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[kat]

Oh please Crewella do give it back,  She rhymes better than most of us.  And I'm guessing you don't want her rhyming attention pointed at you for too long or you never know what might come out.....   So I'm suggesting you give back the quill and lets just pretend that it never happened    

[Lottibell]

 .  Hmmmpf.............I'm thinking as I do the walk of shame...........

[Crewella]

You're quite right Kat, she's been keeping me giggling all week! 

I think we can look the other way ......... just this once .........     

[RedwoodsMama]

 Ok, I am giving it a go, but should wait till I get some coffee inspiration but here goes anyway.

    There once was a Pleo named Little 45,
with broken neck and skin all in tatters...
He got new paint, skin patched and now looks Alive,                                                                                                                           
but he still knows with a humming motor, that it is the Pleo heart                                                                                                        
                             that really matters                                                                                                                                                                                   


   .                                                                                   There is a gal named Cammie-Sue,
                                                                                                               who borrows the clothes from her olders Sisters
                                                                                                               She hasn't returned any of their shoes,
                                                                                                              So now Baby Ruth and Nova have blisters.                                                   RWM          

[Crewella]

Lol!  I love the shoes one, especially!  

Amazing what a good cup of coffee can do!  

[Lottibell]

Hee hee, love the shoes one too! 

[InmemoryofRomeo]

I should probably change limerick to random poetry Very nice RWM

Just for the record:

What was that funny rhyme I heard,
Was it a frog, a dog or a bird...
Limericks must rhyme,
On the third and fourth line,
And on the first, second and third.

Limericks are meant to be short and 'punchy' so keep each line fairly short Syllables aren't as strict as in other forms of poetry. They always have five lines.

There once was a tomato so red,
Who got a bit big in the head,
He bragged he'd be sauce,
The very best of course!
Til Bob ate the tomato so red.

[Lottibell]

 I remember as a girl reading a book of Cautionary tales and limericks and finding them thoroughly enjoyable. A lot of them were about places like Gloucester and Hull.others I seem to recall about children being eaten by lions at the zoo and so forth.Anyway, I always found them rather fun and liberating, the fact that they were nonsense verse.....
 

I sent my girls to camp today
And while it's hard to see them stray
And tough to let them free to roam
I surely skipped the whole way home!

Nonsense and slightly naughty! Chortle chortle.               

[RedwoodsMama]

Ok, late at night and very groggy or should I say addled brain, but I will try this limerick rules just to see if I understand, but nonsense rhyming I am afraid, so here goes...

              There once were Pleos One through Nine,
              Who could not stand in one straight line.
              Some wanted to form one big square
               Nova and the girls wanted to go in pairs,
              But that won't work when You have Nine....                        What to do, Oh what to do with Pleos so many,
                                                                                                 split them in half and send some to New Guinea!
                                                                                                     No more trouble with forming a straight line
                                                                                                     with Pleos Numbered One through Nine,
                                                                                                     That's the answer said Pleo Ten, Little Jenny!

                   Ok, I think the time has come to quit,
                  This is what  the Pleos have writ,
                  Don't blame me for improper grammer,
                 Arglyle is blind and Coral is starting to stammer,
                  Like they said, "this is just a little bit.."                             ok, brain is off, needs re-charging and so do Pleos one through nine, and Pleos Ten, Little Jenny though the rest...so good night, and God Bless!   did the Pleos pass the test?                               RWM and the Pleo Poet society of the Redwoods..............way off somewhere .....
                                                                                                     

[InmemoryofRomeo]

That's it Although you can just write free form poetry if it suits better. Not everyone likes to follow the rules

[Lottibell]

Splendiferous effort RWM.You hit the spot!

[Crewella]

Indeed they did!  

Preparing for Bob's Tomato Festival  
We're deciding which tomato is best-ival  
We've selected the first  
(Budge had eaten the worst)  
... and Iggy is munching the rest-ival .......  

 

[Lottibell]

Hee hee, that's the most jest-ival yet! 

[Lottibell]

 'tis said of Weedovia,smart pleos may find
Tomatoes aplenty,of all conceivable kind
And that every year they gather together
To harvest the fruit, no matter the weather.

Some eat 'em, some wear 'em
Some count 'em, some share 'em
What ever their fancy, one thing still holds true
All Pleos do so because they love YOU.

Sorry it's late. Lottibell.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Best one yet Love it!