Despite all the hype one might hear
Of the various things we’re to fear
And the arguments ad infini’um
Whether it’s the “millennium,”
So far it’s a Happy New Year!
Slang is the trickiest fad:
It’s passe to say something’s “rad”–
But who doesn’t use “cool” ?
(I pity the fool!)
And “the bomb” is a good thing…uh, bad.
Nothing, it seems, has changed a bit;
It’s all the same, you see, to whit:
The world’s still spinning
And I’m still grinning,
And writing this mundane pointless shit.
You people get so quizzical
With questions metaphysical
“What hath God wrought?”
The answer is “Nought.”
You make it commonsense or myzzical.
When I opened this thread I said “Yippie!
More limericks from the TennHippie!”
But as happens each time,
now I’m stuck for a rhyme…
Oh wait, I’ve got it. How 'bout ‘bippy’?
Down into his bunker he went
His Y2k money was spent
on water in cans
but due to his plans
he’d forgotten to pay for his rent
A diety whom I’ll call God
Was thought of by some as a fraud
He answered the plea
of the LBMB
And turned the internet down to one baud
With the new year now upon us
Following your resolutions is a must!
Don’t give up hope
And give up that dope!
Work out more and don’t be such a putz!
“People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis,
But they don’t realize how hard it is
to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
– Calvin and Hobbes
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TennHippie, your poetry is fine
Superior to all (especially mine!)
Whether its limericks or haiku
Keep doing what you do
I love reading them every time!
“People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis,
But they don’t realize how hard it is
to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
– Calvin and Hobbes
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Let’s all have a really good time
But into this thread I must chime:
Your lim’ricks need RHYTHM
to go along with 'em.
Don’t just keep going and going to ridiculous lengths in search of a rhyme.
Live a Lush Life
Da Chef
There once was a lush limerick vine
I thought for my purpose was fine
Peered into the thicket
I reached down to pick it
I’m now stuck with a ghastly rhyme!
Hell is Other People.
Writing limericks is easy you see
When your name is TennHippie
Cause when you get stuck
God pulls in, what luck!
And he does all of this for free!
There’s not much to this trick at all
Just keep the words short and small
Don’t get in a lather
Bluster or blather
Let the muse dance and heed call!
There once was a girl named Heather
Who wanted to be light as a feather
She ate only beans
For she wanted small jeans
But somehow she got into leather!
(I’ve shared this one before but I really love it… it’s for my sister. I wrote it about 20 years ago.)
Best!
Byz
Winter has come though the door
Making shoveling and salting a chore
When its 12 foot deep
I think I’ll shreik:
"Make it stop! Please, no more!
“People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis,
But they don’t realize how hard it is
to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
– Calvin and Hobbes
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I was supposed to get up at nine
but someone had shut off my mind
so I missed every class
(such a pain in the ass!)
maybe an alarm will work next time?
“People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis,
But they don’t realize how hard it is
to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
– Calvin and Hobbes
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