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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'formal speaking'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Formal speaking and writing they teach In our school. Our colloquial speech— I just learned that big word— Is what's commonly heard, So I'm doubtful their goal's within reach. <LIMERICK_...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'weed warned'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Stay away from the weed", warned Judge Silk, "It's a gateway to drugs of its ilk." Well, I know what he meant, But one hundred percent Of all addicts once started on milk. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'broncos'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Broncos were twice football's kings; In consecutive years they won rings. Then John Elway retired, Mike Shanahan—fired, And Tim Tebow awaits in the wings. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bat'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A chinaman's cast through the air, Flies some yards, bounces legwards, and there Is smacked by a bat, Or not, and then that Is not over; there's five balls to spare. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'johnny canuck'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He is Canada's Johnny Canuck, A woodsman cartoon run amok. Through the war Johnny came, Then made hockey his game: A new team with his name brought them luck. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gift perhaps'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If someone upon you bestows A nice gift, perhaps money or clothes Or a seaside vacation, It's called erogation. If not, well, that's just how it goes. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'eighteenmos'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A publisher certainly knows That eighteenmos are hard to impose. To attain what's desired, Great precision's required In terms of where everything goes. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dress'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Her dress and demeanor are easy, But today it was just downright sleazy. Her tunic, half-tucked (Asymmetrically rucked), Was bloused 'round her hips free and breezy. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cack'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Like a moccasin, maybe; Mom knew: Shield the foot from the dust and the dew. With a soft leather sole (Needs no heel to be whole), A cack is, for Baby, a shoe. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'new medic'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The new medic, young Doctor Em Dee, Came to be our whole family's GP. Her prescriptions for drugs Helped us fight against bugs, While her nurse checked our blood counts and wee. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'baal hanan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Baal-hanan made gracious demands Of the good Lord who gave mankind lands. Down below in low plains He prayed mainly for rains For his olive and sycamore stands. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'insensitive lass'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A grossly insensitive lass Thought nothing of making a pass At any nice guy Who gave her the eye— By grabbing his ass. She's so crass! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'catharsis unburdens'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Sigmund Freud said that healthiness starts When catharsis unburdens our hearts— Getting stuff off your chest That had once been repressed (Not purgation achieved through the arts). <L...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'alexandre gustave'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> How Parisians wanted to stifle Alexandre Gustave, Mr. Eiffel! His thousand-foot Tower Became Europe's flower, An eyesore at first still a skyful. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crunk wanna'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You gotta be crazy and drunk, If you gonna be dancin' that crunk. Wanna be a cool cat? Bust some moves that are phat— All the resta dat hip-hop's jus junk. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ol dripper'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> TV cussin' gets cut with a blipper. No problem like this, though, with Flipper. And you couldn't help praise Wondrous Heehaw's weird ways Not fergittin' to slop that ol' dripper. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'weaving straw'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When I'm weaving straw baskets, I yearn To achieve just the right sort of turn, So I sweat and I toil When I'm making a coil Like the circinal frond of a fern. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'closed sink'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Now, the closed sink is not hard to do; You just push the point down and then through. A professional tip: If the paper should rip, Just remember you always have glue... <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'freshets rise'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Heavy rain or the melting of snow Brings forth spates, making streams overflow. Freshets rise and they grow Into rapids and go From the heights to the ocean below. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'boys playing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Young boys and young girls like to play Both with toys and each other, I'd say. Elder boys playing games With most beautiful dames See fair game in fair ladies, for prey. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'act immature'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Said my wife, "Put away childish toys. When you act immature, it annoys." But her bitching's no use. I've a built-in excuse: "It's a guy thing, dear. Boys will be boys." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rosemary baby'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As we gathered for matters baptismal The atmosphere seemed quite abysmal. I think it was maybe That Rosemary's baby Had decided to make it damn dismal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'physicists greatest'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Certain physicists' greatest concern: Evermore let's invest just to learn Real matter's design, Nature's structures most fine …From our giant colliders' return. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cattails'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The cattails are marsh-dwelling reeds (Called the bulrush in places like Leeds). Look near ditches and dikes For their furry brown spikes Standing tall among sedges and weeds. