Frank Hubeny

All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of September. Some I have slightly modified. I’ve even added titles which I hear limericks aren’t supposed to need.

I’ve added two photos for those who prefer a picture to a thousand words of nonsense.

When Hell Freezes Over

With the spell came a chill from the well
like a frost from the fires of hell.
So, we capped it that day,
made the devils obey
which they did with no rights to rebel.

Prompt word: “spell” September 1, 2025 (modified)

The ocean is wavy and gray before start of a bright shiny day.

Just Buy A New Scale

The new scale I bought yesterday
has said what I feared it would say.
I should lose one or two
maybe more than a few
of the pounds that it said I might weigh.

Prompt word: “weigh” September 8, 2025 (modified)

The Difference Between Night And Day

It is funny how nightmares don’t seem
quite so spooky when in a daydream.
In the night, light is dark.
In the day, wolves don’t bark.
So relax. Wait till night comes to scream.

Prompt word: “funny” September 15, 2025

Then the birds rise to see how the sun shines with ease and the clouds will just have to give way.

Shower Of Thoughts

As I thought and I thought and I thought
in a shower of thoughts I got caught.
I had hoped to get clean
not stay dirty and mean,
but I still do not do what I ought.

Prompt word: “shower” September 22, 2025

Tick, Tock, Tank

As a tank it was built for success.
It succeeded in making a mess.
It was stopped one fine day
when it went out to play
by a tank built to cause more distress.

Prompt word: “tank” September 29, 2025

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons

Dale offers “changing seasons” as the prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Here are photos from all four seasons over various years.

Also in many different places.

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Fall: View of Lake Michigan from Lake Bluff, Illinois

Matthew 10:16

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

*Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com*

Six Sentence Story: Poof, The End

The family of four, Adam and Evie with their son and daughter, stopped for lunch. They each made a choice of drink and foot-long sandwich which was heated and sliced in two. After paying for the food Adam followed his family outside to a table in the park that Evie selected.

A woman, homeless and without food, sat at one of the tables they passed. Before sitting down, Adam took one of the halves of his sandwich and gave it to her.

Blessings flowed through the kingdom of heaven.

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Denise offers the prompt word “choice” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Matthew 25:40 KJV – And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

This completes the Apple Poof Delight tales.

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One of my poems, Light and Dark, was published yesterday in Whispers and Echoes. I am grateful to the editor for selecting it.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Shades of Gray

Dale offers the prompt “shades of gray” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Beach sand without too much debris is mostly shades of gray.

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One of my poems, Light and Dark, was published today in Whispers and Echoes. I am grateful to the editor for selecting it.

Psalm 46:10

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

Six Sentence Story: Poof, The Reappearance

After Lilith was gone, those she vanished earlier reappeared.

Professor Weissalles suddenly walked through the door of his home surprising his wife who had spent many evenings in tears over the past months. She ran to him telling him to never leave her again which he was only too glad to promise.

The graduate student, John, who wasn’t sure just what he was, suddenly realized he wanted to be a man which would be easy to achieve since he already was one.

Emperor Dunklematerie’s chief advisor and fallible pilot for the realm apologized for lying to the Emperor about not eating Apple Poof Delight, but with the new and improved Apple Delight Without Poof neither of them had to lie to anyone anymore about how much they ate.

Later that year all of them attended the wedding of Adam and Evie.

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Denise offers the prompt word “pilot” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Yesterday, one of my poems, “Library”, appeared in Whispers and Echoes. I am grateful to the editor for selecting it.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Ferns and Fungi

Dale offers the prompt “ferns and fungi” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

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Also, today, one of my poems, “Library”, has appeared in Whispers and Echoes. I am grateful to the editor for selecting it.

The Book of Daniel Was Written By Daniel In The 6th Century BC

The Associates for Biblical Research is the first place I go for chronological information about the Bible. In this video 10 pieces of archeological evidence summarize support for the view that the Book of Daniel was written by the prophet Daniel in the 6th century BC.

Henry B. Smith Jr, who interviewed Bryan Windle, authored the 2018 paper that is often referenced supporting the Septuagint’s version of the Genesis 5 and 11 genealogies. The Septuagint version provides a date of creation that is about 1500 years older than that provided by James Ussher in 1650.