[John Isbell]

Fliss, your latest offering reminds me a bit of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjA6bA1qtfQ

Cheers,
John

[F.F. Teague]

Well, that's ideal, John; thank you <(:-)

Couple more:

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee;
So they gave it some bells,
To play sweet bagatelles,
And the Man became buzzy with glee.

- - -

There was a young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But a gust of air blew
And with shrieks up she flew
As some well-to-do waxwings came florking.

- - -
I'm getting worse, aren't I? <(:-)

[Roger Slater]

[double post]

[Roger Slater]

It's fun, isn't it? Lear gives us a head start with two lines, and we just have to do three.

I also did the man who was bored by the bee:

There was an Old Man in a tree
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
You could hear the man moan,
“Oh that Bee’s such a drone!
And he bumbles his dull repartee!”

[Roger Slater]

There was a Young Lady of Clare
Who was sadly pursued by a bear;
As she ran, she said, "Blame me
For copying Amy
Winehouse's beehive-shaped hair!"

**

There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
Whose shoes made a horrible creaking.
They were decent for walking
But hampered his stalking
And thoroughly bollixed his sneaking.

[F.F. Teague]

Yes, Roger; nice to have a head start with a poem :-)

Two before bed:


There was an Old Man of the West,
Who wore a pale plum-coloured vest;
When they said, 'You look odd!'
He just smiled with a nod
And proceeded to eat it with zest.

- - -

There was a Young Lady whose eyes,
Were unique as to colour and size,
Being the shade of fine rain
And as big as her brain
So she worked for the government spies.

[Coleman Glenn]

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it.
An enthused rooster, which cock
Had watched Alfred Hitchock,
Cried, “Hey, don’t just sit there, doggone it!”

[Coleman Glenn]

Trying one with the newly discovered limerick…

There was an old man on a bicycle
Whose nose was adorned with an icicle.
Seems he’d misheard a tot
Who’d declared, “Frozen’s not
The best thing in the world since the tricycle.”

[Julie Steiner]

There was an Old Person of China,
Whose daughters were Jiska and Dinah...
Damn it, falsehoods like these
Disrespect the Chinese!
Doubly so, if they have a vagina!

[F.F. Teague]

Brilliant, Julie :-)

Two more:

There was an Old Man of Moldavia,
Who had the most curious behaviour;
He got up on his roof
And he shouted, 'Woof, woof!
'I am Lord Dog, your furious Saviour!'

- - -

There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;
But it gave such a cough
That the Old Man fell off
And was trampled right there in the grass.