Archive for the ‘Seasons Humor’ Category
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
We lost power. It’s fixed, but I gird
For another bad outage. My word!
It’s a jerry-rigged mend!
Will it break, or just bend
If descended upon by a bird?
Author’s Note: We lost power last night, shortly after midnight, and were the first to call Con Ed. (Apparently our neighbors go to sleep early.)
Con Ed came quickly to assess the situation and then sent back a larger crew. And 9 or 10 hours later we had a temporary repair — a couple of wires tied to trees, stretched precariously from one house to another across the street.
The temp fix doesn’t look like it could withstand even a minor winter storm, and the real repair isn’t scheduled until February 6th. Yes that’s 2.5 weeks from now. So all fingers and toes are duly crossed.
Tags: Bird Humor, Electric Power, Electricity Limerick, Power Outage, Winter Humor, Winter Limerick
Posted in House & Home Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Disempowered (Limerick)
Monday, March 28th, 2016
Though it’s springtime, the temp’rature’s low.
It’s damp, and the wind’s all a-blow.
And I swear that I heard
These words chirped by a bird:
“For THIS I flew north? I hate snow!”
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Bird Humor, Birds, Seasonal Humor, Seasonal Poems, Seasonal Verse, Spring Humor, Spring Limerick, Weather, Weather Humor, Weather Poem
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on This Weather’s For The Birds! (Limerick)
Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Though tomorrow’s the first day of spring,
My seasonal thoughts can’t take wing
Cuz of snow-forecast-blues-men
And wet blanket newsmen.
Are they wrong? To that dream I shall cling.
Tags: New York City, Seasonal Humor, Seasonal Verse, Snow Verse, Spring Limerick, Weather Forecast, Weather Humor, Weatherman Poem
Posted in Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Hope Springs Eternal (Limerick)
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
On St. Patrick’s Day food I’m not keen.
Its corned beef and cabbage cuisine
Makes my stomach feel queer,
And the same goes for beer.
Partake… and I’ll surely turn green.
Tags: Beer, Cabbage, Celebrations Poetry, Food Poem, Holiday Humor, Irish Limerick, Irish Pubs, March Holidays, Seasonal Verse, St. Paddy's Day, St. Patrick's Day Humor
Posted in Celebrations Poetry, Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 1st, 2016
After seeing a “Happy February” post, I suddenly remembered an ancient humor piece of mine about February. So I dug through my archives and found this column I sold to the Buffalo News way back in 1995. It feels like it was written by a different person: February Bashing.
Tags: February Humor, Seasonal Humor
Posted in Limericks, Seasons Humor | Comments Off on February Bashing
Thursday, January 28th, 2016
Mark recently posted his tale of blizzardy absent-mindedness here on Facebook. (Yes, I know “blizzardy” isn’t a word.) And I’ve decided to sum it up in a limerick:
My husband once did something whack;
Left his car window open a crack
In a blizzard, alas.
Snow flew over the glass
And got packed to the top, front to back.
Tags: Absent-minded Husbands, Automobile Humor, Blizzard Humor, Car & Driving Humor, Seasonal Verse, Shoveling Snow, Snow Humor, Snow Limerick, Snow Storm, Snow Verse, Weather Humor, Weather Poetry, Winter Humor, Winter Limerick, Winter Storm
Posted in Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Turning Mark’s Blizzard Tale Into A Limerick
Sunday, January 24th, 2016
It’s never a good sign when a snow plow has to be rescued by a bulldozer. But that’s what things were like in Bayside, Queens on Sunday.
You know that a blizzard is bad,
And the prospect of cleaning up sad,
When the snow plow gets stuck
In the ice, snow, and muck.
Going out over-rated? A tad!
Tags: Blizzard Humor, Seasonal Verse, Shoveling Snow, Snow Humor, Snow Limerick, Snow Storm, Snow Verse, Weather Humor, Weather Poetry, Winter Humor, Winter Limerick, Winter Storm
Posted in Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on A Snow Plow Meets Its Match (Limerick)
Sunday, January 24th, 2016
When I shovel, I try to obey
The best shoveling way, which they say
Involves using one’s thighs.
So it’s not a surprise
That our staircase is daunting today.
Tags: Blizzard Humor, Seasonal Verse, Shoveling Snow, Snow Humor, Snow Limerick, Snow Storm, Snow Verse, Weather Humor, Weather Poetry, Winter Humor, Winter Limerick, Winter Storm
Posted in Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Shoveling Post (Muscle) Mortem
Thursday, December 24th, 2015
I’m not writing a climate-change screed,
But I’d wager most folks would concede
This is crazy as heck:
Icy drinks on our deck,
Late December, New York. Coat? No need!
Tags: Climate Change, December Holidays, Drinking Limerick, Holiday Humor, New York City, Outdoors Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Outdoors Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 12th, 2015
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using LIES or BELIES or RELIES at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write a themed limerick related to any December holiday, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best holiday-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the Limerick-Off Award Winner on December 27, 2015, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, December 26, 2015, at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
The weatherman forecast clear skies.
But I wasn’t surprised by the cries
And the shrieks and the bawling
When rain started falling;
I’ve weathered the weather guys’ lies.
