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Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors
Don’t you dare try to sit in my spot!
I’ll decide if you pet me or not.
_I’m the star here you’ll see.
_They all cater to me.
They just like you; they LOVE me a lot.
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Ninety-Nine Candles
Great Grandpa made this declaration:
“My party should be a sensation.
_Cake, candles, and icing
_must all be enticing.”
We feared a widespread conflagration.
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Gotta Have It
When she’s sure her tired hubby’s asleep,
Susie sneaks from the bedroom to keep
_a much-loved rendezvous.
_Rocky Road she will woo.
Her addiction to ice cream runs deep.
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Janice Canerdy is a retired high-school English teacher from Potts Camp, Mississippi. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications: anthologies by Quill Books, Mississippi Poetry Society, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, journals and magazines: Westward Quarterly, Lyric, Lighten Up Online, Saturday Evening Post, and more. She has had two books published: Expressions of Faith (Christian Faith Publishing, 2016, out of print) and From Serious to Slapstick~~Poems Like Life (Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc., 2024). She is an active member of the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc.
Janice, this is inspired humor that I really enjoyed, especially the last one with such a great surprise ending! Way to go! Our sense of humor is so similar.
Thanks so much, Roy!
Dear Janice,
Your limericks are just great. Looking forward to more.
Dear Janice,
Thank you for these fun limericks! As a cat and ice cream lover, these were especially enjoyable.
Gigi
Who can resist a good limerick? Clean ones that work are particularly difficult to write (or maybe it’s just me), and I particularly enjoyed your cat limerick, Janice.
Janice,
Well done. I particularly enjoyed “Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors”. I can tell this was written by one who’s had personal encounters with a cat or two!
“Gotta Have It” is classic suggestiveness turning passionately humorous. In my opinion, it’s the best of three specially good limericks, Janice.