The contest closes December 31st.
Submit your entries now!
You still have time to submit your masterpiece, but the contest is coming to an end soon. Please find contest details below.
The competition has been fierce! Limerick lovers from all over the land have sent in their best, and the fur is flying. Here are some of the entries so far. (We’ll publish the other beauties in the January newsletter.)
The Latest Entries
There once was a lady called Chris,
A wily and silly old miss,
Her gourmet friends say she’s crazy,
She scoffs frozen meals ‘cuz she’s lazy,
Now the rest of you, don’t “take the piss”!
~ Christine Warltier
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Everyone needs to retire;
A denier is simply a liar.
So when November blows,
Get out those old snows
And give the slip to those skids that are dire.
~ Pat O’Connor
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A retired retiring Admiral
Was doggedly dodging the Doggerel.
“Whoa, but what if I win?”
-Picture a non-rhyming grin-
“That Cup would slosh tonic and Gineral!”
~ Martin Hoy
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From the nine-to-five rat race I’m free,
And I like my new boss, ‘cuz it’s me.
Coffee breaks are much longer
And you couldn’t be wronger
If you think that I never yell “Whee!”
~ Pauline Hodge
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Retirement’s my cup of tea.
I’m busy as busy can be.
Despite the odd jerk,
I did love my work,
But this life is THE life for me.
~ Brad Morley
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I used to live life on the go
My new pace is mellow and slow
Sleeping late in my bower
Drinking coffee for hours
Missing work? Not so much! No! No! No!
I look at the birds and the snow
I think about flowers to grow
I read books that are dumb
Til my bum is quite numb
Missing work? Not so much! No! No! No!
~ Anony-moose
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Submit your entries
In our last issue of Retiring with Purpose and Passion newsletter we announced 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.
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 31, 2016.
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.