BENNY COLLECTED COINS OF SILVER AND GOLD

Benny collected coins of silver and gold,
They came from the mint, authenticated I’m told,
He should have been very rich,
But there was some sort of hitch,
The price didn’t go up until after he sold.

Benny collected coins found out in the sea,
The coins were from pirate treasure as rare as can be,
But Benny had bad fate,
For the coins were modern of date,
The oldest date was just 2003.

THE SNEAKY BANKER

I made an appointment with my bank,
Because my savings was in the tank,
The interest paid was one percent,
More income was my meetings intent,

My banker looked at me really sad,
He said having a savings account was bad,
He said but, if I bought bonds I'd be real glad,
I'd earn a rate of return like dear old dad,

So, I gave him my money he invested it fast,
He said I'd be rich and my riches would last,
His firm had made billions for all in the past,
Their investments were sound and incredibly vast,

After that I went home and really slept well,
I knew that my investments would certainly swell,
But, the morning paper said it was too late to sell,
The investments I bought had all gone to hell,

It seems what I had bought my broker sold short,
Which he did not mention in his report,
My money was lost, it was too late to abort,
And the laws had been changed, I couldn't take him to court,

So, please learn this lesson about who you can trust,
If you trust in your banker you will surely go bust,
He's sneaky and, cleaver and, loves to deceive,
He purchased the laws, he has his reprieve.

VINNY THE HANDYMAN

Vinny hung a picture up on the wall,
He hung it wrong and watched it fall,
Vinny laid down linoleum in front of the door,
He used the wrong glue, so up came the floor,

Vinny rewired his old VCR,
When he plugged it in the flames shot up real far,
Vinny motorized an old go cart,
But, he was never able to get it to start,

Vinny realized he was no handyman,
So, he went to the kitchen to play pot and pan,
But, there it was evident that he was not a chief,
His baked goods were hard and he burned the roast beef.

PATINA THE BIG SPENDER

Patina was a really big spender,
She was a double overdraft offender,
She couldn’t pay her bills,
It gave her the chills,
She tried letting her credit defend her,

Patina spent her money fast,
She lived on credit cards,
Her paychecks never seemed to last,
She had holes in her leotards,

Patina knew she was in real deep trouble,
When she had to move in with her mom and dad,
Then, her folks lost their house in the housing bubble,
Now they all live on the street, so sad,

Patina wished she had changed her ways,
And, not built her life on a house of cards,
She’ll regret it until the end of her days,
Along with not buying new leotards.

THE DEVIL WANTS TO WATCH THE SUPERBOWL TOO LIMERICK

                                             
                                    There was a little devil who didn’t feel very well,
                                    He wanted to watch the SuperBowl but there is no cable down in Hell,
                                    Getting cable was his wish,
                                     But, he settled for a satellite dish,
                                     Now he feels like from heaven he never fell.

JIM, THE CUTTER OF CHEESE

Jim cut the cheese before every meal,

To most of the family, Jim's cheese had no appeal,

But he always made more, 

Had an abundant store,

He'd share cheese at work, like he was a wheel.

THE BASSOON GIRLS

Four girlfriends played the bassoon,
But, their friendship would be ending soon,
For three of them would have despair,
Because only one could be first chair,

All four girls practiced every night,
From supper time until the light,
One day they played for the contested chair,
All the music teachers listened with care,

But, three of them hit many foul notes,
The one that didn't got all the votes,
Now, the three losers their friendship has grown,
While the first chair girl sits in first chair alone.

BEWARE THE WRATH OF THE ROBOTIC BUTLER

My robot-butler gave me such a scare,
I fired him and I thought he wouldn't care
But on my brand-new cell phone,
He called up a drone,
Then I got dive-bombed from up in the air.

A CANTERBURY JAIL

I went to Canterbury and ended up in the jail,

I was considered disorderly and had no money for bail,

And there, the not friendly I met,

Who were too non-normal to vet,

Methinks, they were pirates all ready to sail.

SAM THE ROBOT LIMERICK

I once had a butler robot and I called him Sam,
He made sandwiches of goat cheese and honey ham,
And when I would dine,
He served great cherry wine,
But, he sampled it, blew up, leaving only a cam.

