Dental Verse (Limerick & Haiku Prompt)
A limerick and a haiku (senryu) with teeth today. First, my limerick:
I think I’m becoming unglued —
Not my mind, but a cap caught on food.
But I can’t blame the guy
Who implanted it. Why?
I forgot to get perm-glued — not shrewd!
And now my haiku (senryu):
The left and the right
May mouth off at each other,
But both hate dentists.
Now, of course, it’s your turn. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write some verse about dentists and/or teeth. When you’ve posted your poem(s), please return here and add a direct link to your themed poetry, using Mr. Linky. And please post a comment as well.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:22 am
i hate dentists - but I got my teeth into this and came up with my response to the prompt.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:46 am
“Down In The Mouth” (haiku)
when my dentist gets
depressed, the mouth he likes to
look down in is mine…
November 21st, 2008 at 4:51 am
(senryu)
dental check
my bank statement too
has a hole in it
November 21st, 2008 at 8:58 am
Ok, I dashed off a limerick before work; guess I’ll have to add the haiku later.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pm
A lovely and fun assortment of poems already! Thanks and please keep them coming!
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
what’s worse
than a toothache
…my dental verse
I didn’t play, but I’m reading….
November 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
thanks for the prompt. :) my first ever dentist related haiku. :)
November 26th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I finally joined in, and had some fun. Thanks for the prompt. :)
November 26th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
S IS FOR SOMEDAY
November 27th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Mad Kane,
Spread too thin and couldn’t participate this time. Hope I’ll be able to, soon.
Best
November 29th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Hey, thanks for the prompt, was fun :)
November 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Thanks for the e-mail! I was hoping for a limerick with more bite (pun intended) but at least the one I came up with is topical. Maybe another will present itself to me later. If so I’ll let you know.
December 4th, 2008 at 2:18 am
I’ll try to work on a limerick, but here’s a senryu:
with cavities
you must get novocain
- but gas makes it fun
.
December 6th, 2008 at 2:47 am
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Thanks for the excellent prompt; here’s my second Limerick ever:
While sitting in the dentist’s chair,
It just seemed so very unfair;
The doctor had no more gas,
So time would not easily pass,
And this gave me quite a big scare.
.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Dentists+pain+ too much money=unhappy person
December 8th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
‘Lack of business was causing me grief’
My dentist explained with relief
‘I canned my ad which had read:
“Got a pain in your head?
Fixed as easy as pulling teef!”’