Five Limerick Poems by Ken Gosse

 

The Blight of His Bite

 

There once was a dark, stormy knight, 
who lost all his teeth in a fight, 
so he filled up ten wagons 
with teeth from dead dragons 
and now has a fierce megabyte.

 

 

 

Words of Withdom

 

There once was a dark, stormy knight 
whose girth far exceeded his height. 
This was hard on his horse 
but much harder, of course, 
to get into the privy at night.

 

 

 

 

A Fun Night

 

There once was a dark, stormy knight, 

who would keep me awake in delight. 

He’d hide under my bed 

but would poke out his head 

and tell jokes when Mom turned out the light.

 

 

 

 

Fair Fight

 

There once was a dark, stormy knight, 
who wrote “Rules of Romantic Delight,” 
but he didn’t care 
whether maidens played fair— 
he’d lose wars but win battles each night.

 

 

 

 

Trusty Rusty

 

There once was a dark, stormy knight 
who was caught in a storm overnight, 
where he rusted in place 
from his garters to mace, 
and has never been moved from that site.

 

Ken Gosse usually writes short, rhymed verse using whimsy and humour in traditional meters. First published in First Literary Review–East in November 2016, he has also been published by Pure Slush, Home Planet News Online, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and others. Raised in the Chicago, Illinois, suburbs, now retired, he and his wife have lived in Mesa, AZ, for over twenty years, usually with rescue dogs and cats underfoot.