MY NEIGHBOR STOLE MY WALLET DURING A SNOW STORM

All that snow fell on the roof of my shack,

The roof caved in and I got pinned on my back,

I screamed and I yelled,

Along comes Mr. Weld

He only stole my wallet and told me not to tattle-telled.

TIM AND THE FISHHOOK IN THE LIP LIMERICK

Tim went fishing after a whisky nip, 
He caught his fish hook in his lower lip, 
Now when Tim takes a sip,
His drink leaks out the rip,
And, water leaks in when Tim goes skinny-dip.

FEBRUARY 1ST

It is February the very first,

It's cold, arse cold, maybe the worst,

No car ride to the town,

The darn car's broken down,

And the woodstove got too hot and burst.

MY LITTLE TEKKI TORCH

My little tekki torch
I left lit on my porch,
The porch caught fire,
Results were dire,
Nothing survived the scorch.

I WENT INTO THE WOODS HUNTING FOR BEARS

I went into the woods hunting for bear,
But, a Bigfoot had already been there,
He ate all the bears,
Except for some hairs,
And then those hairs were no more than two pair.

THE SWARM OF THE BEES

I never knew just what was coming,

All I heard was just the humming,

Then, out of the breeze,

Came ten million bees,

Although, I might have erred while I was summing.

PIG MITES

There were little mites that lived on my pig,

They were irritating, so in mud my pig would dig,

But to even the score,

The mites would bite more,

Now some mites colonized my best wig.

VOLTAIRE THE GOAT

Voltaire was a goat placed into my care,
From the cloths line he ate the kings underwear,
No undies meant the king got cold,
He got angry, so I was told,
The late king tried to butt heads with Voltaire.

THERE ONCE WAS A RANCHER NAMED GILES

There was a rancher named Giles,
He hailed from the British Isles,
He raised billy-goats,
On green beans and oats,

The smell would hit you once in a while.

There once was a rancher named Giles,
He has used up all of his wiles,
His Billy Goats won't give milk,
His worms won't sew silk,
And, his horse ran off fifty miles.

I TRAVELED BACK IN TIME TO MEET LUCY

I went back in time to visit my ancestor named Lucy,

I found her eating a big gander goosey,

She shared her meal,

Of goose and oatmeal,

Then I taught her to dance the watusi.

I WENT TO LONDON TO SEE THE QUEEN

I went to London to visit the queen, 

But the guards wouldn't let me see her because they were mean,

So on one's big puffy hat,

I gave it a spat,

The guard made me lick the puffy hat clean.

I WENT TO GRAMMY'S FOR DINNER AND A PLAGUE

I went to Grammy's and got plague up my nose,

I got covered with plague from my hairs to my toes

I hope one fine day,

The plague goes away,

Right now I'm doing the throes. 

I NEED AN INTERVENTION

I'm trying to get over my addiction to snow,

It's hard to get over when it's everywhere that I go,

I need an intervention,

For my re-addiction prevention,

Gift me a trip to Cancun, I'll go.

THE NICE PIG NAMED CLANCY

There was a nice pig named Clancy,
He liked to dress up really fancy,
He didn't get a thrill,
By swimming in Swill,
Besides he dated a neat freak named Nancy.

PRECISION TOOL LOLA IS ON THE JOB

Lola used precision tools on appliances large and small,

And because she made such quick repairs Lola was always on call, 

Then, one day Lola called in sick,

Her replacements work was far less than quick,

So Lola had to promise she'd not miss more time at all. 

BUGS, HUGS AND BIRTHDAY CAKE

Debbie baked a secret birthday cake,
And she baked the cake with love,
She baked it for her boyfriend Drake,
And hid it in the attic above,

When the big day came for the birthday boy,
Debbie presented the cake with kisses and hugs,
But Drake reacted by being coy,
For the cake was crawling with bugs.

THINGS THAT EAT AND DRINK MY STUFF POEM

Chipmunk ate my cupcake,
Squirrel ate my  asthma pill,
Otter ate my fish,
Rabbit ate my dill,

Bear drank my moonshine, 
River ate my road,
Rust ate my pickup truck,
A tornado ate my abode.

GETTING OLD

Dark circles under the eyes,

Flabby bulges in the thighs,

Teeth with stains,

Big weight gains,

You turned 21, it's no surprise.

MY SCOOTER ON THE HIGHWAY

On the highway my scooter wouldn't scoot,
I held up traffic and got a toot, toot,
Then, along came the police,
To keep the traffic at peace,
Into the ditch they gave my scooter a boot.

