Limericks!

Original writings and artwork by Tolkien fans.
Esquire of The Mark
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Boromir, warrior of Gondor
Travelled to Rivendell yonder.
He fought with some orcs
Who made him a corpse,
Which Denethor thought was a blunder.

Healer of Imladris
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There once was a hound of Imladris
In a cruel forest maze gone ah-miss.
If rendered a ghost
Will he still steal the roast?
The kitchens await his stomach ah-byss.

Istari Sage
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There's this ladybug who is a grouch
And doesn't want friends on his couch
He picks several fights
With a whole bunch of sights
Till a whale's tale slams him back; oof, ouch!

Guard of The Mark
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@KingODuckingham Yep. Also,

There's this dread Peeping Tom of a bear,
The brown one that does nothing but stare,
At a strange-oid blue horse
And a red bird, of course,
And a cat with Kool-Aid-purple hair.

(I hate that book so much.)

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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I used to have quite the collection
Of children's books for my profession
I gave them away
And am hoping that they
Are still part of first grade story sessions

Ent Ancient
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I really should have gone to sleep
but instead in my bed I shall weep
I started a new book
(just for a quick look)
and have now gotten in far too deep.

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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A big storm blew in from the west
And put tree branches to the test
They might have held on
Or fallen upon
Cars whose luck today wasn't the best

Istari Sage
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In moments of pure desperation
that make me say "what in tarnation?"
I turn on a vid
of what traffic did
My son likes to watch. Explanation?

Guard of The Mark
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@KingODuckingham

With preschoolers, man, who can tell?
My son once was obsessed with church bells.
My fault, my apology:
I looked up "campanology"
And for months the house echoed with knells.

Doorwarden of The Mark
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So it turns out that each tasty lick
Porter laid on us was with a pick
Yes the Bass Doobie Bro.
Really put on a show
I can hear it NOW - I was just thick!

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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I guess some folks still don't have power
From the storm that was more than a shower
Trees downed power lines
And wrecked the designs
Of my dear friend for many an hour

Chieftain of The Mark
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Points on the dreaded triple six
La, I'm in a pickle and a fix
Four horsemen to follow?
Guess I'll try tomorrow
To add one more post to the mix

Istari Sage
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For some reason lim'ricks use Nantucket
Perhaps since it rhymes with the word 'it'.
Although it's a slant
They will never recant
Though sometimes they slip in a 'bucket'

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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A new language class starts today!
And I'm hoping we'll learn how to say
"How do you do?"
Or "One hundred and two"
Without much ado or delay

Scholar of Imladris
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My grief, it is hard to assuage
That this thread fell off the first page
So I must bump it
To sound like a trumpet
A call for others to engage

Istari Sage
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I must admit I am surprised
That limericks are no longer prized.
The thread has been tossed
(My wires were crossed)
Maybe poems are not actualized?

Chieftain of Durins Folk
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There was a dwarf name Thili,
who made the hottest ever Chili.
So spicy was his pot, like the fire of dragons,
that the ale was ever served, in bottomless flagons;
which keep Thili, from singing shrilly.

Scholar of Imladris
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Summer's dilemma extends into fall:
Can a breeze be worth humidity's thrall?
Should I open the casement
Or hide in the basement
Thinking fondly of winters that bring a snow squall?

Esquire of The Mark
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There once was a teacher called Elvh
(On the Plaza, not IRL-self)
Who had a first quarter
He'd swear was much shorter
Than the calender said from its shelf.

Istari Sage
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There once was an Ent down in Fangorn
Who'd lost his Ent-wife, now he's love-lorn
He said he had looked,
Didn't know if she's cooked.
Now he never leaves, ever, from Fangorn.

(I'm out of practice, so this one is terrible. >.>)

Fea
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Once known as Gandalf the Grey
A Balrog he once did slay
Fought the beast day and night
Died, returned clad in white
'Twas to Saruman's decline and dismay

Scholar of Imladris
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The winter solstice is four weeks away
Though only around Northern Hemisphere way
But already I balk
At a post-dinner walk
When by 5 PM there is no light of day

Istari Sage
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If ever true love did exist
When gone it would be sorely missed
You'd wring out your heart
Like a sponge, as a a start
'Til you and your lover made tryst.

