{"id":91479,"date":"2016-07-23T07:35:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T07:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/23\/famous-poems-rewritten-as-limericks-2\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T07:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T07:35:42","slug":"famous-poems-rewritten-as-limericks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/23\/famous-poems-rewritten-as-limericks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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mslorelei<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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jessamygriffin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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naamahdarling<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Raven<\/strong><\/p>\n

There once was a girl named Lenore
And a bird and a bust and a door
And a guy with depression
And a whole lot of questions
And the bird always says \u201cNevermore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footprints in the Sand<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a man who, at low tide
Would walk with the Lord by his side
Jesus said \u201cNow look back;
You\u2019ll see one set of tracks.
That\u2019s when you got a piggy-back ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

Response to \u2018This Is Just To Say\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

This note on the fridge is to say
That those ripe plums that you put away
Well, I ate them last night
They tasted all right
Plus I slept with your sister. M\u2019kay?<\/p>\n

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n

There once was a horse-riding chap
Who took a trip in a cold snap
He stopped in the snow
But he soon had to go:
He was miles away from a nap.<\/p>\n

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was an old father of Dylan
Who was seriously, mortally illin\u2019
\u201cI want,\u201d Dylan said
\u201cYou to bitch till you\u2019re dead.
\u201cI\u2019ll be pissed if you kick it while chillin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n

There once was a poet named Will
Who tramped his way over a hill
And was speechless for hours
Over some stupid flowers
This was years before TV, but still.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

THE ONE FOR DO NOT GO GENTLE<\/p>\n

IM CRYING<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A chap from a faraway land
Said two big stone legs (topless) stand
An inscription fine
Reads\u00a0\u201cthis shit\u2019s all mine\u201d
But all there\u2019s to see is the sand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OMFG,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Second Coming<\/b><\/p>\n

The falcon flies wider in scorn
All things fall apart, or are torn
And now, what rough beast
Will arise in the East
And slouch Bethlehemward to be born? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Edgar Allen Poe, \u201cThe Raven\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

Enthroned on the bust by the door,
The raven exclaims \u201cNevermore!\u201d
It\u2019s rather annoying,
For I was enjoying
My mourning for dear lost Lenore.<\/p>\n

Edgar Allen Poe, \u201cThe Bells\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

Bells are quite noisy, it\u2019s true,
And each has a quite distinct hue,
From silver and gold
Different stories are told,
Foretelling both glory and rue.<\/p>\n

W. H. Auden, \u201cFuneral Blues\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

Shut off the clocks and the phone,
And let no dog bark with his bone:
Let the planes overhead
Only say \u201che is dead\u201d\u2026
Now I\u2019m sorry, there\u2019s nobody home.<\/p>\n

T. S. Eliot, \u201cThe Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

A man can walk down on the beach
Roll his pants up and munch on a peach;
He isn\u2019t deluded
And won\u2019t be included
By mermaids that sing each to each.<\/p>\n

T.S. Eliot, \u201cThe Wasteland\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

You called me the hyacinth girl
When you gave sweet Shakespeare a whirl;
The city\u2019s unreal,
And the dead men don\u2019t feel,
So let\u2019s let the storm warnings twirl.<\/p>\n

Lewis Carroll, \u201cThe Jabberwock\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Twas mimsy out there by the wabe
And all of the momewraths out grabe.
The Jabberwock\u2019s dead
(Some kid took off its head,
And his father said \u201cYou\u2019re my best babe!\u201d).<\/p>\n

Beowulf:<\/i><\/p>\n

Terribly troubled, the Thane
Demanded defense from a Dane
For fierce in the fen
Mighty monsters maimed men
Great Grendal gave plenty of pain.<\/p>\n

William Butler Yeats, \u201cStolen Child\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

Come on, human kid, and let\u2019s go,
There\u2019s so much to see and to show.
Run off with the fae,
Hurry fast, skip away,
And you\u2019ll never a mortal life know!<\/p>\n

John Keats, \u2018La Belle Dame Sans Merci":<\/i><\/p>\n

The sedge is all dry; spring has sped,
And the birds that once sang have all fled.
The merciless dame
Goes on making her claim
To young hunks who keep winding up dead.<\/p>\n

Lord Tennyson, \u201cThe Princess\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

The echoes keep fading away
With the splendor that ebbs with the day,
But the castle is grand
In this bright fairyland,
And there\u2019s not that much else I can say.<\/p>\n

Christina Rossetti, \u201cGoblin Market\u201d:<\/i><\/p>\n

At goblin men we mustn\u2019t stare,
And we shouldn\u2019t go to their Fair.
Their fruit may seem tasty,
But we can\u2019t be hasty,
And don\u2019t let them play with your hair!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oh my god, the Beowulf one. \u00a0Oh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

holy shit, the merciless dame is perfect<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I love the jabberwock!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shakespeare, Sonnet 18<\/i><\/p>\n


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Have I called you a summer\u2019s day yet?<\/p>\n

Like the sun, and ur makin me sweat<\/p>\n

Even Death is dismayed<\/p>\n

Cuz you castin\u2019 no shade<\/p>\n

An I wrote this so peeps won\u2019t forget<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m in awe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Tygre<\/b>
William Blake<\/i><\/p>\n

A tygre with dread symmetry
did burn so brilliantly\u00a0
that I asked with a fright
in the forest of night,
\u201cDid God make the lamb and thee?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms
<\/b>Thomas Moore<\/i><\/p>\n

My love whom I gaze on today,
if all your looks faded away
I would love you still more
than ever before
and in love with you always I\u2019d stay.<\/p>\n

The Lady of Shalott<\/b>
Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/i><\/p>\n

A tender young lass from Shalott,
was forbidden to spy Camelot.
But within her mirror,
Lancelot did appear,
now the lass from Shalott is not.<\/p>\n

Catullus 16<\/b>
Catullus<\/i><\/p>\n

To the old queens, Aurelius and Furius:
your criticism leaves me quite curious.
Do you think I am weak
because soft words I speak?
\u2018cause I\u2019ll fuck both your faces, I\u2019m serious.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This just keeps getting better and better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

thessalian: blue-author: mslorelei: jessamygriffin: eternalrisingphoenix: ceruleancynic: naamahdarling: seananmcguire: animatedamerican: eriakit: morkaischosen: naamahdarling: thepoetrycollection: The Raven There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says \u201cNevermore.\u201d Footprints in the Sand There was a … <\/p>\n

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