VAMPIRE BITES

After I received a vampire bite,

Then I turned a real white, white,

My hope did a sag,

When I got my toe tag,

And got shoved in a freezer, real tight.

POTATOISM

There are potatoes in my stew, chilli and all my  soup,

There are potatoes in my fridge, freezer, cupboards, closet, stoop,

There are potatoes in my jelly,

Deep fat fried ones in my belly,

I got rid of my chickens and store potatoes in their coup.

PORRIDGE, KIDNEY, SPLEEN

My cash reserves were pretty lean,

My bank account was empty, clean,

I took cornmeal and made some porridge, 

The cornmeal came from long term storage,

And it was so contaminated, I lost a kidney and a spleen.

I LOST MY GIRLFRIEND TO A ROBOT HAIKU

My robot, cleaned floor,
Girlfriend, robot cleaned her,
Robot, girlfriend gone.

NIGHT ARTIST

While the household snores and slumbers,🛏🛏

I make pretty pics with my paint-by-numbers,💯3⃣🔞🔢

They're pretty pics I can boast,💩💩💩💩

Of demons and ghosts,👿👿👻👻

Eating sandwiches made of cucumbers.🌵🌵🌵

GEORGE WENT FISHING ON A RIVER-Limerick

George went to a river to fish,
He needed some fish for a dish,
George fell in the water,
But couldn't swim like an otter,
A rescue was all George could wish.

WORM CIRCLES, URINE AND BLEACH

Circles, circles, circles on my eyelids and my nose,

I figured I had ringworm, and I got it from my cloths,

So I asked my favorite teach,

He said bath in urine mixed with bleach,

Now I have no skin or hair, from my head down through my toes.

MY NAME IS BUCK CHAINNEY AND I COME FROM DEEP SPACE

My name is Buck Chainney and I come from deep space,

I thought I'd find good food when I stopped at this place,

But, the meat is too tough,

And, the veggies too rough,

And, the dairy makes me break out on my face.

 

ROLAND THE ANT AND THE WINTER STORM LIMERICK

Roland the ant was caught in a winter storm,
Roland had no way to keep himself warm,
But, he found an ant hill,
And, that was a thrill,
He got to lodge in an ant co-ed dorm.

TRAVELING SNACKS

A canister was full of potato chips,
The chips disappeared across plump salty lips,
Then, a box of doughnuts with a hole,
And, a sticky jelly roll,
Crossed through lips on a journey to the hips.

THE LITTLE BUNNYTURKS

The turkeys made some babies and put the babies in some eggs,

When the babies broke out they had tiny beaks and little legs,

But the babies had ears like bunny,

A cotton tail made them look funny,

So paternity is what the hairy question begs.

LITTLE SAGAN WAS A PAGAN WITH A FIRE BREATHING DRAGON

Little Sagan was a pagan who preached out in the woods,
Little Sagan had a dragon to protect his most valuable goods,
Along came three robbers full of dare,
They could rob anyone, they proclaimed everywhere,
But, when the robbers robbed little Sagan
They encountered his fire breathing dragon,
The robbers were each a dunce,
The dragon exhaled only once,
The robbers decided the fire they’d dare,
But, when the smoke cleared the robbers weren’t there.

THE MID-MONTH BLUES LIMERICK

Well, it’s the middle of the month again,
And, it seems that I’ll never win,
I have so much to do,
But, can’t see nothing threw,
I hope procrastination is not a sin.

The family wanted me to treat,

By paying for a burger-fries eat,

But they are full of vicious deceit,

They never can lift the toilet seat,

So no to treat of taters and meat.

THE PARASITES IN THE LAKE

The lake water teams with parasites,

Those who drink it can expect long, nasty nights,

A drinker was the bear,

All night he cried out in despair,

But, by morn the bugs had finished their bites.

THERE WAS A MAN NAMED PERKINS LIMERICK

There was a clever man named Perkins,
With machines he knew all of their workin's,
When his business burnt down,
There was no one in town,
To fix machines, but some made wonderful gherkins.

JANUARY HUMP

In January the temps go slump,

But January 16, is the January hump,

More light in the day,

Hope for a quick coming May,

Optimism gets a much needed bump.

