tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7028329879343807127..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: In Limerick TownMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-6474349457212479442016-04-20T10:49:11.171-04:002016-04-20T10:49:11.171-04:00Short pants! Yes.Short pants! Yes.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-74864689398631894062016-04-20T10:39:14.008-04:002016-04-20T10:39:14.008-04:00But never Roddie; that always sounds like short pa...But never Roddie; that always sounds like short pants. By which I mean trousers not breaths.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43296957111433111192016-04-20T10:08:20.425-04:002016-04-20T10:08:20.425-04:00I bumped into you on Beth Adams's blog, and I ...I bumped into you on Beth Adams's blog, and I now know you are called ROBBIE.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33228658938021151612016-04-19T15:10:10.688-04:002016-04-19T15:10:10.688-04:00Yes, it's a dangerous country, the land of Lim...Yes, it's a dangerous country, the land of Limericks! <3Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23520181218465418442016-04-19T15:02:44.149-04:002016-04-19T15:02:44.149-04:00Obsessed with a limerick today,
My poor warped wit...Obsessed with a limerick today,<br />My poor warped wits gone astray;<br />It's all i can do<br />to tie my shoe<br />And bolt out the door to go play.<br /><br />sorry. it's kind of hard to stop...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-55907140306151755552016-04-19T10:58:01.915-04:002016-04-19T10:58:01.915-04:00Commit!Commit!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31278035528860230122016-04-19T10:35:10.311-04:002016-04-19T10:35:10.311-04:00Fun!
Fun!<br />Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71711840827700458062016-04-18T23:20:58.055-04:002016-04-18T23:20:58.055-04:00Haha--you crammed a lot in that last line! Thanks,...Haha--you crammed a lot in that last line! Thanks, Kirby!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81286887887005267352016-04-18T21:50:26.317-04:002016-04-18T21:50:26.317-04:00There was a fantastic old geezer named Kasich
Whos...There was a fantastic old geezer named Kasich<br />Whose policy was not so basic<br />Unlike Trump or Cruz<br />His speeches made me snooze<br />Cruz was spastic and Trump bombastic<br />But Kasich was too genteel to be toxic and ended up with a delegate count that was static.<br />Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-56314976014846651162016-04-18T21:40:12.229-04:002016-04-18T21:40:12.229-04:00At last a political one! Thank you, George. Enjoye...At last a political one! Thank you, George. Enjoyed.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3450486283900331552016-04-18T20:19:25.646-04:002016-04-18T20:19:25.646-04:00Oy. "They're".Oy. "They're".Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62211152648450029982016-04-18T20:17:56.472-04:002016-04-18T20:17:56.472-04:00A tongue primed for folly and malice,
But a hide t...A tongue primed for folly and malice,<br />But a hide that is lacking in callous,<br />For it seems the sting lingers<br />From jibes at this fingers--<br />Their construed as a sneer at his Palace.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57628120592675491152016-04-18T15:11:09.497-04:002016-04-18T15:11:09.497-04:00Mine are quite juvenile in spirit (and in rapidity...Mine are quite juvenile in spirit (and in rapidity of execution!)<br /><br />So fun! Doughnuts and police are such a good comedic conjunction. I expect they'll never shake that linkage, or at least not for another century...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32059479835784804922016-04-18T15:08:11.347-04:002016-04-18T15:08:11.347-04:00Well, coarseness is really part of limericks, at l...Well, coarseness is really part of limericks, at least until you get to nonsense rhymes.<br /><br />Haha--no doubt you spent longer on yours that I on mine. Very clever.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33029701416641586372016-04-18T14:35:33.602-04:002016-04-18T14:35:33.602-04:00a juvenile effort, but mine own...
in dutch with ...a juvenile effort, but mine own...<br /><br />in dutch with the local police,<br />we ate three doughnuts apiece.<br />while stuffing them in,<br />we soaked up some gin,<br /> which fueled us all the way to Nice...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-30307006157824796802016-04-18T14:06:36.300-04:002016-04-18T14:06:36.300-04:00Ah, I see coarseness is permitted. Here's thre...Ah, I see coarseness is permitted. Here's three for the price of one:<br /><br /><br /><i>A writer of modest ambition,<br />Undergoing a late circumcision,<br />Said to he who was cutting:<br />"Please allow me to butt in,<br />I'm keen to lose no ammunition."<br /><br />"Fear not," said the scalpel technician,<br />"You are part of a bookish tradition.<br />In Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50699884758517161382016-04-18T11:18:47.534-04:002016-04-18T11:18:47.534-04:00Ah, poor Rosemary Krantz! That happened to me once...Ah, poor Rosemary Krantz! That happened to me once, when I was a toddler and forced to pee in the great outdoors, which was full of fire ant beds. Alas. Embedded in memory.<br /><br />As limericks, they're wayward but lively and full of limerick-spirit. Thanks, Ms. Mary Boxley Bullington! <3Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24923545062926161322016-04-18T11:10:04.898-04:002016-04-18T11:10:04.898-04:00I'm not sure exactly what the form of this non...I'm not sure exactly what the form of this nonsense poem is, but I woke up with it early one morning about 25 years ago after reading Edward Lear the night before: Rosemary Krantz<br /><br />Rosemary Krantz was covered with ants<br />because she sat on a hill.<br />What did she do?<br />She stripped (wouldn't you?),<br />and her clothes are lying there still.<br /><br />Here's the How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31218729016698628042016-04-18T11:09:53.216-04:002016-04-18T11:09:53.216-04:00I blame these on hotheaded Facebook friends who hu...I blame these on hotheaded Facebook friends who hurl flaming spears!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54516157327524774312016-04-18T10:54:17.747-04:002016-04-18T10:54:17.747-04:00O, but who could resist a frenzied, concupiscent s...O, but who could resist a frenzied, concupiscent snake? Political years are indeed orgiastic.<br />How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73031196143549805962016-04-18T10:28:45.076-04:002016-04-18T10:28:45.076-04:00I'm afraid that a proper limerick is not alway...I'm afraid that a proper limerick is not always 100% clean, even when 100% silly. Or maybe especially then. (Although I chose "spunk" for a different reason, before I saw where the poem was headed!)Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53199909857749608062016-04-18T10:23:57.186-04:002016-04-18T10:23:57.186-04:00Spunk, bump, and grind? Naughty! Who knew? But, of...Spunk, bump, and grind? Naughty! Who knew? But, of course, you might want to write this up to my creative misreading. Hmmmm.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com