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Half-Baked Limerick

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:

There once was a baker, Lenore…

Here’s mine:

Half-Baked Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane

There once was a baker, Lenore,
Who’d been baking three decades or more.
But she quit. When asked why,
She responded, “Hate pie!”
You’d think she’d have noticed before.

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 in my Limerick-Offs.

Building That Career (Poetry Prompt)

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Endearing Limerick (Poetry Prompt)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Fight Firewalls With Kindle

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Counted Out (Limerick)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Clerk Antics

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Employee Blues

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The Outgoing Message I’d Love To (But Probably Shouldn’t) Leave On My Answering Machine (Limerick)

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Email Hell (Limerick & Haiku Prompt)

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Rivals

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

There’s No Substitute For A Bad Job (Limerick and Haiku Prompt)

Friday, February 15th, 2008

What Will I Be When I Grow Up?

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Great Moments In History: Happy Birthday Xerox Copier!

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Do Bosses Really Need Their Own National Holiday?

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Games People Play … At Meetings

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Pity The Poor Lawyer (Limerick)

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Bandwidth Blues

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Sleepless In Geekdom

Friday, April 20th, 2007

A Rueful Rhyme

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Office Politics

Monday, March 5th, 2007