Swift swish-swishing tails and sure fins
Gliding right through the shipwreck within
Bumping up against walls
As there's something that calls
Past bones round of my small cranium
d’Verse Open Link Night
For dโVerse OLN #310, Iโm sharing the above limerick, which I wrote back in September โ20โฆ
The limerick is one of the few forms that I knew about before launching The Skeptic’s Kaddish nearly two years ago. I’d first read about limericks in Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ when I was a boy, and it remains very comfortable for me to produce them. However… many of my limericks (like this one) end up being not-at-all-funny…
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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I love this!! So cute… and I can totally relate!
๐๐ Dana ๐๐
Ah my friend,I can totally relate to your penning unfunny limericks sometimes,most of my limericks end up being drab and boring :_( Nice image and metaphor,though! ๐
๐๐ Veera ๐๐
I like the idea of fish swimming through my brain, leaving a trail of glittering color. (K)
โค Kerfe โค
I'd love to see you create a collage based on that idea ๐
I’ll put it on the (endless) list.
Fun, David! Don’t let those thoughts shatter the glass!๐
๐๐ Merril ๐๐
Nice one!!!
much loveโฆ
๐ค๐ Gillena ๐๐ค
Oh please (singing) settle for aquarium
No fishbowl
Protects the tiny cranium
Is fishbowl one word or two?
Naughty Naughty rhythm within
Why naughty? ๐ฒ
Oh i just got a sense of it.
But i just popped in and now see everyone know something i dont?
Tell me, I’m home soon
it’s just a metaphorical comparison of pet fish in an aquarium to thoughts swimming around in my mind ๐
Oh look at me
I saw something different
Thank you๐
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โค๏ธDavidโค๏ธ
๐๐ Cindy ๐๐
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Cute little sketch.
โค๏ธ๐ Dolly ๐โค๏ธ
What an image! Sometimes my thoughts do flounder around! ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฆ
๐ณ Tricia ๐ณ
I love the limerick (and the serious turn) but won’t be writing one of my own. Roald Dahl is however one of my favorite authors. Danny, Champion of the World was a favorite story of my sons….
That is a great bookโฃ๏ธ
Fantastic extended metaphor David. Fabulous poetry!๐
โจ๐๐ปโจ Suzette โจ๐๐ปโจ
Great way to frame a thought. I enjoyed this.
๐ค๐ Molly ๐๐ค
Oh, David! This is such an apt metaphor! โค๏ธ
๐๐ Punam ๐๐