Posts Tagged ‘Wordplay Humor’
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
“After seeing your farm, I’m agog
At its beautiful pigpen. My dog
Doesn’t live half as well!
The big barn where pigs dwell
Is superb! They live high on the hog.”
*****
Happy World Farm Animals Day! (October 2)
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limericks, Dog Humor, Dog Limerick, Farm Animals, Farm Humor, Farm Limerick, Odd Holidays October Holidays, Pig Humor, Pig Limerick, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Buttering Up A Farmer (Limerick)
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Sometimes, when I play with a new-to-me word, I get a bit silly:
“What color’s your purse?” asked a nurse.
“A deep purple?” The answer: “It’s ‘perse!’”
“Yes, I know. But what shade
Is your pocketbook’s suede?”
“I said ‘perse!’” (Plus a colorful curse.)
Tags: Colors Humor, Colors Limerick, Communication Humor, Communication Limerick, Fashion Humor, Fashion Limerick, Homonym Humor, Homonym Limericks, Homonym Poems, Homonyms, Homophone Limericks, Homophone Poems, Homophones, Perse, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Communication Humor, Fashion Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
An annoying acquaintance loves roe
And dishes all covered in dough.
He’ll eat beef by the herd
And most any old bird,
But he’ll always refuse to eat crow.
Tags: Animal and Pet Humor, Argument Humor, Argument Limerick, Bad Behavior, Beef Humor, Behavior Humor, Bird Humor, Bird Limerick, Birds Humor, Crows, Eating Crow, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Fowl Humor, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Know-It-Alls, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Meat Humor, Poultry Humor, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on A Recipe For Trouble (Limerick)
Monday, November 8th, 2021
Today, November 8, is “Abet and Aid Punsters Day.” So I thought I’d celebrate with a limerick, even though it should really be called “Aid and Abet Punsters Day.”
Though punsters are often accorded
Acclaim for their skill and awarded
Applause for their verse,
Sometimes even a purse,
Grinches bitch that their wordplay is sordid.
Tags: Abet and Aid Punsters Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pun Humor, Pun Limerick, Puns, Punster Day, Punster Humor, Punster Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Happy “Abet and Aid Punsters Day!” (Limerick)
Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
A gal, an industrious knitter,
Showed a huge heap of knits to her sitter:
“It’s a mess, I confess.
If you sort it, dear Tess,
I shall give you the pick of the litter.”
(Worldwide Knit In Public Day is the 2nd Saturday of June.)
Tags: Crafts Humor, Hobbies Humor, Hobbies Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, June Holidays, Knits Humor, Knitting Humor, Knitwear, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Needlework Humor, Odd Holidays, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Hobbies Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 18th, 2021
Two women, good friends, worked backstage.
Each was “dating” a man half her age:
A man on the crew.
Which one? Neither knew.
It turns out, both were on the same Page.
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Dating Humor, Dating Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Secrecy Humor, Secrecy Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Dating Humor, Friendship Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Secret Affairs (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
At the piano the man’s an old hand;
He is one of the best in the land.
But he still has regrets
And never forgets:
Having more than one hand would be grand.
Tags: Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Piano Humor, Piano Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Wordplay | Comments Off on Handy Limerick
Saturday, October 9th, 2021
Writing lim’ricks meets some of my needs:
To create, vent my spleen, avoid screeds.
Written wordplay’s a ball!
And the best part of all?
It doesn’t entail making reeds.
Tags: Creativity, Creativity Humor, Creativity Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Oboe Humor, Oboe Limerick, Oboe Reeds, Reed Making Humor, Reed Making Limerick, Reeds Humor, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick, Writing & Publishing Humor, Writing Limerick
Posted in Creativity Verse, Language Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on Why I Write Limericks (Limerick)
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
A sketch artist’s drawings were raw
And flawed, rarely gazed at with awe.
Yet he won an award
For his “Gourd With A Sword.”
Fellow artists swore: “Luck of the Draw!”
Tags: Art Award Humor, Art Humor, Art Limerick, Artist Humor, Artist Limerick, Drawings, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Sketching, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Sketchy Artist (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
I called a new carpenter, Ned,
Cuz the first guy screwed up and then fled.
When I showed him the job
Ned said, “Fix it? No prob!”
Then he hit the nail right on the head.
Tags: Carpenter Humor, Carpenter Limerick, Carpentry Humor, Carpentry Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limericks, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Repairs Humor, Repairs Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Nailed It (Limerick)
Thursday, September 30th, 2021
When someone mentioned the word “dither” in a word-related Facebook group I belong to, I couldn’t resist the challenge of using it in a limerick:
Indecision is dicey. Don’t dither,
Or you’ll wither while plucking that zither.
Don’t quiver and quaver!
Be brave! Never waver,
Or risk running hither and thither.
Tags: Decisiveness, Indecision Humor, Indecisiveness Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Dither And Yawn? (Limerick)
Monday, September 27th, 2021
A fellow I know can’t spell “sneeze;”
Also “breezes” and “freezes” and “cheese.”
Though he always tries hard,
His spelling is marred;
Triple “e’s” make the man ill at ease.