A PARTRIDGE IN A SPELLING BEE

On the first day of school a partridge entered a spelling bee,

He could not spell potato so, he received the grade of "E",

On the second day of school a partridge gave his teacher gloves,

They were made of the feathers from two naked turtle doves,

On the third day of school a partridge brought to school his lunch,

Consisting of three roasted French hens and some homemade apple punch,

On the fourth day of school a partridge got in trouble rapidly,

When, he let loose four calling birds because he thought they should be free,

On the fifth day of school a partridge did show-and-tell with glee,

Showing off his five gold rings while drinking a coffee,

On the sixth day of school a partridge played soccer on a field,

And, saw six geese laying eggs in a size denoting yield, 

On the seventh day of school a partridge skipped school to take a swim,

Except for seven swans the partridge had all the beach for him, 

On the eigth day of school a partridge went on a field trip,

And, saw eight maids a milking and a growling dog named Nip,

On the ninth day of school a partridge spent some time glancing,

At nine pretty ladies who were in the hallway dancing,

On the tenth day of school a partridge joined choir to do some peeping,

And, the sound blended so well that ten lords started leaping,

  

   

HERE COME THE IDES

On January 13th, here come the Ides,
I’m not sure if you get low or high tides,
The best thing to do,
Is go to the zoo,
And, see if the bears will give you free rides.

WHEN I BOUGHT THE WHOLE BAR A ROUND LIMERICK

When I figured my finances were solid and sound,
I decided to buy the whole bar a round,
But I came up real short,
And, the bar keep no sport,
I still remember how hard he could pound.

AN OLD DRAGON NAMED FRED

There was an old dragon named Fred,
He ate only things that were red,
He ate a red boat,
Then tried to go float,
But he sank to the bottom instead.

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VOLES I FEAR

In the garden, some fear goblins, some fear trolls,

Some fear gnomes, but I fear voles,

Voles plague me with fear,

That they'll chew off my ear,

And, hide it in one of their holes.

TENNESSEE MOONSHINE GENES

Because I live in Tennessee,

I drank moonshine till I couldn't see,

Then mamma gave me a slap,

Said I was a drunk, just like pap,

He'd pass out, then he'd pee.

GRANDMA MARGE

I had a grandma named Marge,
Grandma Marge was not very large,
In fact, she was very small,
But, when all the chips were flat down,
She'd turn upside down your fat frown,
For her heart was real wide and real tall.

ODE TO JERRY THE SNOW TURTLE

Jerry was a snow turtle,
He did not like the sun,
It was only in the winter,
That Jerry had any fun,

Jerry liked to snowboard,
He liked to downhill ski,
Jerry’s shell was completely white,
This made him hard to see,

Once when racing downhill,
With five snowboarders on his tail,
Jerry had a dreaded spill,
And was chopped up like first class mail,

Everyone mourned the loss,
Of the turtle who could ski a loop,
For on the slopes he was the boss,
In the kitchen he’s turtle soup.

A FUN FILLED EVENING FOR TWO (DATE NIGHT)

With pots and pans, a dinner I'll make,

 Desert will be a choc frosting cake,

I'll then have a nightcap,

Take a night nap,

In the a.m., out the garbage I'll take.

SUZIE THE SNAPPING TURTLE DID ME IN

There was a snapping turtle named Suzie,
She thought that she would pull a real doosey,
She bit a hole in my wood boat,
Then my boat would not float,
Drowning made me feel really oozey,

THE STORY OF TORTY THE PIG

Torty is a really simple pink pig,

So simple he failed algebra, calc and then trig,

So Torty quit school, 

Bought a small plastic pool,

And filled it with slop he could swig.

WOE CAUSED BY SNOW, NOW NO CASTLE TO KEEP

The roof on my home was felled by the snow,

The roof completely collapsed, so I had nowhere to go,

I could only weep,

I had no castle to keep,

And  winter nights are a cause of great woe. 

FLIES IN A JAR

For most flies have such little appeal,
Yet, I decided to keep flies in a jar with a seal,
They are comforting pets,
With their appendage sets,
Now, I promote them as pets with a zeal.

MICHIGANDERS LOVE COLD

In Michigan we love our cold,

We pass out hot cocoa to young and old,

And, when the snow gets real deep,

Beneath its cover we'll creep,

To seek food like leaf worms or green mold.