Submit your entries!
We’ve decided to host the first annual Doggerel Cup Limerick Contest, a feisty and frivolous contest to recognize the finest retirement limericks.
What is doggerel? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, doggerel is
“comic verse composed in irregular rhythm; verse or words that are badly written or expressed.”
We welcome your silliest creations. We’ll publish these beauties as they are submitted.
Our first two entries
To start us off, we have two entries:
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A retiring old fellow named Brad
Left a job that had made him quite glad
But now that he’s done
His life’s much more fun
Despite all the joy he had had.
~ Brad Morley
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A retired old teacher called Rose
Found that teaching just got up her nose.
She spends time with her cello
Annoying her fellow
Making sounds that mimic old crows.
~ Rose Morley
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The prize
After the submission deadline, a special committee of dodgy doggerelites will judge the entries and award the Doggerel Cup to the winner. That lucky person can then proudly display the Cup in their home for one year. It comes with boasting privileges.
Submission deadline
Deadline for final submissions is December 31st.
The rules
What are the rules? There are none! Okay, it has to be a limerick and it has to refer to retirement in some way, however obliquely. That’s it.
So, lick that ballpoint pen of yours, roll up your sleeves and have at it. Send your entries to .