Archive for the ‘Birthday Verse’ Category
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Happy birthday to barbed wire’s inventor, Joseph Farwell Glidden. (Jan. 18, 1813-Oct. 9, 1906)
If you’d like to stop exit or entry,
Barbed wire can act as your sentry.
This invention by Glidden
Blocks people unbidden–
Quite handy for rich, landed gentry.
Tags: Barbed Wire, Inventions Humor, Inventions Poem, Inventors, January Holidays, Joseph Glidden, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, History Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Barbed Limerick
Friday, October 16th, 2015
It’s National Dictionary Day, created in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday.
I attempt to learn new words each day–
At least one, sometimes two, but they stray;
Seems as new words are learned,
The old ones are spurned:
“You’re evicted!” those brain-hoggers bray.
Tags: Aging Humor & Verse, Brain Humor, Dictionary Day, Language Humor, Memory Humor, Noah Webster, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Birthday Verse, Language Humor, Limericks, Memory Humor, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
My lim’rick obsession’s severe;
I write rhymes night and day ev’ry year.
My addiction is brutal.
Resistance is futile…
And I warrant the fault lies with Lear.
Happy birthday, Edward Lear, and Happy Limerick Day!
Tags: Addiction Humor, Birthday Limerick, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, International Limerick Day, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Obsession Verse, Odd Holidays, Rhyming Obsession, Writers, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Addiction Humor, Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Holiday Humor, Light Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Aviation Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
On this day, aviation shines bright;
Brother Orville, a father of flight,
Gets a birthday ovation
By prez proclamation.
Those who think today’s special are (w)right.
Tags: Air Flight, Airplane Trips, August Holidays, Flight Humor, Flying Humor, Odd Holidays, Orville Wright, Transportation, Travel Humor, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Public Figures, Transportation Humor, Travel Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Aviation Day (August 19)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
A birthday limerick for my wonderful husband Mark, who turns an undisclosed age today:
Happy birthday, dear hubby — you’re old,
Although younger than I, truth be told.
No need for debate —
There is NO better mate.
So how do I know this? I polled.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Husband Wife Limerick, Mark Kane, Marriage Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Personal | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Ambrose Bierce, A Limerick Birthday Ode
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Who the devil is Ambrose G. Bierce?
An author whose insights were fierce.
Each satirical lap
Keenly cut through the crap
With panache, as our foibles he’d pierce.
Tags: Ambrose Bierce, Authors & Playwrights, June Holidays. Birthday Limerick, Writers
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrity Humor, Limericks, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Happy birthday to the nickel, born May 16, 1866
Limerick Ode To The Nickel
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Our nation first minted the nickel
On the 16th of May. Here’s our pickle:
That coin’s out of tricks–
Born in 1866,
Now its value is down to a trickle.
Tags: Coins Humor, May Holidays, Money Limerick, Nickel Humor, Odd Holidays
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Monday, May 12th, 2014
It’s Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear’s birthday on May 12th, and so…
Yet Another Limerick Day Ode to Edward Lear
By Madeleine Begun Kane
On May 12th I must celebrate Lear,
Though he’s mostly to blame, it is clear,
For my rhyming affliction
And lim’rick addiction;
I’m perversely a fan, so I cheer.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Odd Holidays, Writers
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Light Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Roget’s Thesaurus
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Serenade, sing, belt out, croon in chorus:
Happy Birthday to Roget’s Thesaurus,
Sterling word-meister’s brew,
Published Eighteen-Five-Two
In late April. The tome is a Taurus!
(Dr. Peter Mark Roget released his ground-breaking English-language word reference book, Roget’s Thesaurus, to the public on April 29, 1852.)
Tags: April Holidays, Birthday Humor, Birthday Limerick, Books Humor, Odd Holidays, Peter Mark Roget, Reference Books, Roget's Thesaurus, Singing Humor, Word Derivations
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Just Deserts (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“It’s home-made” is just one of those lines
Often used after everyone dines,
And they’re serving dessert.
That’s when guests ought not blurt:
“Tell the truth; it’s a mix — ‘Duncan Hines.'”
Happy birthday to Duncan Hines — author, food critic, and founder of the company that bears his name. (March 26, 1880 – March 15, 1959)
(You might think that I use mixes; I couldn’t possibly comment.)
Tags: Cake Mix, Cakes Humor, Celebrity Birthdays, Dessert Humor, Dining Humor, Duncan Hines, Food Humor, March Holidays
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Just Deserts (Limerick)
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Happy birthday Mr. Bell! (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)
Birthday Ode to Alexander Graham Bell (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Happy birthday, dear Alex Graham Bell.
As the telephone’s father, you’re swell.
I shall try not to hold
You to blame for the cold
Way we’re tortured by phone voicemail hell.
Tags: Alexander Graham Bell, Inventions Poem, Inventors, Phone Humor, Telephone Humor, Telephone Verse, Voicemail Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Birthday Ode to Alexander Graham Bell
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Happy birthday to the ZIP Code, born fifty years ago, on July 1, 1963.
Limerick Ode To The ZIP Code
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Today is the birthday of ZIP Codes–
Those digital sort and then ship codes
That help us get mail,
Which they’re now calling “snail.”
With email, these aren’t such hip codes.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Communication Humor, Email Humor, Mail Humor, Odd Holidays, Zip Code Limerick, Zip Codes, Zone Improvement Plan
Posted in Birthday Verse, Communication Humor, Email Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) And happy Charles Dickens Day!
