Limericks Appearing in Newspapers and Magazines

 

  Said Rees-Mogg with Etonian sheen:
  All my years of fine schooling should mean
  I can speak for all fish
  When I say their sole wish
  Is their right to sing God Save the Queen!


  (Thursday 28th January, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  Wordy Missions

  The trouble with green politicians
  Who jet-set to spout new conditions
  For climate renewal
  Is they merely fuel
  Their own and the planet's emissions!


  (Monday 1st March, 2021 in
   Lighten Up Online)
 

  In a video message, the Queen,
  Who on jabs felt she must intervene,
  Said: 'Don't think about you,
  But of others. So do
  Roll your sleeve up and get the vaccine!'


  (Thursday 4th March, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  'What I ain't is a guy with restraint!'
  Said Piers Morgan. 'You know I'm no saint:
  Not PC, never woke
  And I'm proud that I broke
  Ofcom's record for calls of complaint!'


  (Tuesday 23rd March, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  Mused Prince Philip, I look at it thus:
  A whole century isn't a plus
  If it means that for me
  There's a huge jubilee—
  So I'll leave and avoid all the fuss!


  (Wednesday 14th April, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  Mused Prince Harry: 'The land of the free
  Made free speech an enshrined guarantee.
  With my oversized mic
  I can spout what I like ...
  Though I'm puzzled—it's bonkers to me!'


  (Friday 21st May, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  For a memoir that's yet to be made,
  A king's ransom will shortly be paid,
  Since a prince and his wife
  With expenses in life
  Can't have royalty payments delayed!


  (Friday 6th August, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  For developing Oxford's vaccine
  In a bid to escape quarantine,
  Sarah Gilbert's a Dame
  Who has royal acclaim—
  With a Barbie doll fit for a queen!


  (Tuesday 10th August, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  British voters begin to ask why
  There's a shortage of petrol to buy ...
  Though, with Boris in charge,
  As the crisis looms large,
  Gas will never be short in supply!


  (Friday 8th October, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  "There's a gourmet new Eco-design
  To this old Aston Martin of mine—
  I am running my car,"
  Said Prince Charles, "From the bar
  On a cocktail of cheese mixed with wine!"


  (Wednesday 20th October, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  Having drunk at the last chance saloon,
  Politicians still sing the same tune:
  With our planet on fire,
  The prognosis is dire,
  So let's act—not today, maybe soon!


  (Tuesday 16th November, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
"Now the ante on sleaze has been upped,
  Since my U-turn appeared so abrupt"
  BoJo sighed, "but despite
  All that hides in plain sight,
  The UK's not remotely corrupt!"


  (Tuesday 23rd November, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
  Winter Drawers Gone

  A beautiful maid who went skiing,
  Stark naked, has courts disagreeing.
  One judge is for jail,
  But another—a male—
  Is for crime reconstruction, then seeing!


  (Wednesday 1st December, 2021 in
   Lighten Up Online)
 

  North Shropshire was safe for a Tory
  Till BoJo became the whole story.
  Lib Dems loved each scandal
  That he would mishandle
  And profited from the furore!


  (Tuesday 28th December, 2021 in the Daily Mail)
 

  Who was Christopher Plummer? A chap
  Who excelled and won trophies—to cap
  It an Oscar ... Yet I
  Will remember this guy
  As not bad playing Captain von Trapp!


  (Monday 31st January, 2022 in the
   Creativity Webzine)



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