Ent Ancient
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@KingODuckingham

If that is the measure of truth
Then I think I can find such a proof
For all love-poems say
Is in essence, dismay
That their lover is staying aloof!

Loremaster of Gondor
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I know quite a lot above love,
Cause the movies teach me oh so much!
For all you must do,
To win you a boo,
Is be a hot guy with a pup.

Nazgûl
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There is nothing better than bears
Not even a plate filled with pears
But it would stand to reason
That during this season
You stay out of the cave that is theirs

Chieftain of Durins Folk
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There is nothing better than bees
Not even the best old cheese
But it would stand to reason
That during the season
You don't poke their hive and tease

:grin:

Loremaster of Gondor
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I've been eating too much string cheese,
It's delicious, yes it's the bee's knees,
But if I keep eating,
My stomach starts beating,
Me up from the inside, oh geeze.

Istari Sage
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I am on a mid-winter break
My thirst for relaxing I slake
By making a post
Two or three at the most
Since I'm all by myself, give or take.

Loremaster of Gondor
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I'm having the worst writer's block,
Each time that I write I must stop,
Cause I get just a line,
I think it looks fine,
But after that all of them flop.

Nazgûl
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There was an old lady who never shut up
She talked endlessly about an old breakup
By the time I escaped
The world had reshaped
And now she’s starting in on a teacup

Chieftain of Durins Folk
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I wish my nose would stop running
It causes me grief and shunning
For the young do not know
How age makes life flow
An old noses to keep on running

Istari Sage
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I'm teaching my students to read
Poetry but it makes their eyes bleed
They're roughly fourteen,
At life they're still green
So for poetry's sake I must plead.

Also I should mention it's in Latin, but funnily enough it's the fact that it's poetry, not Latin, that bothers them.

Ilmarë
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Finn went on a most epic quest
To save Ice King's unwilling guests.
Princesses galore -
To each one Finn swore
He'd secure a safe path to egress!

Nazgûl
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Fleeg the goblin was a prankster
Who once tied his bro to an anchor
He tried to drop Reg in the sea
but then got chased away by a bee
So then Reg smacked him with a tankard

Ilmarë
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Reg took a deep draught of his drink
And prayed his cHaOS orB would sink
Into the vast sea
And leave ol' Reg be
But trust Regdûsh to not really think

Nazgûl
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Fleeg was a cat in the water
he screamed and caused a real bother
so loud that the Witch-king
thought the fool had a bee sting
and so sent an army ready to slaughter

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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Confusticate and bebother
That green goblin whose old forefather
Was a right scary dude,
And who is in a feud
With an orc friend he might one day slaughter

Nazgûl
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Reg was a right cheeky git
and was asking for his chin to get hit
Fleeg would oblige
As soon as a ladder arrived
And then he'd get popped in his mitt

Galadriel
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There once was a fine goblin lassie
Who liked her men stupid, but sassy;
But when she met Phlegmson
Though he’s that, and then some,
she found he was simply too gassy

Ilmarë
Ilmarë
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There was an old guy by the road
Who conspired at great lengths with a toad.
"Free magic!" he cried
As Regdûsh walked by.
Let's just hope the world doesn't explode.

Scholar of Imladris
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I freely admit I'm a hater
Of that very loud bug, the cicada
It's been seventeen years
Since their sound reached my ears
Now they're spread over every last acre

Nazgûl
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There was once a store that sold phở
It was tasty and savory as fu--
One day it attracted a goat
who asked if it could be made from stoat
The cook said sure, but it'd cost him a hundred bucks

Nazgûl
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There once was a rambling goat
Who talked his way onto a boat
"A soup, I can make
'Tis really a piece of cake
But to do make I will need the captain's trench coat."

Nazgûl
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The Goat of Mendes was in trouble
When down by the river, was his double.
They dueled on the banjo,
Which would seem apropos
Until the two began to crumble.

Nazgûl
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The soup, they said, was evil
it's savory flavor might cause too much upheaval
But the goat went ahead
and made sure everyone was fed
Something unheard in times medieval

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