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Seeing as how limericks and haiku can both be very funny, I'd like for there to be a thread for posting such trail related nonsense.
I'll start:
We have here a fine moderator
Who goes by the name Alligator
Not a hem nor a haw
Ever slipped from his jaw
His pet food is a fresh hot potater.:D
hikerboy57
09-27-2013, 20:19
went hiking this spring.
the people i met were the
highlight of my trip.
atmilkman
09-27-2013, 20:20
There once was a man from Nantucket.............
hikerboy57
09-27-2013, 20:23
was his name gary puckett?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzH-CT8y6c8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzH-CT8y6c8
Train Wreck
09-27-2013, 20:26
We must not forget the pet Troll
Who contributes such utterings droll
He laughs at your rage
He's just rattlin' your cage
Till he slithers back down in his hole.
Eye stinging sweat, burning muscle, what a glorious way to spend a magnificent day.
hikerboy57
09-27-2013, 20:47
i think thats free verse.
not haiku or limerick,
deserves its own thread.
Pounding heart,
Pounding hearts walk on
The trail demands no less
Laughter is the charm.
hikerboy57
09-27-2013, 20:48
but it was way cool
Train Wreck
09-27-2013, 20:50
i think thats free verse.
not haiku or limerick,
deserves its own thread.
Shouldn't segregate
One man's words from another
I call foul - where's Coach? :D
...and why are you in stealth mode???
hikerboy57
09-27-2013, 20:53
Shouldn't segregate
One man's words from another
I call foul - where's Coach? :D
...and why are you in stealth mode???
ssssssshhhhhhh!!
alright end segregation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_g4jkPqUw
Shouldn't segregate
One man's words from another
I call foul - where's Coach? :D
...and why are you in stealth mode???
He is hiding
While hiking the trail in a dress
my nethers cooled off I confess
till I met a young lass
who had such a fine..............disposition
I saw she and I were both blessed.
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 05:41
Just saw the above...hard act to follow :D
...I got nothin' :o
All hiking is fine
Even in rain hail or shine
Sirloin is divine
[QUOTE=OzJacko;1531092]All hiking is fine
Even in rain hail or shine
Sirloin is divine[/QUOT
There once was a fellow from Oz
Who came here to hike just because
He stopped for a snack
at the Pink Cadillac
and learned that it was what it was:)
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 14:10
[QUOTE=OzJacko;1531092]All hiking is fine
Even in rain hail or shine
Sirloin is divine[/QUOT
There once was a fellow from Oz
Who came here to hike just because
He stopped for a snack
at the Pink Cadillac
and learned that it was what it was:)
Cool! It's "Pick On Oz" Day! :p
A hiker named Oz from Down Under
Was the subject of awe and some wonder
When he griped that his drink
Needed ice - in a blink
The heavens rained hail and some thunder! :D
Once the hiker Train Wreck
Went out west to trek
Did she rappel?
I'll never tell
Her gallery you will have to check
When walking, one must put one foot in front of the other to procede
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 15:48
When walking, one must put one foot in front of the other to procede
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3v-_p3ESo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3v-_p3ESo
He's doing it all wrong! :D
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 15:51
A thru hiker name of OzJacko
Was considered to be a bit wacko
He would rather court famine
Than eat nasty Ramen
Which of course, drew him no end of flack-o.
(Hellooo Oz!!!! we're back to the old 12-hour time difference!)
Hiker's tender feet
Find stones hidden beneath leaves
On well worn footpaths
He came from below the equator
A hiker from Perth, not Decatur
His Vegemite stew
was a hell of a brew
and when he had cooked it, he ate'er.
Wow!
Just got up and watching the Patriots game (We are getting it live) chatting to Army's family and I see that ChooChoo and Aficion have been busy.
half a world away
friends are always here to stay
what games we can play
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 22:32
Oz wanted to take a long hikey
Felt the AT would be to his likey
Thought the rocks of PA
Were the worst on the way
Till he got to the Whites and said CRIKEY!
Must be the first time ever an american put crikey into poetry.
