Two Humorous and Not so Humorous Limericks About the US Economy
In Honor of National Poetry Month 2009
There once was a financier pyramid
who piked up mortgages in valid
the economic bubble went pop
Obama tried to give it a prop
Now us taxpayers live in fear of it
Right. Not so funny. So I told my husband, Robert E Harper, about the little exercise in poetic fun about the US Economy, and together we came up with this more fun limerick in honor of National Poetry Month 2009:
I once had an Uncle named Sam
who minted money like spam
he stimulated our bliss
gave his wife a big kiss
and said "What a proud forger I am"
I hope this improves your enjoyment of National Poetry Month 2009 and the fun we are all having with the US Economy.
Published by Sheri Fresonke Harper
Sheri works as a freelance writer, novelist and poet. She worked in the aviation industry at the Port of Seattle and Boeing Company for 20 years as a systems analyst/architect where she edited and wrote over... View profile
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19 Comments
Post a CommentGood Limericks. I wrote several myself.
Nicely Written :)
You are very creative!!!
Proud to be your friend,who is skilled in limericks,just as bricks,to build a castle by tricks.
:) nice work
I liked them!
:~}
You are right, Sheri, your fist poem isn't very funny, but I loved the second one, even chuckling a bit as I read it. Funny thing though, we must be "kissing cousins," 'cause my Uncle Sam sounds an awful lot like yours! (^;^)
It's good to find something to laugh at during these hard economic times.
These are great - I don't know how to write these wish I could though.