8. FIVE TO COUPLE - Seventy-Something, Geese in September, Geniality, Cephalopod, Bossy

The Seventy-Something

The seventy-something spry cow

Took her bull by the horns and asked, "How

Shall we manage to dance

With a splash of romance

If we can't get back up when we bow?"

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published 2007 online in Omnificent English

Dictionary In Limerick Form (OEDILF)

Geese In September

Two geese

yapping non-stop

flying low

over wind-wracked water

Paired for life

this old-wing couple

barking for Florida

bitching about the trip

"Why go so early

we'll hit the hurricanes"

"Flap it up can't you"

"Too many tourists

let's wait a month"

"Let's not"

And so on until they're out of sight

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pub. 2010 by Tower Poetry

Geniality - a triolet

You'll mix your genes when you secure a mate.

No one denies it's your unique birthright.

As breathy maid or brassy profligate,

You'll mix your genes. When you secure a mate,

In love or not, like beasts that replicate

(Except amoebas or hermaphrodites)

You'll mix your genes. When you secure a mate,

No one denies your genes' unique birthright.

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pub. 2008 in Blue Unicorn

Cephalopod - limerick

Said the nautilus, "Cousin, keep back.

As an octopus, you never lack

For romantic, dark charms,

Like philandering arms

Or your cephalopod's inky sac."

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Published 2008 online in OEDILF, The Omnificent

English Dictionary In Limerick Form.

 

Bossy - limerick

The bossy old cow near the door

Took a bull by the horns on the floor,

Looked her bull in the eye,

Said, "Moo moo and hi hi!

Whee! I'm udderly shot — I want more."

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Published 2008 online in OEDILF, Omnificent

English Dictionary in Limerick Form.