,...
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Categories:
waistlines, food, health, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
What's In the Noose
...Long tennis matches stretch on and on for love of deuce,
While endless freight trains mercifully end with a little red caboose.
Domestic snits could be shortened dramatically with a fruit juice t...
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Categories:
waistlines, humorous, perspective, word play,
Form: Monorhyme
Peanut Butter Cup
...I think Jack wants me fat.
In fact I am sure of that.
I always ask for one scoop.
Waistlines expand with that gloop.
He insists on giving three.
All for the same fee.
Poor, poor pitiful me.
I ...
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Categories:
waistlines, fate, food,
Form: Rhyme
Confluence
...A rare confluence of events
Is happening tonight
To fill both Jews and Christians
With a feeling of delight.
At sunset Chanukah begins;
Two candles thus will glow,
While Christmas brings exci...
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Categories:
waistlines, chanukah, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Thanksgiving Day
...Thanksgiving Day
~ pretty weird that it is necessary to have one day allocated during the year to give
thanks to the harvest or anything else we might and should be grateful for during
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Categories:
waistlines, environment,
Form: Free verse
Sexy Love
...Sexy Love
Some say that love is when our rivers join on cotton sheets in mounting passion
when you and I share days and nights with Venus’ delta freely flowing
advance our...
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Categories:
waistlines, love,
Form: Free verse
Impermanence
...IMPERMANENCE
Nothing seems to last more than a blink
From seconds to millennia - just think:
Sunsets most fleeting
Chocolate you are eating
Ice-cubes in coke (or lemon-and-lime )
Mas...
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Categories:
waistlines, funny
Form: Imagism
Candy Is Dandy
...Mints,chews,pontefract cakes
Toffee whirls & chocolate flakes
french bonbons & jelly beans
Liquorice lace & peppermint creams
Confectionary to bring sweet dreams
And waistlines bursting at t...
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Categories:
waistlines, childhood, funny,
Form: Couplet