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rhyme'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "I'm annoyed," said dear Paddy. "It's late. I'm impatient to rhyme the word great." He'd been feeling quite blue; Then the barman said, "You Could use fascinate; that would work, mate." <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'third base'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You'll forgive me for lacking in grace, But for Chrissakes, let's cut to the chase. Time is money, you know— Make your point and then go; Skip the intro, let's get to third base. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'forcer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A forcer has force, which he uses So others must do what he chooses. Or objects he'll force — Often simpler, of course, 'Cause a lifeless thing never refuses. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crime prostitution'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "It's a victimless crime, prostitution," Say some. Others cry, "Prosecution Is needed to cope With this scourge." Let's just hope We alight on a happy solution. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'distance'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What is distance? It's what you should know When you're driving your date to a show, So you'll get there on time For an evening sublime, And then, later, how far you can go. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'make jody'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Two words meaning "make" Jody chose: One's construct, and the other's compose. Adding de-, she then got Decompose, meaning "rot"— Deconstruct line four's prose? Jody froze. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'forestry cruiser'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A forestry cruiser's well paid As he seeks the top vertical grade. Old growth standing tall? His sharp eye makes the call. Giants fall; he moves on, undismayed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'donnybrook start'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You're a coward, afflicted with fright. You avoid every conflict or fight. Should a donnybrook start, You are apt to depart, Or lie doggo (remain out of sight). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sheep'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I graze thousands of sheep on my land, And they all love to swing. It's just grand. As their ears get tattooed, Speakers blare "In the Mood" And each thousand's a big baa-baa band. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cornea curved'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You are not astigmatic, recall, If your cornea's curved like a ball; But your sight is absurd— Partly sharp, partly blurred— If its shape's ellipsoidal at all. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'coverall'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Throw the coverall over my clothes, And be sure that it doesn't expose My new slacks to the dust As we labor. It must Save my hose, so it goes to my toes. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'look bruised'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Beauty products, primarily used On the face, shouldn't make you look bruised. You need only a touch. If you put on too much, Those who look at you might be amused. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'anteaters look'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though anteaters look rather odd, Like the work of a whimsical god, At Cal-Irvine (Big West) They are often seen dressed For the soccer or basketball squad. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'milk'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The baby reached out for some more, But his mommy said, "Kid, here's the score: Agalactous, my teats Have no milk. For your eats Try this formula, fresh from the store." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'clap skate'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The clap skate's the ice racing trend; Hinged blades let the ankles extend In a natural stroke, Which the speed skating folk Seem to love, since they win in the end! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'state banana'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In State v. Banana, I feel, The decision was far from ideal. The judge called a trip What was really a slip. I hope it's reversed on appeal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nualized yield'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When the statement arrives, it's the an- nualized yield that I anxiously scan. Then I find if I've gained Or I've lost (market waned), Moved ahead or stayed where I began. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'birch tar'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> While long favored, this birch tar, as glue, The stuff's also a sweet-smelling chew. And as daggett, on leather, It protects in damp weather. We forget it's essentially goo. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'excavation'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Digging holes is my prime occcupation. Then I fill in each new excavation. Once I tamp down the ground, It looks perfectly sound, Undisturbed (pending some exhumation). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'want gemstone'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Want a gemstone, but don't have a mint? Pick a quartz that's translucent with tint. Chrysoprase, tiger's-eye— Their price won't make you sigh. Cool chalcedony charms with its glint. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'heard wolves'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Two weeks prior, when darkness held sway, We heard wolves, with no howl held at bay. If their howlings delight When the moon fulls tonight, We will hold that that myth is for play. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'colley cibber'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In the judgment of one Alex Pope, "That poet's a hack beyond hope: I declare Colley Cibber A dunce and a fibber, Our first Poet Laureate dope." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'blind date'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My friends fixed me up with this girl. We'd not met, and I feared things would curl Up and wither. But wait— 'Twas a lovely blind date! We think we will give things a whirl. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'captious'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you're captious you think that it's neat To find fault with each person you meet. In all you survey, Nothing measures up Nay! Just to please you would be quite a feat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rock dolomitic'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Are you certain this rock's dolomitic? Can you tell?" queried Belle, who's a critic. "I'll take this small sample," Said Lola. "It's ample For mineral tests analytic." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dirty injection'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Is it sterile? This joint ain't a lab. Still, some alcohol might keep that jab From causing infection. A dirty injection Can bring up an abscess, or ab. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'galaxies make'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though there's energy made by each star, Active galaxies make more by far. We now think that the maws Of black holes are the cause, So they're really not all that bizarre. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'idolization'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> From certain celebs, my fixation Derives. I've a preoccupation. When the camera light's out, I try learning about What they do. Is this idolization? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'labrador smokey'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I adore my black labrador Smokey And want him to feel okey-dokey. To this end, I submit That his clothes must all fit. He will not wear a collar that's choky. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'midsections flatter'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> For a man, thick and tired, does it matter If a diet makes midsections flatter? In applying one's will With no girth control pill, It's a triumph of mind over platter. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'old jenny'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With a comforting hug, Mom told Penny, As she soothed and consoled her, “Not many Little girls ride so well As you did. Yes, you fell, But you got right back up on old Jenny.” <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'disguise bridle'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> On their wedding night, plans are replete To indulge all their passions with heat. But to harness that force, She intends to play horse — Big surprise in disguise: bridle suite. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'clove tree'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Now that we're here at the grove, re The evergreen, tropical clove tree, Where you can find droves Of red buds, whence come cloves, To observe them, I'm grateful you drove me. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ab suction'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Consider the act of abduction, Which has little to do with ab suction. Imagine one day You are taken away. It's more than a stomach reduction. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'old mcclure'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With his bagpipes at ease on his knees, Old McClure, in a flourish, will squeeze Both his bladders. He sighs With relief in his thighs As he pees while he plays his reprise. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dracula fangs'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Count Dracula's fangs needed drilling; Gold amalgam would be their new filling. He said he'd behave If the dentist would save Any blood that he chanced to be spilling. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'lorry'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'll be throwing my hat in the muck As your lorry replaces my truck, And your boot holds the junk I don't want in my trunk. Your damn Englishness bothers me, duck! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'conquer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I fear he will conquer my heart. If it's conquered, he'll tear it apart. If I cave and give in— Let the conqueror win— I will not have been terribly smart. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dawn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As she rises, the nude spies the sun. There she stands in first light, and now one Can see clearly this day That her moon's still in play. Crack of dawn? It's a sight that can stun! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cave popcorn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Cave popcorn's no buttery treat That, from kernels, has popped under heat. Water seeps from cave walls (Or from ceilings it falls) Forming clusters of calcite. Don't eat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'brede'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Brede is archaic, a noun For "embroidery, braid" and a town (Okay, village) near Rye In East Sussex. That's why Rumer Godden has Brede in her crown. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'colony'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What's a colony that can collapse? It's a beehive that dies and perhaps When the workers and drones Are reduced to bee bones Just the queen will remain to play "Taps." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mom fingers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When Mom's fingers divaricate, I Know she's fixing to slap me. I fly. To divaricate's "spread"— Not prevaricate, Jed! Think Mom's fingers are telling a lie? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'devices'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> These convergent devices save space; Many gadgets crammed into one place. Now it's all on my phone, So I live "in the zone," And my life's not my own. What a pace. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'acromegaloid freak'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Since his head, hands and feet were immense, "Acromegaloid freak!" gave offense. So to stop feeling down, He got work as a clown: "Shoes that fit, crowds that roar, it's intense!" <LIM...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cary grant'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The doctor was hailed in Montana When he moved to my town from Havana. Though his knowledge was scant, He evoked Cary Grant— And, my deah, what a smooth bedside mannah! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'candlewood torch'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> On an evening that's warm, on my porch, I will light up a candlewood torch. While it's resinous wood And gives light that's quite good, I take care that my clothes do not scorch. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'school dux'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My sister's been named the school dux. I'm the duck who is lame—and that sucks! Now she sits at the top; I would willingly swap, But I'm thick as a brick, that's the crux. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'silk larvae'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When two silk larvae sing the same tune, There's a doupion—double cocoon. When the two interweave, I have heard and believe, Silkworm breeders don't find it a boon. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hedgehog opine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I heard mah wee hedgehog opine, "Ah cuid handle a porcupine fine, Bit nae an echidna." Mah prickly pal didna Like monotremes. "Tae sharp a spine." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'buffoon'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A caricature or lampoon Makes the target appear the buffoon— Like a president shown With a nose that has grown To such length it can reach to the moon. