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Poetry
Limerick
By Phil
12 May 2008
Katanga made me do it.

If you're easily offended - look away.

The rhythms are a little off - but as Mr E would say - I just bashed this one out.

A Portuguese girl named Adele
Hid her dose of the clap rather well.
But one little ride
Made him sore and cross-eyed
When he peed he would scream out and yell -

'Oh, I wish I'd looked after me dong
And stopped it from going all wrong.
Cos I'd give it a miss
If I knew having a piss
Hurt this much and took me so long.'

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Written by Mr_E_Writer (226 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Q: Did you pull it off. 
:?  
I believe you deserve a clap. 
:eek  
 
Eric.
Well well well
Written by punchy (535 comments posted) 12th May 2008
I go away for a few weeks and this is what you've been up to, naughty limericks.  
What a pleasant surprise and about v.d. ,super stuff!!

Written by Josie (2854 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Ahhhhh! I've wondered where punchy was all this time. If anything could draw her back to GW it is one of your limmericks Phil. Now you'll find that you've really got her going. I feel a limmerick coming from her already. (Sharpening her pencil first of all). Here it comes - - -

Written by Fledermaus (3506 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Those English tourists... (hope I didn't just offend the easily offended who had to look the other way anyhow) ;)

Written by fellpony (1752 comments posted) 12th May 2008
I see you got a review from "Eric Clapton". :: Respect :) ::  
 
Metre went a bit wonky in the second Limerick, but then, so did the patient.
I weep!
Written by Katanga (1554 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Haaaaaah! 
 
I weep once more - at first Phil, I thought you wished your' Adele' to rhyme with 'umbrella' - winceworthy indeed. 
 
Now that I see how you intend her to be pronounced, Iam naively mystified indeed . . . 
 
However, your good 'Adele' rhymes rather nicely with 'villanelle' and 'paradelle'. 
 
Hmmmmm! Beware! 
 
You guys and gals have made my evening! 
 
Now, where's that corkscrew, before I try to post the 'Minibeast Dragonfly'? 
 
Ho! 
 
Cheers All! 
 
John X

Written by Phil (7014 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Thanks for reading and responding, all. 
 
Phil

Written by Brett (1009 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Eye-watering limerick, Phil. Not the verse of experience, one hopes? 
 
Cheers
Ha! Brett!
Written by Katanga (1554 comments posted) 12th May 2008
Very droll . . . 
 
cf William Blake's 
 
'Limericks of Innocence and of Experience'. 
 
Oh Ho! Ho!  
 
I look forward to more in the grey dawn . . .  
 
Good night! 
 
Tolstoy. 
 
X

Written by bluecity (432 comments posted) 13th May 2008
Very droll, Phil! Here are my suggestions for getting it to scan, though: 
 
Th Spanish girl Adele 
Hid her dose of clap rather well. 
But one little ride 
Made him sore and cross-eyed 
And when he peed he would yell - 
 
'Oh, I wish I'd looked after me dong 
And stopped it from going all wrong. 
Cos I'd give it a miss 
If I'd known having a piss 
Would hurt and take me so long.' 
 
But then, I'm not a poet. 
 
Rosemary

Written by Livinginanattic (473 comments posted) 14th May 2008
Enjoyed this Phil. My suggestion for the last 2 lines would be something like: 
 
'If I'd known that, to piss, 
Would hurt so, and take me this long.' 
 
Ben

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