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"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a #bushBallad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot, by walking (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" ( #swag) slung over one's back, a slang expression that may have originally been repurposed from a work of #lightVerse by #CharlesGodfreyLeland.
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It is quarter to four and I still
Haven't written a thing: output nil!
I've had sev'ral false starts
With some lame wordplay farts...
So here's hoping this verse fills the bill.#WIPSnips #Write #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writing
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/04/30/the-battle-to-write-limerick/
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Brand new words are like catnip to me;
I explore roots and meaning with glee.
Once enlightened, I swoon,
Though, alas, this great boon...
Shall soon from my memory flee.#Vss365 #Word #Language #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Aging #Poems #PoetryCommunity
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/04/15/seduced-by-words-limerick/
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“It’s too dark in this place,” said the gent.
“Did this restaurant NOT pay its rent?
Your damn, flickering light
On the menu’s a blight.
I give up. You have lamb? I’m lamb bent.”
#HaikuChallenge #Lambent #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/04/12/unenlightened-dining-limerick/ -
A "connected" curmudgeon named Frank.
Had a high-level job at a bank.
His performance was panned;
He deserved to be canned...
Yet (surprise!) he survived when ranks shrank.#vss365 #bank #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/04/10/the-curmudgeon-limerick/
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"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a #bushBallad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot, by walking (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back, a slang expression that may have originally been repurposed from a work of #lightVerse by #CharlesGodfreyLeland.
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A bootlicking fellow named Ross
Worked in footwear and fawned on his boss.
Many co-workers mocked him.
One gal even socked him.
He's boss now ... and she's on the sauce.#HaikuChallenge #Fawn #Workplace #Jobs #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems
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Though it's Friday the 13th today,
Please don't buy its "unlucky" cliché:
It's an unfounded notion
That rates no devotion...
Oh My God! A black cat's in my way!#FridayTheThirteenth #FridayThe13th #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Superstition
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/03/13/happy-friday-the-13th-limerick/
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New York City's been under attack:
We've been hit by a blizzardy whack
And are buried in snow;
Twenty inches, and so
Can't dodge shov'ling with "Oy vey, my back!"#NYC #Blizzard #Snow #Winter #Weather #Limerick #Humor #Limericks #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writing
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/02/23/blizzard-blues-limerick/
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My Unnoteworthy Skills (Limerick)
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/02/15/wine-tasting-humor/I’m not skilled at detecting “wine notes,”
Be they cedar, vanilla, or oats.
I will NEVER know whether
A wine tastes like leather…
But I DO know which wines get my votes.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Note #Wine #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems -
Iron & Wine Returns To Australia And New Zealand In 2026 With New Hobart And NZ Dates Announced
American indie folk artist Iron & Wine will…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #NewZealandWine #AustraliaTour2026 #DoubleJ #HandsomeTours #indiefolk #Iron&Wine #LightVerse #NewZealand #NewZealandTour2026 #NewZealandwine #SamBeam #Wine #WinefromNewZealand #WineofNewZealand
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2394213/iron-wine-returns-to-australia-and-new-zealand-in-2026-with-new-hobart-and-nz-dates-announced/ -
Yet Another Limerick Ode To Autumn
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2025/09/19/autumn-humor-3/#Autumn #Fall #AutumnEquinox #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #AutumnalEquinox #PoetryCommunity
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Rose-Lover's Revenge? (Limerick)
There's a "gash in the #limestone," Trump raged.
(A large wound where his Rose-War was waged.)
"Deep and nasty," he screamed.
"Culprit's barred!" (Trump was steamed.)
That aged crackpot ought really be caged.#BlueskyRelay #Limestone #Flowers #Roses #Poetry #Limerick #Limericks #News #MicroPoetry #Poems #Resist #Trump #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #Poets #PoetryCommunity
#Humor #Humour #LightVerse