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 22:43
Must be the first time ever an american put crikey into poetry.
I'm the Shakespeare of the South!!
There was a lass called ChooChoo
With little dogs who do much poopoo
Then she met an Aussie from Perth
Who taught her about herbivores worth
And now she pines for her HooRoo.
:D
Train Wreck waxing in poetry
About a trail not a tree
What will she do
After a limerick and haiku
For that we will wait and see
........................................
And yes TW he is doing it wrong, but then he seemed to take his own track. Loving this thread!!
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 22:59
LOL!
24229
There will be a brief intermission while I clean my keyboard!
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 23:03
He spent dollars with no real discretion
To finance his hiking obsession
All America cheered
For it clearly appeared
He was pulling us out of recession! :D
my football team failed
stopped by the very last hurdle
never mind "Go Pats"
:D
He spent dollars with no discretion
To finance his hiking obsession
All America cheered
For it clearly appeared
He was pulling us out of recession! :D
Ain't that truth no jive
In March I got a dollar o five
With the money I spent
it was down to 88 cent
Back here now it is on the revive
Train Wreck
09-29-2013, 23:17
He practiced a system of blazing
That was nothing much short of amazing
Every color you'd think
Except of course pink
For which he at least deserves praising :clap
HikerMom58
09-29-2013, 23:51
AWESOME!! We are all having FUN again!! :) Thanks Aficion!!!! More.. more!!! TW & OZ and everyone else!!:cool:
AWESOME!! We are all having FUN again!! :) Thanks Aficion!!!! More.. more!!! TW & OZ and everyone else!!:cool:
It must have been something I said
While posting on some other thread
I went for a beer
and when I got back here
.................................................. .
I can only stay and play at this
When I have time that I can miss
Something that I need to do
Something called the "honey do"
Alas there is much I have in that list
epigrammatic:
long way to say pithy, so
pithy's pithier.
illabelle
09-30-2013, 13:50
Other poets' skills I cannot meet.
My attempt, sadly, won't compete.
But their words I admire,
To their place I aspire.
Their poesy surely is sweet.
I can only stay and play at this
When I have time that I can miss
Something that I need to do
Something called the "honey do"
Alas there is much I have in that list
The end of the "honey do" list always shows when you finally stop.
There once was another limerick thread
With many attempts embeded
They were so divine
You might say real fine
To augment the ones here instead
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?97929-Hiking-limericks-anyone&highlight=
They blazed it pure white
I came I saw I coloured
Now get over it
"rollin home rollin home
by the waterside I will rest my bones
listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul." Grateful Dead
They blazed it pure white
I came I saw I coloured
Now get over it
Great Oz! I can't get over it. Absolutely epigrammatic!:banana
Train Wreck
09-30-2013, 22:30
Great Oz! I can't get over it. Absolutely epigrammatic!:banana
He sounded a little pithed off to me ;)
Now we talk about Aficion
Who has a poetic affliction
Oh how fun to play
With rhymes to say
But now must work on his diction
Think when talking, do not put the brain in neutral but keep it engaged
the sun and I will soon
rear our wondrous heads anew
cabbage in the garden
wet man walking quick
dripping clothes skin shining pale
end not nearing soon
the roots and rocks are hell
do you really think I fell?
they took me down
right to the ground
how many times I cannot tell.
I long to sleep in my tent
Oh how many nights and money would be spent
When I hike the "Trail"
And complete without fail
But spend the money I save on my rent
A couple I wrote on my thru this past year:
New Jersey:
While hiking today I saw a bear,
Although, it was just sitting there.
Not in a bush or up in a tree,
It was plopped down right on the AT!
I banged my poles and shouted real loud,
The bear looked at me and stood up proud.
It looked me in the eye and said with a grin,
“Would you like some berries, my thru-hiker friend?”
New York:
Swamps and mosquitoes are nothing but ****,
New York, I wish you were put on a ship,
I’d sail you off to Germany or Turkey,
And feed you nothing but ramen and jerky.
I hope the next state will be better,
Dear Appalachian Trail, forgive this harsh letter.
