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04-15-2011, 09:59 AM | #1 |
Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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The Lord of the Rings in Limericks
Here's the challenge: rewrite any scene you want to from LotR as a Limerick.
Definition: a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet. Example: When Gandalf to Hobbiton came with fireworks ready to flame the hobbit kids shouted, and old farmers pouted, 'be careful, that wizard's not tame.' I'm sure you can do better. By the way, it's fine to comment on others' limericks - keep it courteous ... as long as you generate a limerick yourself. Last edited by littlemanpoet; 04-15-2011 at 08:06 PM. |
04-15-2011, 10:38 AM | #2 |
Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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Gimli had a crush on an Elf,
An odd thing for Dwarf as himself. He and Galadriel got wild, And thus begat a child, Which lo and behold was a Dwelf.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
04-15-2011, 10:52 AM | #3 |
Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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Sauron, it is said, had One Eye,
Which one day developed a stye. Although the pain was quite dire, Wreathed as it was in fire, His tears dried right up as he cried.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
04-15-2011, 11:53 AM | #4 |
Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
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Tom lived in the Forest of Old
And said "Here, all do as they're told", Then a maiden he met, And she said "I'll bet "the laundry you'll now start to fold."
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04-15-2011, 05:22 PM | #5 |
Denethor's True Love
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... *swoon*
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Sadly not remotely humorous (I'm working on that), but I just love making up rhymes, so as soon as I saw the thread, I already had these formed.
One for my new favourite characters: About time the Ents had a meeting, Just a shame it wasn’t more fleeting. Too long did it last; War was a thing of the past By the time they’d finished their greetings. And a random extra couple, inspired by my being mid-way into the battle of Pelennor: Eomer, fed up with bearing the brunt, Tried showing off with a battle stunt, But found he was blind And landed on his behind. “Damn, I’ve got my helmet on back-to-front”. Eowyn was a maiden of Rohan, Whose merits were matched by no man, But the fame and the cred Went straight to her head, These days she’s wilder than Lindsay Lohan. Also (while I'm on a roll...), two different ones for my favorite person: Denethor was mad as a brush, His mind had long since turned to mush. The fire burned for miles, As he went out in style Going up in the flames with a rush. I’ll tell you a tale of great sadness Of a Steward who succumbed to madness. In the darkness it came, War and grief fanned the flame - A flame he leapt into with gladness.
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'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard. |
04-15-2011, 05:48 PM | #6 |
Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Not as good as the ones above, but som'ing:
Luthien, of Elf-maids the fairest,
Cost the object for Elves most dearest. From the over-priced shelf Where her Pa put the Elf She ran away to the man who was nearest. Welcome back, Meela! I was reading your posts on some of the old threads. You weren't around when I joined...
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