Limerick Quotes

“Caves of blue.
Strike the hue.
Westward, burning.
Pages turning.
Indiana.
Ripe banana.
Happiness approaches.
Serpents and roaches.

There once was a god named Apollo
Who plunged in a cave blue and hollow
Upon a three-seater
The bronze fire-eater
Was forced death and madness to swallow”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Seven Ages: first puking and mewling
Then very pissed-off with your schooling
Then fucks, and then fights
Next judging chaps' rights
Then sitting in slippers: then drooling.”
― Robert Conquest

“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

“Silent our body is a sacred temple,
A place to connect with other people.
Can't we just stay any younger?
Really, we might keep it stronger,
Elated, rather than so tilted or feeble!!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“There was a young girl named Ratchet.
She had skill and no one could match it.
She wanted to be
More stylish and carefree,
But she couldn't give up her Ratchet.”
― Nancy J. Cavanaugh, This Journal Belongs to Ratchet

“There was a young lady called Peaches,
who simply loved animals to pieces.
She ate pigs and sheep,
and for cows she would weep,
when baked in a sauce of rich greases.”
― Mango Wodzak, The Eden Fruitarian Guidebook

“Go walk barefoot on the grass
Really flow, just let it pass...
And dance in the wind,
So do it in your mind,
Such glory it is that the spirit lasts!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“Although life is hard in pace
Lose not thy calm and grace.
If thee are not tender
Vow not to surrender
Eternity lies right before thy face.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“Had a cold hummus with pita bread,
Under a delicious food, yellow or red.
Might just have the appetite to cook
Urgent dinner by hook or crook.
So that's just a humus humor spread.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“There are no good tights,
Rare they are, a rare sight.
You roll and roll
Inside a new hole,
They´re only good for a fight.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“As soon as you plant a tree a day.
Really, you leave doctors away!
But rest a week,
Oh, do so like a geek.
Right then you surely enrich your way!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“War is the status quo,
Peace is a political woe.
Up the creek without a paddle,
Better not rock those in the saddle,
Lest you are branded a stately foe!

If you still got the backbone,
To tell right from the wrong.
Grab the keys from savages,
Trash all prehistoric baggages!
Past tradition, stand just and strong.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Nothing is impossible, a zero!
Hence no need for sorrow.
For the dreams of yesterday
are the hopes of today.
They can become reality tomorrow.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, How To Heal A Broken Heart: All You Need Is Love

“Latin is a dead tongue
And Romans made songs!
Then no one disagree:
It delighted them in theory
Now it's "the Latin" in me.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“Blessed be, it's finally Spring.
In joy and delight the birds sing,
Ravished upon the entire earth,
The new rebirth,
Helas, the joy it brings!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“God knows, but that boy is so lazy, if there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the floor...”
― Faith Hogan

“The Final Word by Stewart Stafford

On the wall of a prominent jacks,
Came anonymous, scurrilous attacks,
Innuendo and defamatory jibes,
Scrawled by cowardly scribes,
Dared the executioner’s axe.

And whoever wrote the indecent graffiti,
Would never say it to the King in a meeting,
He’d cry: ‘Off with their heads,’
Then sleep safely in bed,
Having the final word takes some beating.

And as they walked to an undignified death,
No sarcastic words came from their breath,
They were up for the chop,
On the executioner’s block,
And would plead it was all for a bet.

So if you’ve ill words planned,
Remember to keep them in hand,
Or the butt of your jokes,
Becomes your executioner’s host,
And that’s the end of your brand.

© Stewart Stafford, 2021. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“I don't know about Mars and Moon,
On my planet I am brakeless loon.
Exploiting dreams and hope,
when chimpanzees elope,
I stand grounded as an unbent boon.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Ominous though the night bring fright,
Disastrous though the day might strike.
Hand on chest, with spine unbent,
Reformer walks as ray of right.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Birds don't learn to fly, they just do.
I didn't learn to write, I just do.
Stop grovelling to authority,
embolden your curiosity,
All the answers lie dormant in you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Awareness of power amplifies power,
It makes you braver, keener and wiser.
The wisdom bit is most important,
without which life gets dampened,
All you're left with is pointless power.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Ask questions nobody found sound,
Discover answers nobody has found.
Brain is the best laboratory,
with cutting-edge tools and faculty,
Brain used wisely makes the world go round.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“You are never too broken to be fixed,
You are never too fixed to be broken.
Life is a dance between hurt and heal,
sometimes psycho, sometimes surreal,
To wake up to life you gotta be shaken.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Own your sorrow, own your tears -
Own your angst, own your fears.
These are not your enemy,
Use 'em to empower integrity.
We decide, they break or make us.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“There once was a blind knave,
Who stumbled into a bear cave.
He could not see the bear,
But that did not mean it wasn’t there,
Or that it couldn’t send him to his grave.”
― Robert Chad Canter, The South Bend Dart Frog Murders

“May winds of change meander through
your heart and home and bring a few…
of extra special good luck charms
and bless and keep you from all harm.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Pearls of Light: passion, poetry & positive affirmations

“The Making of a Secure Password
is as easy as cooking Gourd!
First think of a critical recipe,
say, by cooking in honey from a bee
and then mixing cooked gourd with curd!

Prof P Thareja”
― Priyavrat Thareja

“The naive ambition when unexpressed,
is like a confession regressed,
of a Failure in 'Failure Thwarting'
awaiting success to come out of waiting,
until, the proactive responses are Blessed!”
― Priyavrat Thareja

“The naive ambition when unexpressed,
is like a confession regressed,
as of a Failure in 'Failure Thwarting'
awaiting success to come out of waiting,
until the proactive responses are Blessed!”
― Priyavrat Thareja