Train Wreck
10-21-2013, 20:44
A couple I wrote on my thru this past year:
New Jersey:
While hiking today I saw a bear,
Although, it was just sitting there.
Not in a bush or up in a tree,
It was plopped down right on the AT!
I banged my poles and shouted real loud,
The bear looked at me and stood up proud.
It looked me in the eye and said with a grin,
“Would you like some berries, my thru-hiker friend?”
New York:
Swamps and mosquitoes are nothing but ****,
New York, I wish you were put on a ship,
I’d sail you off to Germany or Turkey,
And feed you nothing but ramen and jerky.
I hope the next state will be better,
Dear Appalachian Trail, forgive this harsh letter.
Did you have any words for Pennsylvania? ;)
hikerboy57
10-21-2013, 20:46
Did you have any words for Pennsylvania? ;)ive got one
rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks.
rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,
finally ,jersey!!
Train Wreck
10-21-2013, 20:48
ive got one
rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks.
rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,rocks,
finally ,jersey!!
Pretty much sums it up as far as I can remember!
Any time I start thinking about if I ever want to thru-hike, I think about PA and go..."no".
fireballs in the sky
Orionids shooting by
entitled to look
seeing needs blessing
looking, like fishing, takes time
serendipity rules
neither phile, nor phobe.
all the people of the globe
enjoy providence
the moon is new
the sky is dark
I'm glad I'm not
on Noah's ark
With wolvwerines
and badgers too
who knows what they
might do to you
I'm glad to be
in this sweet sphere
with internet
and decent beer.
Teacher & Snacktime
11-03-2013, 01:28
Did you have any words for Pennsylvania? ;)
Fond PA Memories
Tumbling Run and Chimney Rocks
Junker's Bunker, stinky socks
Pool at Caledonia Park
and Ice Cream at the half-way mark
Train Wreck
11-03-2013, 01:32
Fond PA Memories
Tumbling Run and Chimney Rocks
Junker's Bunker, stinky socks
Pool at Caledonia Park
and Ice Cream at the half-way mark
Wait till you do the northern half and you'll change your tune :p
I wanted to moon the whole state of PA when we finally crossed over into NJ.
Teacher & Snacktime
11-03-2013, 01:34
Heck, I'm no dummy....we did the EASY part!
There once was a trail through the woods
Where folks carried all of their goods
Viennas and spam
So who gives a damn
If they had little under their hoods.:sun
Sometimes a tortoise, sometimes a hare,
Sometimes packsniffers will hike their fair share.
Somtimes the wildlife just stand there and stare,
Sometimes a tortoise, sometimes a hare.
Teacher & Snacktime
11-04-2013, 11:48
Sometimes a tortoise, sometimes a hare,
Sometimes packsniffers will hike their fair share.
Somtimes the wildlife just stand there and stare,
Sometimes a tortoise, sometimes a hare.
I love this....why did you never post in the Creative Corner thread?
rocketsocks
11-04-2013, 12:09
Wait till you do the northern half and you'll change your tune :p
I wanted to moon the whole state of PA when we finally crossed over into NJ.
Me too, but than I figured I wait till the NY state line and give a twofer.
Blue moon
A very old fool and his mule
decided to break every rule
They hiked without skivvies
and shared the same privies
Both up hill and down they stayed cool.
Teacher & Snacktime
11-12-2013, 16:53
A man and his donkey did pass
time on the AT, the 'ot13 class.
when asked of his speed others often maloigned him
Some just passed by, but several joined him
thought he "I wish they'd stop riding my ...donkey"
Capt Nat
11-12-2013, 22:44
Take the first step
The next gets you there
If it doesn't, repeat
One cup of coffee
Moderation is the key
to stop damned headaches.
