Limericks Appearing in Newspapers and Magazines



  I would call OAPs on a yacht
  Very peaceful. The Russians think not.
  For relaxing at sea,
  Shouldn't photographs be
  The sole meaning of taking a shot?


  (Thursday 25th June, 2026 in the Daily Mail)
  Major

  Mighty poets have judged 'not to be'
  A relief, but for mighty old me,
  Judging Major at peace
  Offers no sweet release:
  RIP's no re-leaf for a tree!


  (Monday 29th June, 2026 in Oddball Magazine)
  Happy

  Happy vowels are apt to convey
  A class background. But shouldn't the way
  Posher accent confounds
  Proletarian sounds
  Yell "Who cares?—if you're happy, hooray!"?


  (Monday 6th July, 2026 in Oddball Magazine)


  Fans of sitcoms lay many a wreath
  For much-loved Dame Penelope Keith.
  She excelled at the job
  Of portraying a snob—
  With a genuine kindness beneath!


  (Wednesday 8th July, 2026 in the Daily Mail)
  Fiona

  For Count Binface's foe, issues mount:
  Is a fraudster the ultimate fount
  Of Fiona's largesse?
  Nigel dare not confess—
  As it might knock him down for the Count!


  (Monday 13th July, 2026 in Light Poems of the Week)


  'It's unfair, Infantino', Trump said,
  'Don't you dare card my star with a red—
  Get my player reprieved!'
  Well, he was, but received
  Marching orders from Belgium instead!


  (Thursday 16th July, 2026 in the Daily Mail)


  Mused the Princess of Wales, as she went
  Up Great Britain's Three Peaks: My intent
  Is to show, every time,
  I approve of this climb—
  So I give it my royal 'ascent'!


  (Friday 17th July, 2026 in the Daily Mail)
  Sauna

  Sauna temps on a London commute
  Are the norm in a heatwave: temps shoot
  Up to thirty-three C—
  Ninety F ... O, to be
  A mere sauna-immune bovine brute!


  (Monday 20th July, 2026 in Oddball Magazine)



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