2012 Limerick Championship

WINNER

Steve Garbee

A young lady from Dublin was frisky,
But, like mom, she was just a bit "tsky."
He worked through her halt
With a good Irish malt;
Her "tsky" got frisky with whiskey!


SEMI-FINALISTS

John Suprenant

Here’s to the girl with the matching tattoo.
You left without leaving a clue.
You went far away.
I just wanted to say,
The one who lost out was you!

Claire Selman

Conversing once gave me a high,
But it seems something's gone quite awry.
If “lol” or “ok”
is all you can say,
I’d rather you just not reply.

Tom Causey

Bloom's day, his wife Molly, is spoilin'.
But he sighs and resumes his day's toilin'.
He frets about life
And regrets that his wife
Needs Blazes to get her blood Boylan.

Patrick McKeon

Ulysses gave Joyce a headache,
Since he wrote it with hardly a break,
He then started drinking
To deaden his thinking
Resulting in Finnegans Wake

Darrel Wanamaker

There once was a day called Blooms.
About flowers you'd be wrong to presume.
But, to Ulysses and Joyce,
We'll all give a voice
At O’Brien's on the 16th of June!

Henry Rosen

Anniversary dinner sounds nice.
I would take you out in a thrice;
But our children are here,
So I won't interfere.
God be willing, next year we'll go twice.

Jeff Sklut

"Setima" once was the star,
Now "Septima" took its place on the spar.
I'm rather perplexed,
Trying to figure what's next
How about changing YBOR to YBAR?

Steve Garbee

Writing lim'ricks is often great fun,
And a thrill when at last you are done.
But the problem, you see
That plagues you and me
Is rhyming with line number one

Samantha Ashley

Enjoyin’ a Ginnis at the bar of O’Brien,
I’m lookin’ hot, you know I aint lyin’
The guy to my right,
Is outa sight,
All my drinks tonight he’ll be buyin’

Darrel Wanamaker

This Sunday is the Day for all Mothers.
Mine's the best, no disrespect to others.
Since conception and birth,
She's always put me first...
Could be ‘cause I don’t have a Brother!

Samantha Ashley

A proud Floridian I may be,
A little into myself, maybe.
But I got a man,
And I got a tan,
So it’s OK to wish you were me.

John Suprenant

A man and a woman went drinking.
They drank and drank without thinking.
A beer and a shot
Got both of them hot.
They were lovers without even blinking.

2012 Bloomsday Limerick Championship

 

The Bloomsday Tampa Bay Limerick Championship is an annual challenge to creative minds who think in five lines. Writing and sharing limericks brings joy to both authors and listeners.

Limericks are short, humorous poems of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme of A-A-B-B-A and a meter that reads da DUM da da DUM da da DUM in the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines, and da DUM da da DUM in the 3rd and 4th lines.

Read the rules, submit your limerick and check the Bloomsday Tampa Bay Facebook page every week to see if your limerick makes the grade. Finalists will be announced at Bloomsday, June 16th, and the Grand Prize Winner of $250 will be chosen.

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There once was a girl who could sing

And her voice she did think a fine thing.

She hit a high “c,”

Which she sang with great glee,

‘Til the ears of her listeners did sting.

There once was a writer named Joyce

Whose consciousness had its own voice.

His novel was banned,

And oftentimes canned,

But seldom read more than twoice.

There once was a sad dinosaur

Who thought his whole life was a bore.

No fun would he see,

No Books or TV

For six hundred million years more.

A young psychic midget named Marge


Went to jail with the most heinous charge
.

But despite lock and key
,

The next day she broke free


And the headlines read "Small Medium at Large"

There was a young lady of Niger

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.

They returned from the ride

With the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

The limerick is furtive and mean

You must keep her in close quarantine

Or she sneaks to the slums

And promptly becomes

Disorderly, drunk and obscene.

  1. All Limericks MUST follow standard Limerick format (see samples). 
  2. Only ORIGINAL Limericks will be accepted. 
  3. Entries must be submitted and received by TBAE on or before 6/2/12 and must include ENTRANT’S NAME, EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER. 
  4. You must be 13 or older to enter.  
  5. All limericks must be G-rated. NO profanity, drug promotion, explicit sexual references or other "inappropriate" matter will be accepted.  
  6. Multiple Entries are allowed.  
    1. Entry forms may be downloaded from BLOOMSDAYTAMPABAY.COM/LIMERICK or submitted electronically
    2. OR pick up an entry form at O’Brien’s Pub 
  7. Judging:  
    1. Entries will be judged on originality, adherence to standard Limerick format, and overall quality.  
    2. Selected limericks be posted on Bloomsday Tampa Bay’s Facebook Page: Facebook.com/BloomsdayTampaBay.  
    3. Semi-finalists will be informed of selection by 6/9/12.  
    4. Finalists will be announced at Bloomsday on June 16th at O’Brien’s Pub.  
    5. Finalists will be asked to perform their limericks during Bloomsday and the Winner will be chosen.  
    6. The Winner will be awarded a Cash Prize of $250 plus bragging rights for one year as the 2012 Bloomsday Tampa Bay Limerick Champion.

 

All entry materials become the property of Tampa Bay Arts & Education Network (TBAE) and will not be returned. Entrant retains copyright to original works, however, TBAE shall retain perpetual permission and consent to use the submission and the entrant’s name, city and state for publicity purposes. Acceptance of a Prize constitutes consent to use winner’s name, likeness, and winning entry for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposes, without further compensation.