A Childhood Shadow
Poetry prompts can serve up everything from fun inspiration to unsettling memories. For instance, the shadows prompt courtesy of Poets United Thursday Think Tank brought back a wistful early childhood...
View ArticleWedded To Acrostics (Acrostic Limerick)
I’ve never written an Acrostic poem before, let alone an Acrostic Limerick. But writing this was fun, in a mind-puzzle kind of way. Now if I understand the basic acrostic rules, the first letter of...
View ArticleMental Limerick
Poets United has a fun vice-versa challenge this week: Use all four of these words in any type of poem: Allow, Deny, Harsh, & Gentle. Here’s what I came up with: Mental Limerick By Madeleine Begun...
View ArticleBright Limerick (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleI Wrote This Limerick “Just Because”
When I was a child, I hated the words “just because,” a favorite parental “explanation.” And yet there’s a “Just Because Day,” celebrated on August 27th by people who look at those words rather...
View ArticleBadly-Behaved Parents (Limerick)
Today’s Crazy Headline of the Day deserves a limerick. “Kindergarten play gets broken up by police after parents brawl over best seats.” Most brawling takes place on the street And in bars, but some...
View ArticlePat Parental Retorts (Limerick)
Parents dish out some phrases with glee: “Just because!” “Cuz I said so!” “We’ll see!” “Till you pay your own way, You must do what I say!” “Do you think money grows on a tree?” Happy “Just Because...
View ArticleName-Blame (Limerick)
It’s risky when parents show flair In naming their child, so beware! If you pick a bad name, You may shoulder the blame And the cost of a therapist’s stare. Happy Celebrate Your Name Week (1st full...
View ArticleMusical Lament (Limerick)
“My career choice was NOT the astutest;There are very few jobs for a flutist.How I wish that I heededMy parents, who pleaded:‘Don’t toot on that flute. Be a lutist!'”
View ArticleParenting Challenge (Limerick)
When a clever, inquisitive ladWould pester and pepper his dadWith questions galore,His dad would implore:“Ask your mom. She knows more. She’s a grad!”
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