Limerick Ode To Charles Dickens
By Madeleine Begun Kane
What day is today? The plot thickens:
It’s the birthday of author Charles Dickens,
Whose serial fiction
(For some an addiction)
Never suffered from slim verbal pickin’s.
Tags: Authors & Playwrights, Charles Dickens Day, Charles Dickens Humor, February Holidays, Odd Holidays, Serial Fiction
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Happy Birthday to President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933)
Limerick Ode To Calvin Coolidge
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Calvin Coolidge — a man of few words:
He thought garrulousness for the birds.
But the ones that he spoke
Were quite pointed. No joke!
If just two words would do, then no thirds.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Calvin Coolidge, Celebrity Birthdays, July Holidays
Posted in Birthday Verse, Limericks, Public Figures | 3 Comments »
Sunday, November 27th, 2011
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner plus the Honorable Mentions.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, you can find some helpful resources listed here.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow whose last dime was spent…
or
A woman whose last dime was spent…
Here’s mine:
Spent Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow whose last dime was spent
On a gal below age of consent
Did nothing illicit,
Though mom was complicit:
‘Twas a “sweet sixteen” birthday event.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please send me an email requesting the alerts. You’ll find my email address on the upper right sidebar, in the “Author” section just below my Limerick-Offs button. Thanks!
Tags: Age Of Consent, Birthday Limerick, Money & Finance Humor, Money Verse, Parenting Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Sweet Sixteen Party, Writing Prompts
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Children Humor, Contests, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Relationship Humor | 75 Comments »
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Today, October 22, is the birthday of the Hungarian virtuoso pianist/composer/conductor Franz Liszt. Some people consider Liszt to be the world’s first rock star.
Birthday Limerick For Franz Liszt
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The pianist/composer named Liszt
Was as hot as the cancan and twist:
Caused a Beatle-like heat—
Gals would swoon from his beat
And the sounds he produced with each wrist.
Tags: Celebrities, Celebrity Birthdays, Composers, Conductors Humor, Franz Liszt, Music Humor & Verse, Pianists, Public Figures, Rock Stars
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Public Figures | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Every year I like to celebrate Limerick Day (May 12) by writing a limerick in honor of Edward Lear, the father of the limerick. (Here are the two limericks I wrote in Lear’s honor last year.)
Since I’ve recently gotten into writing acrostic limericks, I decided to make things about bit harder on myself and write an acrostic limerick to celebrate Limerick Day (and Lear’s birthday.)
Happy Limerick Day (Acrostic Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Edward Lear should be honored — hooray!
Lim’rick verses he fathered, some say.
Entertained us with wit—
A nonsensical hit.
Remember his birthday — 12 May.
If you’re looking for a way to celebrate National Limerick Day, why not try participating in this week’s Limerick-Off?
Tags: Acrostic Poems, Celebrations Poetry, Edward Lear, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Writers
Posted in Acrostic Limericks, Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Holiday Humor, Light Verse, Limericks, Writing & Publishing Humor | 15 Comments »
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
By now, you’ve probably heard the horoscope brouhaha over constellation movements and purported astrological sign shifts. Well, I don’t care what anybody claims about zodiac changes. I’m still a Virgo:
Still A Virgo (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The sign Virgo is mine through and through,
And there’s nothing at all you can do
To convince me it’s changed.
I’ll respond,”You’re deranged,”
Quite precisely and neatly on cue.
Tags: Astrology Humor, Astronomy, Science Limerick, Virgo Humor, Zodiac
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Birthday Verse, Science Humor | 7 Comments »
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Mother’s Day isn’t this week’s only important holiday. What else is there? International Limerick Day, of course, which celebrates the May 12th birthday of Edward Lear. After all, nobody’s done more than Edward Lear to popularize the limerick.
I’ve written a limerick two limericks to celebrate Lear and National Limerick Day, and I hope you’ll write one too:
Limerick Ode To Edward Lear
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s Limerick Day — did you hear —
On May 12th for the birth of Ed Lear.
In his honor that day
Rhyme A-A-B-B-A.
And thank him for spreading good cheer.
Update: I’ve written Edward Lear a 2nd limerick:
Edward Lear was a poet quite witty,
Who wrote verse rather brief, even bitty.
His birthday’s 12 May,
So we treasure that day
In thanks for the limerick ditty.
(Note: I’m also celebrating National Limerick Day on Facebook too.)
Tags: Edward Lear, Holiday Poetry, May Holidays, National Limerick Day, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Limericks, Writing Prompts
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Birthday Verse, Holiday Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Writing & Publishing Humor | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
My humorist pal Felice Prager had a birthday recently and, thanks to Facebook reminders, was receiving an extra large slew of birthday greetings. When she responded to mine, she joked about writing a limerick starting with the line: “The girl who said thank you a lot …” So of course, I did:
Limerick Of Manners
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The girl who said thank you a lot
Sure wanted to stop, but could not,
Cuz she knew it ain’t right
To stop acting polite.
So she purchased a thanks-giving bot.
Tags: Birthday Greetings Humor, Computer Verse, Politeness, Technology Limerick, Thank You Humor
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrations Poetry, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Robot Humor, Technology Humor | 5 Comments »
