Posts Tagged ‘Noise Humor’
Saturday, April 6th, 2024
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(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using TACK or ATTACK at the end of ANY ONE LINE. (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to ANNOYANCES, using any rhyme word. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best ANNOYANCE-related limerick.
And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE, I’ve used a “Random Word Generator” to generate five random words. Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.
Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest:
FALL, FREAKY, GLAMOROUS, LONGER, POINTLESS.
(You’re free to singularize/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa, and use any other variant of the random words. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)
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 winners on May 5, 2024, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my TACK or ATTACK-Rhyme Limerick:
In the summer, mosquitoes attack.
(Seems my blood, alas, makes a good snack.)
They hang out in our yard,
Hungry, always on guard
For their “meal” to take one step out back.
And here’s my ANNOYANCE-Themed Limerick:
My enjoyment of scat singing’s scant.
I’m averse to Gregorian Chant.
Bagpipe bands drive me mad!
Vuvuzelas are BAD!
This concludes my unmusical rant.
And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:
An ambitious young woman named Kyle
Found her trend-setting efforts a trial.
One fall evening, she freaked
When this fashion news leaked:
Her new gown was no longer in style.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) 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: Bagpipe Humor, Bagpipe Limericks, Competition Limerick, Gregorian Chant, Insect Humor, Insect Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Mosquitoes, Music Humor, Music Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick Scat Humor, Outdoors Humor, Outdoors Limerick, Poetry & Prompts, Seasonal Verse, Vuvuzelas, Writing Prompts, Yard Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clothing Humor, Contests, Fashion Humor, Insect Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Outdoors Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Seasons Humor, Trends Humor | 105 Comments »
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
There is little that raises my hackles
Like someone who constantly cackles.
Raucous laughs hurt each ear,
So I’d sooner sit near
A hyena or large pack of jackals.
Tags: Annoyances Limerick, Hyenas, Jackals, Laughter, Laughter humor, Laughter Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Noise Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
A nasty conductor named Flynn
Yelled, “What in the hell was that din?”
“Not my fault,” said a drummer.
“That gong is a bummer!”
“I’ve warned you,” said Flynn. “Don’t chime in!”
Tags: Conductor Humor, Conductor Limerick, Drum Humor, Drummer Humor, Drums Humor, Idioms Humor, Idioms Limerick, Music Humor, Music Limerick, Musical Instruments, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Percussion Humor, Percussion Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Noise Humor | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Some fun with another new-to-me word:
Our neighbor just purchased a poodle,
Which does nothing but bark, yelp, and kyoodle.
The poor thing wants to play;
(It’s abandoned each day.)
But those yaps make it hard to canoodle!
Tags: Dog Limerick, Neighbors Humor, Noise Humor, Pet Humor, Pet Limerick, Pet Owners, Pets Verse
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Neighbors Humor, Noise Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 28th, 2023
I am NOT a big fan of kazoos.
The mere sound of one makes me think “Booze!”
What loser invented
That plaything demented?
Buzz off, cuz I’m getting the blues!
(Happy “National Kazoo Day,” if you insist.)
Tags: Kazoo Humor, Kazoo Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Nuisances
Posted in Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Noise Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 16th, 2022
It’s “National Dictionary Day,” which gives me a good excuse to post a limerick about another new-to-me term: “Dawn Chorus.”
(For the record, all the names have been changed to protect the guilty.)
“Let’s go back to that lovely ‘Fowl Inn,’”
Said my spouse, quite forgetting its din.
’Twas no use telling Boris
(A bull-headed Taurus)
That its dawn chorus drove us to gin.
*****
Happy birthday to American lexicographer Noah Webster, of dictionary compilation fame. He was born October 16, 1758.
Tags: Animals, Bird Humor, Bird Limericks, Birds, Dawn Chorus, Dictionary Day, Dictionary Humor, Hotel Humor, Hotel Limerick, Language Humor, Language Satire, Noah Webster, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Webster's Dictionary, Words Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Vacation Humor | 2 Comments »
Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
How can I resist using “bombilation” in a limerick?
Bombilation is driving me nuts,
And it comes from a home that abuts
My backyard. I complain,
But I’m met with disdain.
My revenge? A large doghouse with mutts.
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limerick, Dog Humor, Dog Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Noise Poem, Pet Humor, Pet Limerick, Revenge Humor, Revenge Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Noise Humor | Comments Off on Sound Revenge (Limerick)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
Weird pings have been driving us mad.
We can’t pinpoint the source. This is bad;
Could be any of eight
Nearby doodads. I hate
Laptops, IPads, cells, Echos! Egad!
Tags: Computer Humor, Device Humor, Gadget Humor, Gadget Limericks, Gadget Verse, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Limericks, Noise Humor, Technology Humor | Comments Off on Maddening Pings (Limerick)
Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
I found myself trapped among honkers
On a traffic-filled road deep in Yonkers.
Construction ahead?
A shooting? Some dead?
Whatever it was … they’d gone bonkers.
Tags: Bonkers, Car & Driving Humor, Car Limerick, Driving Humor, Driving Limerick, Mental Health Humor, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Traffic Humor, Traffic Limerick, Transportation Humor, Transportation Limerick
Posted in Car & Driving Humor, Mental Health Humor, Noise Humor, Transportation Humor | Comments Off on Traffic Tale (Limerick)
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
I’d hoped that a “Quiet Day” tude
Might mend my disquieted mood.
