Limerick For Welcoming Trees Poem by Danny Draper

Limerick For Welcoming Trees

Rating: 5.0


A tree grew broad like a house in the park
Dogs ran around it all day and barked,
But by night they’d all do a bunk
And the homeless bed down by its trunk.

Danny Draper 27/10/2013

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 08 January 2014

do a bunk' must be one of those strange british commonwealth sayings. Diane Hine's comment hits the mark when she says pruned limerick, as 'my' online definition is as follows: lim·er·ick 'lim(?) rik/ noun noun: limerick; plural noun: limericks 1. a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear. Origin late 19th cent.: said to be from the chorus “Will you come up to Limerick? , ” sung between improvised verses at a gathering. Translate limerick to Use over time for: limerick i think you have overdone your poetic license. and, just a SUGGESTION: Dogs ran around it all day and barked, .............how about....day and they did bark.....so you have park/bark? have i said too much? thanks for sharing. :)

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Kevin Patrick 10 November 2013

great rhymes, and lovely picture, but for some strange reason I get the feeling the tree then ate the dogs, time for a sequel!

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Heather Wilkins 04 November 2013

the dogs should be sleeping all day and watching all night. bad dogs

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Valsa George 30 October 2013

At night while the dogs should have been alert and awake, they bunked their duty and went to sleep! Enjoyed the mild irony of this pleasantly rhyming poem!

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Lyn Paul 29 October 2013

Yes Danny great work. What can be pure beauty in the sunshine can be incredible sadness at night. Thank You

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Danny Draper

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Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
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