August 2026 Limericks

All of these limericks were either originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick or published to Poet’s Corner during the month of August 2026.

How to Write a Limerick Using the Word “Sheet”

If you must, make the limerick sweet
or at least make it jingle its feet
so the reader won’t cry,
make a fuss, wonder why
you forgot in the end to use “sheet”.

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Prompt word: “sheet” August 3, 2026 (modified)

Those find houses we now see as old were quite fancy back then we are told.

A Limerick To Brighten Up Your Heart

It’s as dark as the midnight of night
though it’s day and the sun’s shining bright.
It’s depressing to see
how dark darkness can be.
I will have to turn on my heart’s light.

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August 10, 2026 Poet’s Corner

They had heat. They stopped rain. There was love to ease pain.

Eyes Eying Eyes

While my eyes were out eying your eyes
with deep heartbeats and longings and sighs
in your eyes I did see
a reflection of me
eying me eying you with surprise.

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Prompt word: “eyes” August 17, 2026

There were gardens with crops, hundred-fold.

Jogging Limerick

In the bog there’s a frog who would jog.
In the fog there’s a dog who would hog
all the rhymes that I had
which at times made me sad
as I jog like a frog on my blog.

A Colorful Jogging Limerick

It is yellow. Now green. Now it’s gold!
You can even make everything BOLD!
And italics – that, too.
Oh, what else can it do?
Can it jog? – Well, no matter. I’m sold!

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Prompt word: “jog” August 24, 2026

Second, First, Then What?

And so first I will try not to care
if second comes next or somewhere
perhaps after that third
who’s out chasing some bird
while the word that I chase rhymes with “there”.

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Prompt word: “first” August 31, 2026