Me Gamble? No Dice!
Something tells me that writing this post amounts to begging for more spam. If so, I’ll just have to post some extra spam haiku. But getting back to today’s joker of a topic, last year, when my husband...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To The Gambler
Three Word Wednesday asks us to use chance, entice, and savor in a poem. I’ve coaxed them into this limerick: Limerick Ode To The Gambler By Madeleine Begun Kane A gambler enticed by the chance Of a...
View ArticleLimerick Claim (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 ArticleLimerick Advance (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 ArticlePowering-Through My Powerball Loss (Limerick)
I read Powerball news with chagrin. Yet again, I have lost. What a sin! But dismay I dismiss– There’s a lesson in this: You’ve got to be in it to win.
View ArticleGoose Day (Limerick)
A farmer who tried to produce A plausible, timely excuse For gambling away His nest egg, today Came up empty, self-cooking his goose. Happy Goose Day! (September 29)
View ArticleWoe-Ridden Gambler (Limerick)
A gambler who lost lots of dough On a horse race, was stunned by the blow: “Woe is me! I’m a chump! That damn horse took a dump Mid-race; he was rarin’ to ‘go.'”
View ArticleA Limerick Ode To Dice
“Our son has a terrible vice; He’s a gambler and not very nice. When we tell him to stop, He says, ‘Mother and Pop, All my cards on the table: No dice!'” (December 4 is “National Dice Day.”)
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: HEEL or HEAL at the end of any one line...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleThe Would-Be Borrower (Limerick)
A gambler I know, who’s a heel,Asked to borrow some cash for a meal:“I lost my last dime,But I win all the time,So just one crappy hand’s no big deal!”
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