Please feel free to write your own limerick(s) using the same rhyme word 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 email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Competition Limerick, Dishonesty, Honesty Humor, Lies, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Rain Limerick, Seasonal Humor, Weather Humor, Weatherman Poem, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Honesty Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 124 Comments »
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
Rather wet is the weather today.
Also terribly gloomy, I’d say.
It’s so nasty, I’m glad
Not to need something bad.
You can bet from my house I won’t stray.
Tags: Acrostic Limerick, Acrostic Poems, Rain Limerick, Seasonal Verse, Weather Humor
Posted in Acrostic Limericks, Acrostic Madness, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Not Mad About The Weather (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Each summer I bitch about heat.
Humidity too makes me bleat.
But the current one’s better
Than most — wore a sweater
One night, which beats sweat indiscreet.
(DVerse Poets wants weather about the dog days of summer.)
Tags: Clothing Humor, Seasonal Verse, Summer Gripes, Summer Humor, Sweat Humor, Sweater Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Clothing Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 7 Comments »
Friday, March 20th, 2015
Yet Another Anti-Winter Poem
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Oh damn you winter! Go away!
Why can’t you take a hint today?
Intruding on our spring delights
With snow is NOT within your rights.
The calendar has made it clear
It’s spring. So why are YOU still here?
I’ve foolishly already stored
Our boots and shovels, long abhorred.
I’m forced to fetch them one more time
For duties not at all sublime.
Your crime of trespass? No mere gaffe!
I just might sue on spring’s behalf.
Tags: Quatrain Humor, Quatrains, Seasonal Poems, Seasonal Verse, Shoveling Snow, Snow Verse, Spring Humor, Spring Poetry, Weather Humor, Wind, Winter Humor, Winter Poetry
Posted in Quatrains Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Yet Another Anti-Winter Poem
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
Windy St. Patrick’s Day Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Thinking Jack Frost had split, we high-fived.
But our basking in warmth was short-lived.
Winter managed to con us–
Cold wind is upon us–
A low blow as St. Pat’s Day arrived.
(More wind poetry here.)
Tags: Holiday Humor, March Holidays, Seasonal Poems, Seasonal Verse, Spring Limerick, St. Patrick's Day Humor, Weather Poem, Wind, Winter Humor
Posted in Holiday Humor, Seasons Humor | 13 Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
There’s been a Groundhog Day rules change at the Staten Island Zoo, in the wake of last year’s groundhog death at the klutzy hands of Mayor Bill de Blasio:
Staten Island Chuck the Groundhog Lives (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Seems the zoos of New York had their fill
Of Mayor-caused Groundhog Day-kill.
Last year’s groundhog is dead,
So “no holding,” they said.
“We are Chucking your touching rights, Bill.”
Tags: Bill de Blasio, Chuck the Groundhog, February Holidays, Groundhog Day, Groundhog Humor, Holiday Humor, New York City, Seasonal Humor, Staten Island Chuck, Staten Island Zoo, Winter Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Seasons Humor | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
Wintry Woes (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I so wish all these snow storms would wane.
I’d prefer their replacement with rain–
Even better, with drizzle–
A limited mizzle.
Cuz this winter has gone down the drain.
Tags: Blizzard Humor, New York City Verse, Rain Limerick, Seasons Limerick, Snow Storm, Snow Verse, Weather Poem, Winter Humor
Posted in Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Wintry Woes (Limerick)
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Shoveling Duty (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s snowing, alas and alack,
And I just finished shov’ling — can’t slack
During storms this severe.
But I did it. Oh dear!
All the snow I removed has come back.
*****
Blizzard in progress.
I resent New York City
resembling Fargo.
*****
Oboe-playing years
armed my shoulders for shov’ling,
but failed to prep mind.
Tags: blizzard, Haiku & Senryu, Seasonal Humor, Shoveling Snow, Snow, Snow Limerick, Weather, Weather Humor, Winter Humor, Winter Limerick
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Shoveling Duty (Limerick)
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
This summer’s weather in New York City, especially August, has been astonishingly pleasant. And then September hit.
I Knew It Couldn’t Last (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I was right with my weather suspicions;
We’ve reverted to dreadful conditions.
High humidity, heat,
Heavy T-storms compete,
As we weather their juxtapositions.
Tags: August Weather, Heat Humor, Humidity Humor, New York Weather, Seasonal Humor, Seasonal Verse, September Weather, Summer Gripes, Summer Humor, T-Storm Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on I Knew It Couldn’t Last (Limerick)
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Weather Wariness (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
New York’s weather, right now, is delicious.
Its loveliness makes me suspicious:
Are we being set up
For a fall? I fear yup,
We are in for some elements vicious.
Tags: New York Weather, Seasonal Verse, Summer Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Limerick Ode To A Stormy Independence Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The East Coast, alas, is awash
With Hurricane Arthurly slosh,
Bringing wind gusts and rain
And flooding — the bane
Of saluting the 4th with panache.
Tags: Holiday Humor, Hurricanes, Independence Day, July 4th, July Holidays, Patriotic Humor, Rain Limerick, Storm, Weather Humor
Posted in Holiday Humor, Limericks, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To A Stormy Independence Day