Tags: Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Spelling, Spelling Humor, Spelling Limerick, Wordplay Humor, Wordplay Limerick
Posted in Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 25th, 2021
“It’s easy to hoodwink that stinker,”
Said a man of his wife, a big drinker.
“When coition’s my mission,
She thinks I’m out fishin’…
And falls for it hook, line, and sinker.”
Tags: Battle of Sexes, Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Dishonesty, Fish Humor, Fish Limerick, Fishing Humor, Fishing Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Marriage Humor, Marriage Limerick, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Family & Relatives Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Marriage Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Fishing For An Alibi (Limerick)
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
“I’ve proven you’re wrong! Now eat crow,”
Said a know-it-all fellow, named Joe,
Who could not help but howl
At the answer re fowl:
“I’m allergic to poultry, so NO!”
Tags: Allergy Humor, Allergy Limerick, Animal and Pet Humor, Argument Humor, Argument Limerick, Bird Humor, Bird Limerick, Crows, Eating Crow, Fowl Humor, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Know-It-Alls, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Poultry Humor, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Allergy Humor, Animal & Pet Humor, Idiom Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Know-It-All Limerick
Saturday, September 5th, 2015
Fun With Language (2-Verse Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Is there any original pun?
Is there wordplay that’s never been done?
With our language so strange
There’s unlimited range
To be playful, inventive, have fun.
We are homophone/homonym rich.
(Though ad hominem hits make me twitch.)
And later or sooner
The likes of Rev Spooner
Bewitch with the swull of a pitch.
Tags: Homonym Poems, Puns, Spoonerisms, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Wordplay | Comments Off on Fun With Language (2-Verse Limerick)
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
When I’m looking for limerick ideas, I sometimes visit idiom list sites, like this one. Then I’ll select an idiom that might work meter-wise and that ends with a common rhyme sound.
And so today, I challenged myself to write a limerick that contains the phrase “dry run.” Unconsciously inspired, perhaps, by the inept roll-out of Obamacare, I wrote these two lines:
A software firm held a dry run
But the coding, alas, wasn’t done…
I swiftly thought up an acceptable “B-rhyme,” but then got stuck at line 5. The best I could come up with was an ending that employed yet another idiom: “under the gun.” But I still couldn’t think of a line 5 that was even slightly clever.
And then I got an idea: create some wordplay by revising another line, adding specificity to the subject matter. Here’s the result:
Limerick Dry Run
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A software firm held a dry run,
But the arms-tracking code wasn’t done.
It failed test after test,
Till the owner confessed:
“I’m too stressed to work under the gun.”
Tags: Anatomy Of A Limerick, Anxiety Humor, Computer Humor, Computer Software, Idioms Humor, Stress Humor, Technology Humor, Under The Gun, Wordplay Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Computer Humor, Idiom Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Wordplay, Writing & Publishing Humor | 6 Comments »
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Today I have a bit of fun with two pairs of synonyms:
The words nigh and near —
synonyms, and yet just one
sizzles and sings.
Near merely describes,
while the soaring nigh evokes —
close but no cigar.
But don’t pity near —
it verbs — something nigh can’t do.
This verse now burned out.
*****
Metier, I hear,
is a forte synonym.
What a grand duo —
one traded for the other —
pianometier music.
*****
(Pompted by nigh from Haiku Heights and Weekend Theme’s metier.)
Tags: Haiku & Senryu, Music Tanka, Musical Instruments, Musical Terms, Musical Verse, Synonyms, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Music Humor & Verse, Tanka | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Limerick Ode To A Vigorous Old Lady
By Madeleine Begun Kane
An old grandma with spring in her walk
Moved so quickly that people would gawk.
When asked if a gym
Was the source of her vim
She said, “No — Jim, Kim, Henry and Hawk.”
(Posted at this spring prompt and at Poetic Asides’ spring prompt.)
UPDATE: July 23 is Gorgeous Grandma Day.
Tags: Aging Humor & Verse, Energy Verse, Exercise Humor, Gorgeous Grandma Day, Gym Membership, Health Poetry, July Holidays, Odd Holidays, Seniors Humor, Vim And Vigor, Walking, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Aging Humor & Verse, Battle of the Sexes, Behavior & Personality, Exercise Humor, Gym Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Light Verse, Limericks, Odd Holdays, Physical Appearance, Relationship Humor, Seniors Poetry, Walking Humor, Wordplay | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
As you can see from this verse, I’m inseparable from silliness:
Inseparable —
ventriloquist and dummy
joined at the quip.
Inseparable —
honeymooning newlyweds
joined at the lip.
Inseparable —
masochist and sadist
joined at the whip.
Inseparable —
gambler and his bookie
joined at the tip.
Inseparable —
compulsive gambler and debt
joined at the Strip.
Inseparable —
the hop and the jump
joined at the skip.
Inseparable —
Jewish moms and their children
joined at the guilt trip.
(Written for Writers Island’s inseparable prompt)
Tags: Couples, Haiku & Senryu, Pairings, Poetry & Prompts, Wordplay Humor, Writer's Island
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Language Humor, Wordplay | 2 Comments »