A Modest Dating Proposal For Anxious Guys
A Modest Dating Proposal For Anxious Guys (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Introducing your gal to your mom? Are you worried your intro will bomb? Well here’s some advice So the meeting goes nice:...
View ArticleRest In Peace, Mom
2008 was a very difficult year for me and for my family. My father died in January, and my mother died on December 30th and is being buried tomorrow. Rest in peace, mom. I hope you and dad are together...
View Article1996 Humor Column About Underwear Shopping With My Mother
Thanks to all of you for your kind emails, comments, and Twitter tweets about my mother’s death. I really appreciate it! In my mother’s honor, I’m posting a 1996 humor column she inspired during...
View ArticleA 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...
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