Showing posts with label Mad Kane's Humor Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mad Kane's Humor Blog. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

And now, for a little ghoulish humor...

Image courtesy of Anguished Repose

Can U Top This, Vampire Style

Old Vlad, he was telling a tale
of the folks that he liked to impale.
“…but that Bathory chick?
She is more bloody sick
than yours truly: she’s so off the scale!”

Then the Countess politely demurred.
“Dear Vlad – that is simply absurd!
We both love the blood sport
of ‘la morte’ at the Court.
It’s a tie for the folks we’ve interred.”

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Notes: The form is a double limerick.  The inspiration comes from Mad Kane's Humor Blog's Limerick-Off Monday, where the brilliant Madeleine supplies the first line of a limerick each week and then those with a doggerel sense of being contribute his or her own personal take (or takes) on the theme.  One lucky contributor will get named the weekly prompt contest winner and several runners-up are announced as well.  It's fun - so give it try it!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

An Epicure Din-o-sperience (Not)

Image courtesy of Bella's Website


I Like My Steak Rawr!

Don’t dine, O’Saure
at Cretaceous Pub.
The food will vex;
the sweet tea wrecks.

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Notes:  This is a quick-n-cute one, because I am in a sleepy/punchy frame of mind.  The form (thanks, Sal Buttaci!) is Pun-ku. 

In other news, my poem, Missing the Point, was Walt's pick for Bloom of the Week at Poetic Bloomings (thanks Walt and Marie!) and my limerick, Bizarre Foods, got an Honorable Mention this week at Mad Kane's Humor Blog (thanks, Madeleine!)

-♥-

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Some Miscellaneous Stuff

Image courtesy of Poetry Through the Ages

Postcard’Ku

"I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time." ~ John Updike

Having a great time.
Wish you were here.  Another
time, perhaps?  Love, Muse       

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Image courtesy of Keith R. Good
 
Night Sky

“Metaphor for the night sky: A trillion asterisks and no explanations”.  ~Robert Brault

I’ll never offer
explanations…but look up.
You might find me there.

☼☼☼


Origin of image is unknown.

Oh Fiddlesticks!

A fellow who felt he’d been had
re buying a dubious ‘Strad’
found his authentication
lacked substantiation.
Oh fiddlesticks!  He was sure mad.

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Notes:  The first poem is a 5/7/5 Haiku.  The prompt was 'Muse' from Sunday Scribblings.  The second poem is also a 5/7/5 Haiku.  The prompt was 'Moon' from Poetic Bloomings, and the photograph was taken (and provided for) by Marie Elena Good's husband Keith.  The final poem is a Limerick, inspired by the fun wordplay over at Mad Kane's Humor Blog,