The Limerick Battle
by
Jean George
copyright 07-25-2005 Contest Winner
Age Rating: 4 to 127
This is in answer to Anthony's war of words challenge.
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There once were two poets so hairy,
Together they made people wary,
Dave’s covered his face
All over the place
And Tony’s was just plain old scary.
When committing these hair styling crimes
They thought they were cool for their times.
They now know the score,
That less hair is more
And spend their spare time writing rhymes.
This brings us to our Debra Rose,
Who’s writing’s so good it just glows.
She’s quick with a word
But she’ll give you the bird
The second your bigotry shows.
There’s no one so cool az Bryt Eyze.
She’s pretty and witty and wyze.
She writes with pizzazz
And better yet hazz
A sexy appeal to the guyze.
Now Roger’s a medieval vassal,
Plays a lyre by the fire in his castle.
He writes with panache
As he twirls his mustache,
Wearing velvets, a sword and a tassel.
That Irina’s from Russia, I knew,
And sometimes her words go askew.
There is no denying
That she’ll leave you sighing
With praise of her graceful haiku.
Need a doctor? Of course Jim’s the one,
The classics he reads just for fun.
They inspire him, you see,
To write great poetry;
He’ll be better than them when he’s done!
His travels were very ambitious,
His adventures are true not fictitious,
Brian’s British by birth
And the salt of the earth
And his writing is simply delicious.
Another from Canada’s Andrew
He writes for the pleasure it’s true,
As a Sailor Moon man
He writes all that he can
To give the scout fans something new.
Then Heather and Mervin are grand,
Of the language they have skilled command,
Their contests are great
So I won’t hesitate
To enter them all as I planned.
Tho’ Jonathan may have come lastly
We still like his writing quite vastly,
So we hope he stays here
‘Cause oh dearie, my dear,
If we lost the Aussie, how ghastly.
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Due to my lack of knowledge, I did not add any of you kids to this poem as of yet. As I get to know each author, both adult and junior, I plan to add a limerick of his or her own to this poem. So please do not feel left out if you are not mentioned.
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This is simply the greatest. I'm only saying that so you'll write me in (only kidding).
That was very clever and imaginative. I also loved your plays on words.
What more can I say? Magnificent write.
Hello Jean: I'm just getting back into reading and commenting on the author's works. I'm a little late, here but it was worth waiting for. Excellent synopisis of each person's style and forte on PnP. You have them down pat, and this poem is certainly worthy of the award! Great job and congratulations.
Congratulations on winning this contest. I thought for sure I had a chance, but you just plain out wrote me; what can I say?
You are a worthy opponent.
Well I don't know if I agree with the accuracy of all the assessments here!(Plain old scary?) I do though have to say this is a well crafted poem. It flows very well and is deserving of being crowned winner! (except you should not make fun of the judges hair!)I'll let you slide being your from "up North" and all. Great Job, Anthony
My friend wrote me a limerick when I returned to school after being sick for almost 3 weeks. I tried, and failed. I just can't write something that has a structure, lol. But you can! And this is great, describing some authors that make PnP special with their personalities and pieces.
We love you Jean Gorge! It's amazing the accurate take you have on our individual personalities-- how much you have learned about us, here, and how well you've described us!
This is classy, stylish and a challenge indeed! I'm so sorry that I cannot write like this, so I will not even dare to attempt something like this. Nope, do not insist, I know my limitations! Jean, you've risen to the challenge!
Great piece of writing. I fell off my chair laughing, thank you.
The cat thought me mad.
If this is for the war of words, I think everyone else will be in retreat, if not a full scale surrender.
Everyone a gem.
Keep them coming.
Brian.
Welcome !
Contest Winner
