National Limerick Day:The Old Dog From Loch Ness

dog-858646__340

Today is National Limerick Day, and Annette has encouraged us (she does this so well!) to write a Limerick: Annette Rochelle Aben’s Blog

Now I’m a bit of a novice at Limericks but I have written one once before on my blog – Easter Eggy Limerick   so this is attempt no. 2 so be kind, be gentle with me!!

There are some rules -:

Limericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of rules that you need to follow. The rules for a limerick are fairly simple:

  • They are five lines long – keep it short….
  • Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another …
  • Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other…. More Tricky.
  • They have a distinctive rhythm, oh my goodness!

That goes da dum-ing  along like this:

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM,

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM,’

da DUM da da DUM,

da DUM da da DUM,

da DUM da da DUM da da DUM

You get the idea….. I’m da dum da da dum …ing along here!!!!!

  • They are usually funny. I hope …..

 

The Old Dog From Loch Ness

There was an old dog from Loch Ness,

He got in to such a big mess,

He ate his big paw,

Fun-gal… ‘fec-tion an’all!

He stopped for a mo’ to digest.

 

 No! Stop it terr-ior ! There’s no way!

I like them their paws, Ness did say!

The old dog did flop,

He said, ‘Do have a pop?’

Then Ness said yes, do let me play!

 

Dog tipped his cap said, ‘eat my best,’

Then old Ness protested, ‘is this a test?!’

Old Ness was no fool,

But grub made him drool,

Sly Dog he did woof,’ be my guest!’

 

What hap-pens next you can but guess,

The dog’s a flee  he is a pest,

A mag-ic mon-ster,

A beast! What a cur!

Old  Ness’s skin was soon dog-gie vest!

 

© Marjorie Mallon 2016 – aka, Kyrosmagica. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

Hope you like my limerick! Have you written one, or are planning to write one? Do let me know in the comments…

Bye for now,

untitled

Marje @ Kyrosmagica xx

Published by

Unknown's avatar

Marje @ Kyrosmagica

Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.

30 thoughts on “National Limerick Day:The Old Dog From Loch Ness”

  3. Neat 😀 Here is my effort –
    There was a young dog from Loch Ness
    Whose life was lacking in zest
    He put on a hat
    Said “How about that?”
    And Nessie said “surely you jest”

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  5. Pingback: National Limerick Day:The Old Dog From Loch Ness | Annette Rochelle Aben

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.