Barry O’Keefe
Twunce wuz a wiz. Call ‘im Sharkey.
From high towers he shouted malarkey.
But the hobz up’n shoved ‘im,
Even squirmtung unloved ‘im
Thus concluding his crupt oligarchy.
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Barry O’Keefe
Twunce wuz a wiz. Call ‘im Sharkey.
From high towers he shouted malarkey.
But the hobz up’n shoved ‘im,
Even squirmtung unloved ‘im
Thus concluding his crupt oligarchy.
Two hobbits named Merry and PippinWe’re hanging with Treebeard and sippin’Good beer and good weedMade them merry, indeedWhen Gandalf came those boys were trippin’
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There once was a Balrog in Moria,It's a long tale, but chill, I won't bore ya,Elessar, Dunedain,Stood to fight Durin's Bane,But Gandalf said \”I'll do it for ya\”
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I'm sorry to arrive so late to such a great party. Here goes:Smaug, the great king under mountain,Brought fear wherever one found him,But he tired of men,So slept in his den,With the stone and the mist to enshroud him,He languished for years on his hoard,Sedate and perhaps a bit bored,He once thought of leaving,But gold's tough for heaving,So went back to snozzing and snoredOne day he awoke to a noise,And saw what appeared to be boys,The pests who would rob-it,Turned out to be hobbit,Together with bunches of dwarvesSmaug, in all of his fury,Rashly flew out in a flurry,He went to the lake,Some lives he did take,But soon found that vengeance can't cure thee,Bard's arrow flew up with a rush,Which caused Smaug to bleed with a gush,The dragon was slainThe mountain king's reign,Was ended by only a thrush
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😆😆😆😄
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Barry, Sharkey, malarkey, oligarchy!!! Good one!
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A delightful contribution from Don. Very nice to see a five-part series and I love using Smaug. I love the rhymes.
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A five part Smaug Limerick, and I love that it ended with the thrush
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Glorious, D
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I am definitely late to the party, but I've been greatly enjoying all of these, and would like to contribute my own humble offering:Once behind Bag End our SamwiseOverheard Master Gandalf a-dram'tizeA lord mighty scaryA quest oh-so hairyWhen all'n he wanted was lamb pies'Twas then thrust upon our poor SamwiseA burden much huger than ham sizeHis courage was testedHis mettle none bestedI'd give 'im of all of them gran' prize.
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Sarah! Welcome to Limerick land! Good ones!
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Well this is joyous, indeed! To awake to a sweet verse from Sarah about the sturdy Sam Wise. So filled with great rhymes, humor and…lamb pies. When Sam said \”I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales\” little did he imagine such an honor as this verse.
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Perfect limerick, Maw: big story in a little space with no clutter, and funny.
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Aye, tis jolly to meet the lilting limerickal lyricism of newcomers to these parts, Sarah and Donald, both telling a whole story via multi-part limericks.
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There once was a bad eye named Sauron,Just continu'lly gettin' his scour on;All about he did seek,Oh, but Out he did Freak,When the hobbit put that ring of pow'r on!!!
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Out did he freak😆😆😆😆😆
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tonk u
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I just finished Fellowship RingIt's a magical, tragical thingNow I'm spending my hoursBy perusing Two TowersThen I'll take up Return of the King
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There's thinking outside the box, paw, as is your wont. Is it autobiographically accurate?
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A pair for your consideration, not real jokey, but, as Eeyore says, we can't all, and some don't:Samwise stood by the silvery waters,Frodo told him, \”Although your heart totters,You'll do well without me,I must cross o'er the sea,And you must go beget sons and daughters.\”The ride home, dark and silent, alack!Yet glad windows shone out of the black;Rosie opened the door,Handed him Elanor,Samwise sat, and he said, \”Well, I'm back!\”
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Quite good. That is a great moment in the story, when Sam returns for the next chapter of his life. I wish there had been another Tolkien novel about Sam's life with no real plot. Just about Sam and Rosie raising some kids. Maybe they take over the green dragon but it goes bust and it looks like they will loose their hobbit hole but then Sam's gardening work takes off and the kids turn out all right in the end.
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It is. I was trying to do a non-fiction Lord of the Rings limerick.
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I am in agreementation with D. What I especially like is the melancholy tone and lovely recounting of the return home. There and back again, indeed.
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In many ways, Sam is the hero of the story, isn't he?
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There once was two fellers from out yonderWith a kinship they didn't want to squanderThey wondered to DoomThen wandered on HomeBut the best was the ride on a condor
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I'm laughing !!
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There once was an Elf King in Mirkwood,He locked up some Dwarves like a jerk would,He thought he was hotBut it seems he was notOh snap! Bilbo's ring sure does work good!
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Revised after sleep. My goal was to rhyme all five lines.There once was two fellers who ponderedWhat life might be in lands out yonderThey started to wanderTo dark lands past GondorAnd they they flew home on a condor
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I am astonder
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I think I like the first version much better, I like to think of the whole story being reviewed, and the ride home on a huge bird being assessed the awesomest.
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Théoden was the high king of horses Wormtongue took him slightly off courseshe went mad for a whilethen in battle stood trialNow his end he no longer remorses
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Shelob was a nasty old creatureWho had eight distinguishing features.Despite her advantagesIn shaking appandages,very few lived to say \”pleased to meetchas\”
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Excellent!
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Good Tom!No one can beatchas
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A favorite of mine.
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Tom, mighty nice!
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There was a strange pup called a wargHe looked like a wolf from a morgueHe was nasty and biteyand he took down the mightybut you can't blame him, he's just a dorg
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Gentle hobbits have hair on their feetdo they comb it to make it look neat?do they style their toe furto a trendy coiffurethen use hairspray to make it complete?
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Here's one from the sick-bed:Thought the low-laid out Hob, Merriadoc,Well, I jabbed the Nazgul, now I'm out of luckWhat with bad i'm feelingin this house of healingWhile my buddies are battling: It sho' doth suck.
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Delirious!
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Three Trolls, name of Tom, Bill and Bert,Had bagged up some Dwarvish Dessert.But argumentation,'Bout food preparation,Has left them forever inert.
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Charming!
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