July 2026 Limericks

All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of July 2026.

Fakity Fake

It was fakity, fakity fake,
but we bought it since it came with cake.
And the cake tasted good
like a real, good cake should,
but the message was fakity fake.

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Prompt word: “fake” July 6, 2026

The sun’s setting and soon it is gone. Then the dark of the night lingers on,

A Wreck of a Limerick

Though they said, “It’s a wreck,” I am glad
it was not so remarkably bad.
It was not even worse
than the lines of this verse
and for that I am gratefully glad.

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Prompt word: “wreck” July 13, 2026 (modified)

but tomorrow will bring a fresh sunrise. We sing

Landing a Limerick

Though to fly might be fine I’ll just stand
where my feet feel the firmness of land.
I’ll leave flying to birds
or a limerick’s words
which don’t care – though they should – how they land.

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Prompt word: “land” July 20, 2026