There is an AT hiker called Stumpknocker
He used to run but now is a walker
He is not much about show
But he likes his morning "joe"
When you meet him on the trail he becomes a talker
Shelter mouse peeing
entitled hiker sleeping
banksy makes millions
Kerosene
11-15-2013, 14:43
There is an AT hiker called Stumpknocker
He used to run but now is a walker
He is not much about show
But he likes his morning "joe"
When you meet him on the trail he becomes a talkerStumpknocker is a talker off the trail too! Here's a picture of him in his younger days, about to head south (right) to Georgia, while I head north from Glencliff for a week (Sept. 2006).
24870
I thought I'd seen it all but now I don't know
May have to get some help somewhere pro bono
When I went around the bend
I found out my new friend
Was a Yogi doing Yoga on a YoYo
Foresight
01-15-2014, 00:00
What is a haiku? Does anyone on here know? If so, please tell me.....
What is a haiku? Does anyone on here know? If so, please tell me.....
Seems to be a poem
With a certain sort of beat
kinda like yours is:p
Trailweaver
01-15-2014, 03:38
Haiku: 5 syllables in first line, 7 in second, 5 in third. . . Harder to do than you think. But fun to read! Keep it up!
There was an old soul with a cold
which was going on a dozen days old
when he read a haiku
his wife said bless you
passed a tissue and over she rolled
HikerMom58
01-15-2014, 12:18
Stumpknocker is a talker off the trail too! Here's a picture of him in his younger days, about to head south (right) to Georgia, while I head north from Glencliff for a week (Sept. 2006).
24870
Swa-eet!! :)
Foresight
01-15-2014, 13:01
Haiku: 5 syllables in first line, 7 in second, 5 in third. . . Harder to do than you think. But fun to read! Keep it up!
:snicker: Ok, I'll play fair and remove some of the camoflage :D
What is a haiku?
Does anyone on here know?
If so, please tell me.....
Lol, sorry, I love dropping that one whenever people start the haiku wars ;)
AkaMirage
01-16-2014, 16:46
An orange trowel
Poison ivy everywhere
Thankfully not allergic!
Foresight
01-16-2014, 17:25
I prefer haikus
about pertinent subjects
but they are harder
The wind blows cold air
on the humble and the proud
and the sun shines on
A gentleman and a flirt
met up on a trail made of dirt.
Said the flirt, "Let us dine."
Said the gent, "The bill's mine."
The result was a bit of a squirt.
Sierra2015
02-22-2014, 20:09
The gentleman here wrote a limerick
About a trail curious city chick
but what he didn't know
is she just wants to grow
And now he's come out looking like a pr-
A gentleman and a flirt
found themselves on the same trail of dirt.
Said the gent, "The bill"s mine."
Said the flirt, "How divine,
by the way, I am all for dessert."
HikerMom58
02-22-2014, 20:42
Oh no... not this thread, I can't do it! :p
Oh no... not this thread, I can't do it! :p
In East Tennessee
across the line from NC
"Alvin...Ma wants ya."
Sierra2015
02-23-2014, 03:30
A gentleman and a flirt
found themselves on the same trail of dirt.
Said the gent, "The bill"s mine."
Said the flirt, "How divine,
by the way, I am all for dessert."
You know I'm a real person with feelings, right? I've noticed several comments you've made about me. If I've offended you in some way I would like to apologize. I'm really a nice girl. I've taught Sunday school (for a very brief time when I lived with my grandparents), volunteered at homeless shelters, I work for a nonprofit which provides care to people with special needs like autism and deafness, and every Friday I drive a 90-year-old former landlady to doctor appointments and various other errands. Yeah, I'm a serious flirt and maybe I could be a little more demur... but I'm also young and unattached... and maybe you could try to be more accepting and not make so many assumptions.
I tried messaging you but you have that blocked. I wonder why.
A youngun', whose name I won't mention,
was getting unwanted attention.
The thing was the skin
seemed a little bit thin,
as if humor were just a pretension.
You know I'm a real person with feelings, right? I've noticed several comments you've made about me. If I've offended you in some way I would like to apologize. I'm really a nice girl. I've taught Sunday school (for a very brief time when I lived with my grandparents), volunteered at homeless shelters, I work for a nonprofit which provides care to people with special needs like autism and deafness, and every Friday I drive a 90-year-old former landlady to doctor appointments and various other errands. Yeah, I'm a serious flirt and maybe I could be a little more demur... but I'm also young and unattached... and maybe you could try to be more accepting and not make so many assumptions.
