If they wrote limericks

[shereads]

Edgar Allan Poe:

One night as I pondered Lenore
This raven arrived at my door.
I think it quite callous
To sit on poor Pallus
And quoth all night long, "Nevermore."

 

[lisa123414]

Shakespeare

‘twas suave Romeo and fair Juliet
Star-crossed the moment they met
Both had mom and a dad
Who were very much mad
Their dalliance ended in death



Thank you, Shereads, I cannot resist a limerick

 

[shereads]

~ Charlotte Bronte ~


Poor Edward will have to refrain
From marrying governess Jane!
A wife in the attic
Makes two unpragmatic
No matter, the first one's insane.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Coleridge;

In the great Kublai Kahn's Xanadu
Of willing nymphs there were a few
We were rolling and rocking
But a creditor came knocking
And we've forgotten what we were to do.

 

[TE999]

Jules Verne

A submarine roams offshore
Ramming ships to end all war
Her captain idealistic
And a trifle narcisstic
Destroys it on the ocean floor

 

[slyc_willie]

Dumas--

There once was a man, a Gascon
Who wished to become more than anon
He encountered three peers
Became a muskateer!
And in the end, became nearly a Don

 

[lisa123414]

Mark Twain

A spectacular fellow Huck Finn
Befriended a large man named Jim
He did not understand
Cultural beliefs of the land
Why geniality did not extend to him

 

[lisa123414]

Yes, I absolutely adore these books, so sue me

Janet Evanovich

A horny young lass, to be sure
Got a job which meant knocking on doors
Bounty hunter was she
With a boyfriend or three
And a grandmother just to die for

 

[slyc_willie]

Einstein--

I've endeavored to make sense of space
Bring closure to a rough quantum race
Simplified the Great Dare
To E=MC squared
Yet my hair remained in my face

 

[lisa123414]

Dubya

Was raised in a privileged family
Everything centered ‘round me
Kicking oil ass
We consider that class
Just gots to follow the money

 

[TE999]

H.G. Wells

The Martians went out for a spin
They took over Earth with a grin
Heat rays melted stuff
For mankind it was rough
But the microbes did all of 'em in.

 

[shereads]

Coleridge;

In the great Kublai Kahn's Xanadu
Of willing nymphs there were a few
We were rolling and rocking
But a creditor came knocking
And we've forgotten what we were to do.

<----- lots of these

 

[shereads]

Pauline Reage

This is the story of 'O'
Who's been left at a fancy chateau
By her boyfriend Rene.
Till she learns to obey
She'll be pimped like a ten dollar 'ho.

 

[Stella_Omega]

This is the story of 'O'
Who's been left at a fancy chateau
By her boyfriend Rene.
Till she learns to obey
She'll be pimped like a ten dollar 'ho.

Perfect-- again!

 

[john-the-author]

Coleridge;

In the great Kublai Kahn's Xanadu
Of willing nymphs there were a few
We were rolling and rocking
But a creditor came knocking
And we've forgotten what we were to do.

Great gusty belly-laughs at this one!

 

[TE999]

Mickey Spillane

First I slugged the little rat
Then I clubbed him with my gat
The blonde he was reaming
Wouldn't stop screaming
So I turned and knocked her flat.

 

[DerelictionOfSanity]

Plato

Telling stories of wisdom Socratic
On one point I am quite emphatic
It is my own goal
To prove there's a soul
By riddles and logic erratic

 

[SensualCealy]

Dan Brown

There once was a man named Langdon
As a detective he searched for clues
was Jesus married
Mary was buried
And Catholics found it necessary to sue

 

[TE999]

Sigmund Freud

First there is the Ego, then there is the Id
Your life is shaped by what your mother did
Lie on the couch. and
Tell me your dreams
Your problems all stem from when you were a kid.

 

[Liar]

Douglas Adams

Poor Arthur, the last of his race
went tumbling by thumb across space.
His improbable ship
caused a terminal dip
for the whale and petunia vase.

 

[Stella_Omega]

The limericks written on lit
have caused me to chuckle a bit
I'm often amazed
by some excellent phrase;
These poets are really the best!

 

[jomar]

Stephen King

The world has a dark side, you know
and I write of those places below
There's clowns and phones
and dogs and bones
A jillion words just hit me, gotta go!

 

[jomar]

SK Redux

There once was a Saint Bernard
Got rabies and took it quite hard
With a growl and a snarl
Trapped folks in the car
But got spattered all over the yard

 

[BlackShanglan]

Edgar Allan Poe:

One night as I pondered Lenore
This raven arrived at my door.
I think it quite callous
To sit on poor Pallus
And quoth all night long, "Nevermore."

I don't tell you nearly often enough how I adore you.

Carnally.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Swinburne liked a taste of the leather;
Beardsley's eros drew in fur and feather;
But when Wilde's new flame
Brought the "Decadents" blame -
Alas! They all went down together.