But alas, there’s no movement —
No sign of improvement.
The culprit? That bad White House Dude!
Tags: February Holidays, Mood Humor, Noise Humor, Noise Poem, Odd Holidays, Quiet Day
Posted in Limericks, Noise Humor, Political Satire | Comments Off on Happy Quiet Day! (Limerick)
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
It’s “Quiet Day.” Kindly don’t yell.
Noise is stressful. It’s time that we quell
All the racket and clamor.
Stop pounding that hammer.
Don’t expound with ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL!
Today, February 25, is Quiet Day.
Tags: February Holidays, Noise Humor, Noise Poem, Odd Holidays, Quiet Day
Posted in Limericks, Noise Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on QUIET!!! (Limerick)
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Neighborly Blues (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow was sweeping his leaves
While belting some recitatives.
“Quell that noise,” said a neighbor.
“Your mis-Handeled labor
Could well be jays lodged in your eaves.”
Tags: Annoying Neighbors, Music Humor & Verse, Neighbors Humor, Noise Humor, Singing Humor, Singing Voice
Posted in Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Neighbors Humor, Noise Humor | Comments Off on Neighborly Blues (Limerick)
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
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.)
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 of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow would frequently play…*
or
A woman had written a play…*
or
A woman suspected foul play…*
*(Please note that minor variations to my first lines are acceptable. However, rhyme words may not be altered, except by using homonyms or homophones.)
Here’s my limerick:
Limerick Play
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A pianist would constantly play
Chopin waltzes at home night and day.
Then she’d turn a deaf ear
To complaints, with a sneer:
“Be grateful I don’t make you pay.”
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 email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Chopin, Competition Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Music Limerick, Musician Humor, Neighbors Humor, Noise Humor, Piano Limerick, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 107 Comments »
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
What’s even more fun than writing limericks? Writing acrostic limericks:
The Buglers (Acrostic Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Bells up in the air, buglers blare,
Raising rackets most ears can not bear,
And amazing, but true,
Stopping right on their cue.
So their vision, at least, is still there.
(Posted at the DVerse music prompt.)
Tags: Acrostic Poems, Brass Players, Bugles Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Poem
Posted in Acrostic Limericks, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Noise Humor | 16 Comments »
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoy the challenge of writing acrostic limericks. But I found the latest acrostic limerick prompt from Acrostic Only to be tougher than usual. Here’s what I came up with:
One Headache of an Acrostic Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Pleasant dreams are quite hard to secure
On nights when you have to endure
Unspeakable noise:
Next door neighbors with boys,
Deaf’ning dogs, and the parents on tour.
Tags: Acrostic Poems, Animals Poetry, Badly Behaved Children, Child Humor, Dogs Verse, Headaches Humor, Insomnia Verse, Noise Humor, Noisy Neighbors, Pets Verse, Sleep Poetry
Posted in Acrostic Limericks, Animal & Pet Humor, Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, Children Humor, House & Home Humor, Limericks, Neighbors Humor, Sleep & Insomnia Humor | 25 Comments »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Excited tourists
stop and stare, awed by Times Square —
forget they have feet.
*****
Sleepless, hollow eyes
gaze at legal opinions,
but see student loans.
*****
Windy documents
written to persuade judges —
endless legal briefs.
*****
Libraries, once hushed,
quiet playgrounds of the mind,
kept calm and silent
by strict ground rules, now drown thought
in playground cacophony.
*****
(Thanks for these four prompts: New York, hollow, paradox, and hush. Posted at Monday Memories.)
Update: April 21st is Thank You For Libraries Day.
Tags: April Holidays, Briefs Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Law Haiku, Legal Jargon, Legal Opinions, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Library Poetry, New York City Verse, Noise Humor, Odd Holidays, Paradoxes, Student Loans, Thank You For Libraries Day, Times Square
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Haiku & Senryu, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Money & Finance Humor, New York Limericks & Haiku, Odd Holidays | 26 Comments »
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Symphony of black,
my uniform for decades —
stage no longer mine.
*****
Harmonics converge
in a dissonant parade
of the marching bands.
*****
(Thanks for the uniform prompt.)
Tags: Dissonance, Haiku & Senryu, Marching Bands, Music Haiku, Noise Humor, Orchestra Musicians, Parade Humor, Symphony Dress Code, Symphony Verse
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Music Humor & Verse | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
I’m not exactly a sports aficionado. But I’m guessing it’s safe to presume that most games are expected to be noisy.
Apparently, though, South African soccer fans take such noise to a new ear-piercing level, enthusiastically blowing vuvuzelas in the stadiums. What’s a vuvuzela? Well, I know from oboes, but not from vuvuzelas. However, I’ve just learned they’re cacophonous, droning, deafening horns (blown like a brass instrument) that are driving TV World Cup viewers insane.
Vive Vuvuzelas? Please, No! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Attempting to watch World Cup soccer?
Then you’re likely to go off your rocker:
Vuvuzelas abound
With their loud, droning sound.
They are deafening. Help! Need a blocker!
Tags: Brass Players, Football Humor, Hearing Loss, June Holidays, Musical Instruments, Noise Humor, Soccer Fans, Soccer Stadiums, South Africa, Sports Humor, Television Limerick, Vuvuzela, World Cup
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Sports Humor, Television (TV) Humor | 9 Comments »