I tried messaging you but you have that blocked. I wonder why.
Miss Sierra Stone,
My fun has sincerely not been meant to harm you, and I honestly hope I have not caused you to be too upset.
I can tell you are a bright, well intentioned, and often quite charming young lady. Forgive me for ruffling your feathers. I am an incorrigible old fart.
HikerMom58
02-23-2014, 08:31
Ahh...sweet! :D I love this!!
Aficion... you need to do something about your inbox prob. This is your "mom" talking. ;)
Ahh...sweet! :D I love this!!
Aficion... you need to do something about your inbox prob. This is your "mom" talking. ;)
I tried to pm gator to help me fix it but it wouldn't let me cause it was full.:p
HikerMom58
02-23-2014, 09:39
I tried to pm gator to help me fix it but it wouldn't let me cause it was full.:p
You are some kind of silly! :p
You are some kind of silly! :p
Yeah but my Mom still loves me.
HikerMom58
02-23-2014, 09:47
Yeah but my Mom still loves me.
I do & I bet she does too, that's true! :)
Sierra2015
02-23-2014, 11:58
A youngun', whose name I won't mention,
was getting unwanted attention.
The thing was the skin
seemed a little bit thin,
as if humor were just a pretension.
I haven't written poetry in a decade
this post is nothing but a terrible facade
but as for the "old fart"
who showed me his heart
Thank you, and I'll also drive you to Medicaid
Haha. ;)
Miss Sierra Stone,
My fun has sincerely not been meant to harm you, and I honestly hope I have not caused you to be too upset.
I can tell you are a bright, well intentioned, and often quite charming young lady. Forgive me for ruffling your feathers. I am an incorrigible old fart.
Oh! I am a little too delicate, aren't I? I'm sorry, I really don't know your personality. (In my defense! The last time you were posting continuously it was pretty direct and rather serious and you weren't screwing around. :p I dunno if I'm not suppose to mention that? I'm not used to this 1984 censorship.) Please, continue poking fun at me! I need to toughen up. ^_^
Furlough
02-23-2014, 13:33
Words can hurt, so true
Aficion, Sierra
Nice to see peace too
Furlough
02-23-2014, 13:38
Hiking on to see
It matters not what it is
Just that I do see
Furlough
02-23-2014, 13:46
Sometimes I hike slow
It is why I hike Solo
Sometimes fast I go
Furlough
02-23-2014, 13:53
There once was a hiker named Furlough.
Who got his trail name while still a GI Joe.
Now today he hikes and maintains,
While all the while still dreaming about the GAME of Georgia to Maine.
HikerMom58
02-23-2014, 15:06
There once was a hiker named Furlough.
Who got his trail name while still a GI Joe.
Now today he hikes and maintains,
While all the while still dreaming about the GAME of Georgia to Maine.
Awesome!! Furlough.. where have you been? Good to "see" you again! :)
I haven't written poetry in a decade
this post is nothing but a terrible facade
but as for the "old fart"
who showed me his heart
Thank you, and I'll also drive you to Medicaid
Haha. ;)
Oh! I am a little too delicate, aren't I? I'm sorry, I really don't know your personality. (In my defense! The last time you were posting continuously it was pretty direct and rather serious and you weren't screwing around. :p I dunno if I'm not suppose to mention that? I'm not used to this 1984 censorship.) Please, continue poking fun at me! I need to toughen up. ^_^
You are very gracious. Thanks for that. I will be falling all over myself trying to open the door for you when you come to drive me to medicaid.
Furlough
02-24-2014, 22:24
Awesome!! Furlough.. where have you been? Good to "see" you again! :)
Tough few weeks at the 5 sided funny farm.
HikerMom58
02-24-2014, 22:46
Tough few weeks at the 5 sided funny farm.
I think I understand, Furlough. ;) Nice to see you again!