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stray bullet'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A stray bullet affected my gait When it damaged an end plate. My fate: The membrane was shot, And it hurt quite a lot; So my walk's weird and wobbly of late. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sketching something'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Don't need brushes and paint if you're smart; With an iPad alone, you can start. Sketching something absurd Like me flipping the bird Will provide you some digital art. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'becoming monk'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He denies any preference, politically, But regards modern living quite critically, And rejects it as bunk. He's becoming a monk, And will live out his life anchoritically. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'curatrix feminine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The curatrix (feminine healer) Took up drugs and emerged as a dealer. Now she still makes folks well, Though she works from a cell, And convicted, she's now an appealer. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hadley cell'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> From the Hadley cell's tropical roller To the cell that is known as "the Polar", These giant conveyors Move atmosphere layers With power eternally solar. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'alleyway loomed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An alleyway loomed in my path. Did it shelter a person of wrath? Its walls seemed foreboding. I felt them eroding. I went home and took a hot bath. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'electron microscopy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Electron-microscopy may Require slide preparation, let's say, By cryofixation. This means the creation Of a deep frozen sample display. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'military trappings'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That accoutrement-maker's not tough. "All your military trappings, like stuff For my shirts and my cap," I informed him, "are crap," And he ran out in tears and a huff. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'skate'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The metal's sharp shine will entice Me to skate on the rink in a trice: Each boot with its blade Lends me speed that's displayed As I slice across shimmering ice. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'carpet bombed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Towns are carpet-bombed. Planes overhead Aim to cause devastation widespread. Though I've not heard a boom, Did a bomb hit Rick's room? The floor's buried, with no space to tread. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'curly carrottopped'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A redhead with locks that were curly, A carrottopped moppet and girlie, Was one of the best At riposting a jest With this wisecrack: "And don't call me Shirley." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'clothing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> His clothing was worn-out and shoddy. His manner was thick-witted, cloddy. His language was crude, And his arms were tattooed— But, good Lord, what a beautiful body! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'taboo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Change the subject it's making me sore. It's ridiculous, also a bore. I declare it taboo! Keep it up and we're through, So don't go there. Get off it. No more. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'artistic'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> His technique is not naturalistic: His art's on cloud nine, expressionistic. His artistic devotion Can stir strong emotion; I'd say he is "movingly mystic". <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'resort life'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Resort life commodifies leisure; It's sold as an entree to pleasure: "Relaxation's deluxe For a few paltry bucks. Next break, try our Vistas to Treasure." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aquafortist named'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An adept aquafortist named Dave Using acid would etch and engrave. One foul day, a bad leak Saw some splash on his cheek. He survived, though—a very close shave. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'feel blue'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though it's true that she hasn't changed hue, When she's sad, Sue will sigh, "I feel blue." (Why use, to mean tearful, A color so cheerful? I haven't the foggiest clue.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'geyserite thief'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At Yellowstone Park last midwinter They tracked the Siliceous Sprinter — A geyserite thief Who gave rangers great grief By stealing that opaline sinter. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'marsha'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Poor Marsha will break with her guy. She will go to New Zealand and cry. Perhaps Timbuktu — Well, she might visit you. But for John, we all know it's goodbye. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mad wolverine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This guy's currishness won't stay in check. He's a big, snarling pain in the neck. On his best days, he's mean, Like a mad wolverine. At his worst, he's an absolute wreck. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'defamer said'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The defamer said, "Gee, you are lazy, Incompetent, mad (I mean crazy!) There's much to be said For your kind being dead. You don't get it? My gosh, you are hazy!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'attraction'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though I have an attraction to you, I am fond of some other things too. My main passion above All the rest, my first love? Playing chess. Can't accept that? We're through. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stop'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This woman behaves as a man — She wears pants, smokes cigars when she can! We men mustn't allow Her george-sandism how Can we stop her outrageous new plan? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'kendo opponent'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Your kendo opponent's Big Vic, A contendent who's eager and quick. Six-foot-nine and four-eighty, To fight him off, matey, You'll need the whole tree, not a stick. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'careless'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She grew careless. Her husband, on spec, On her movements decided to check. She was caught in the act, In flagrante, and cracked, "This is not what it seems, dear—aw, heck!" <LIMERICK_END>
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