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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'speak sign'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He's an audist who thinks I can't cope Just because I speak sign. What a dope! But I still have to grin — His cooked books are within My forensic accountancy's scope. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'marry another'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "But I love him!" I cry to my mother. She says, "You must marry another! Your boyfriend has flaws: Consanguinity laws Mean you can't get engaged to your brother." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'med amphotericin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There's a med, amphotericin B, That works well, all the doctors agree. It's what sometimes they call Amphoterrible—all Of its side effects? Dreadful to see! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'earthquaves'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A seismologist once fooled around And uncovered some data profound About earthquaves. When tested, The findings suggested Her theory's on real shaky ground. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fleurs'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Handed down through my family tree Is a cross tipped with four fleurs-de-lis. There's a fleury design On this symbol of mine. On our coat of arms, that's what you see. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'limerick'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Why's a limerick so fun and exciting? It's such rackety, rip-roaring writing! Like a hot, spicy stew You can slurp up and chew, And the humor's so toothsome it's biting. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'knots'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Most knots are revered for their function And a steadfast, rock-solid main junction. But the bowknot is tops Among dandies and fops, And it's worn without any compunction. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'careless heating'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It's deflagrable? That term's bestowed Upon things where great caution is owed. Careless heating could stop With a "snap, crackle, pop!" (If unlucky, "snap, crackle, explode!") <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'peeker'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When I climb to the top of Mount Serbal, In search of a medicine, herbal, Since I seek, I'm a seeker; When I peek, I'm a peeker— These nouns that I use are deverbal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'letter looks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My dear John, I am sure you'll agree That my letter looks nice as can be. Well, you're dumped, I won't josh, But with so much panache, 'Cause I used autoformat, you see! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chekhov narration'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Anton Chekhov's narration Rule One: On the fireplace there is a gun At the start of the tale — You must write (without fail) That it shoots before all's said and done. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cyst'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Here's the gist: there's a cyst that they missed In your guts, but resist getting pissed. Cystojejunostomies, pal, Carve a drainage canal From jejunum to cyst, to assist. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dated'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> We've now dated a month and a day, And I gave this much thought—should I stay? Yes, you're hot. What gives pause Are your character flaws. After all things considered, no way. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'groups flock'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As creatures in groups, flock's derived From "a body of people." It thrived For an era or two As "folks, more than a few," But that meaning has barely survived. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'blank verse'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Blank verse means your poem has no rhyme, Though there's meter—it does sort of chime. Were this lim'rick blank verse, It would suffer the curse Of a workshop delay for all time. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bunk banged'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I stumble; I fumble; I clunk My head as I crawl to my bunk. Banged and bruised, I won't whine 'Cause my muscles are fine, Not remotely apraxic: I'm drunk. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oliver pilkington'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Sir Oliver Pilkington-Pie Gave an audible, sorrowful sigh When he got out of bed And saw greyness had spread All across his old head: "Where's my dye?" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'brush'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As a firebreak, this clearing is lame. All this brush is just fuel to a flame. We cut clean for a reason: This hot, windy season. Do it right or I'll know who's to blame. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'guy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you lack the ambition and lust For advancing more quickly, I trust You'll console yourself till Dead men's shoes you might fill When a guy further up bites the dust. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'label chain'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Atoms set in a line like a string, Or perhaps in a minuscule ring, Either way, will enable The use of one label: A chain is the word for the thing. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aqueduct'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An aqueduct's built to convey The rainfall that fell far away. Whether raised up on high, Or unseen by the eye, The water flows through, come what may. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'uplift'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> While our lifestyles pursue an aesthetic That's subtle, relaxed and poetic, And we're calm, easy-going, Earth's tectonically growing. Her uplift is endogenetic. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'driving nail'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It may be that your wood is too thin For driving a nail or two in. Here a clinch nail might do — It's designed to go through Like a staple, a soft, pliant pin. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'magic'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He worked close-up magic with me. How it happened, I just couldn't see. Subtle hands, easy chat, And he had me like that. I just saw what I wanted to be. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gat marine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That's your cover, recruit, not your "hat," As your weapon is never your "gat." A marine's in the game Once he's learned a thing's name. A damn hat's for a Doctor Seuss cat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'workforce inspired'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I have downsized the workforce, inspired By our losses of money. I've fired That young airhead in sales Who sat filing her nails, And the rest of those bimbos you hired. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'miss buckley'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Ol' Miss Buckley is awfully hard On us kids when we cut through her yard. If you walk on her grass, You'd best watch your young ass: Trespass quickly, and be on your guard. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'folk tales'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> They might well feature pixies and elves Or be stories involving ourselves, But from North, West or South, Or the East, word of mouth Spread these folk tales, not books upon shelves. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'disk harrow'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Grandpa's disk harrow, drawn by the horse, Is today pulled by tractor, of course. Concave disks set in rows Level fields' highs and lows Where the plough has made ridges by force. <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'babyproof lid'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Whensoever my hands start to shake, My prescription is daunting to take. Though I don't have a kid, There's a babyproof lid. Could it be someone's made a mistake? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sophisticate sarah'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The sophisticate, Sarah would boast Of her fabulous home on the coast, With its huge, private beach That's so easy to reach, And she was such an elegant host! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'emile owed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I heard that Emile owed a mil To the mob and they sent him a bill. Borrowed time he was on Till he paid back the don… His poor widow's now reading his will. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'yelled'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He yelled, "Pass me that block!", so I did, Then I covered my ears and I hid; For he'd fire that huge gun At the ranks of the Hun, Once he'd mounted the piece on the fid. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'soft porn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A magazine known for soft porn Was called Argosy, often reborn Into new incarnations Of pulp publications; Enjoyed or regarded with scorn. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'jelly'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Made this jelly I've got in my pot From a plum that just grows where it's hot. It's not damaged by salt, But it does have a fault: Can it live through a frost? It cannot. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gossip'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When you gossip about me, I bridle. Don't use talk that is foolish or idle. Clishmaclaver is rude. Put a lid on it, dude, Or I'm apt to become homicidal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cardinal flower'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The cardinal flower is red. It's a showy-lipped plant that has spread From Miami to Maine. Its familiar terrain Is a swamp, not your gardening bed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'antarctica landscape'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In Antarctica's landscape you face Open stretches of snow-covered space; Lit by starlight at night, Icy white fills your sight In this lonely and featureless place. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'find meal'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You won't find a meal any finer: Our deep-dish decay is designer. So make sure you possess In your fly GPS DROSOPHILIDAE FAMILY DINER. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'laureates cibber'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> That obscurest of laureates, Cibber Was mocked by A. Pope (the great ribber). He was rude; he was vain, And a bit of a pain; And his verses, Pope said, were just gibber. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'union'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Yes, our union was rife with dissension, Creating unbearable tension. Then additional grief— Seems our chief was a thief— Soon engendered our leader's suspension. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cheese curds'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Once again, cottage cheese (curds and whey) Was Miss Muffett's repast on the day That the spider came back — She gave him a whack: An assertiveness-training display. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ten men'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> So they say one in ten men is mad — Barmy, batty, bananas. I'm sad To reveal I've one friend (One of nine) round the bend — Though I'm also, of course, rather glad. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'academics'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Academics who hunger and thirst For knowledge, in study immersed, And who tend to excel In two subjects, as well, Gain twin top-notch degrees: double first. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'thin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My wife is exceedingly thin, Just a skeleton covered by skin. I'm as fat as a pig, Many sizes too big, So for weight, I'm the yang to her yin. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chinese white'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Chinese white is a pigment that's bright, For it's made from zinc oxide and quite A good color for clouds In the blue—or for shrouds, If you're painting a ghost in the night. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'devastavit'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Devastavit: an action that's based On executors' profligate taste, Their corruption, neglect, Or the law's non-respect, Proving where there's a will, there's a waste. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sail'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A dinghy for youngsters to sail, To prepare for a yacht, larger scale, Flying Junior, FJ, Is the best one, they say, To fly on the wings of the gale. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'drummer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though he sounds like a drummer, he's not. He's a beatboxer – hear what he's got. His astonishing feat Is in voicing the beat. His percussion's amazingly hot. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rheumatic disease'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Bought "Dan's Fango" It's mud from a spring. The big ad said, "It's Just the Right Thing For Rheumatic Disease!" Also, "No Guarantees." I'm not sure what relief it will bring. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'throat'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Ahem, a small noise in the throat, Can reveal what one's words won't connote, Suggest a quick question, Or clear out congestion; But the actual sound? Hard to quote. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'grub screws'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Metal grub screws are lacking a head And have sockets (or slots) there instead For a hexagon key Or a screwdriver—see That their part to part B's firmly wed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'commencement day'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Commencement Day fills Harvard Yard With regalia, tasseled and barred. So each college will know Where its graduates go, Its large crimson banner stands guard. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'desuete means'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Desuete means "no longer in use," Like my suit from the '80s—chartreuse! And isn't it neat That this word's obsolete? Since desuete is desuete, cut it loose. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'creepy crawlies'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Creepy-crawlies, that come out at night, Cross my carpet and give me a fright; Yes, I know that they're there And my house I must share— I just wish they would stay out of sight! <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fascist state'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A suspension of rights is conceivable. A complete fascist state is believable. While the mood is intense, Call it "Homeland Defense" And then any corruption's achievable. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dray horses'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When two features co-vary together, Like two dray horses joined by a tether, Students need not expect They are cause and effect (Like the pains in my neck—and wet weather). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bicoloured two'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Bicoloured? Two colours, that's right! Blue and green? Red and yellow? Well, quite. Two disparate shades, And the meaning parades Before you in clear black and white. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dullard'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A bit of a dullard is Reggie; He considers his ketchup a veggie. Though he's not very bright, There are those on the Right Who consider him searching and edgy. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dog mushers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Modern dog mushers rarely yell "Mush!" They run dogsleds through snow, and hate slush. At a spoken command, Dogs will start, run or stand. Sixteen dogs make a heck of a rush. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'squirt'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Mind your sass, show respect to your teacher; Hold your tongue in God's house with the preacher. Acting briggity's fitting, The occasion permitting. In a squirt, it's a bothersome feature. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'overburdened'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've got too many things on my plate — Overburdened's my lot, no debate. I'm discouraged and blue And disheartened, that's true; Disanimation's the word for my state. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'joan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Joan has all kinds of money to blow." "You mean, Joan has mixed types is that so? Like renminbis and bahts, And centavos and kyats?" "Not at all! I mean 'lots' mucho dough!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'glance'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'm waiting for "tick" or for "tock" When I glance at the mirror in shock: Broken nose, bloodshot eyes, No two teeth the same size— It's my face that is stopping this clock! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'kneeling'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> First you're kneeling, then shifting your feet— To the left of your hip's where they meet. Then, left-handed, hold tight To your knee, on the right. Twisting rightward, bharadvajasana's complete...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dilapidate means'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To dilapidate means "to neglect, Say, a building until it is wrecked, In extreme disrepair." (Guess the owners don't care, Since they'll burn the place down to collect.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'orchestra clanked'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The conductor conducted by rote, And the orchestra clanked every note. If I'm asked, on a quiz, What disharmony is, Then disconcert is getting my vote. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'halle berry'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To look like the great Halle Berry Would make any movie star merry— She's gorgeous, you see. Wish her face was on me! But my looks are commonplace—very. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'longshanks mourned'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Longshanks mourned: Henry's life was all spent. But he didn't rush homeward he went At a slow, regal pace To claim crown, sceptre, mace: "No less by desert than descent." <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crew indigestion'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> His competency came into question When he gave the whole crew indigestion. He's the worst in the fleet— None will ever compete— And he's deaf to the smallest suggestion. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stencil trifolium'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A designer and botanist, Jeeves, To ensure Irish luck (he conceives), Will stencil Trifolium Onto linoleum, Finely festooned with four leaves. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stewed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Thanks for driving me, pal, I was stewed. Now I owe you one—how 'bout some food? See you later, then. Stop Over there. You can drop Me at Wendy's. Now I'm in the mood. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'old uni'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My old uni was makeshift and grotty; Jock the Chancellor, old, drunk and dotty. "Who did music," asked he, "And who wants a degree?" So I shouted out: "BMus up, Scottie!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'termites'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There's a pirate they called Peg Leg Greg Who was not all that bad of an egg. He saw dust, gave a sigh: "Well, I'm stumped; I could cry. I've got termites attacking my leg!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cleopatra'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Cleopatra did learn fine Egyptian And she wrote in demotic inscription. Moving left from the right, With no spaces, she might Have inscribed an asp venom prescription. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mediterranean herb'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There's a Mediterranean herb That delights the Egyptian and Serb. With a feather-like leaf And a flowery motif, It's acanthine and bloomin' superb. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'wants divorce'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Pass the cheese tray!" he bellowed. "Of course," She replied, "You eat just like a horse!" "Horses never eat cheese. You've got masters' degrees, But you're dumb!" Now she wants a divorce....
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'apologies mate'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Perhaps there is someone who's vexed At having to wait for this text: My apologies, mate, But you might have to wait Another three years for the next! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'curving'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Curving's convenient for vines As they twist in the midst of the pines. Other plants, such as cress, Only bend in distress. Autotropic, they grow in straight lines. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'writes prince'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "I am truly fantastic," he writes, "A prince among men," he recites. I doubt he can tell How we all say his swell Autohagiography bites! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'groan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Came the mail, and I let out a groan; I'd forgotten to pay down that loan. What's a groan? It's a sound That is low, one I've found Is akin to, in some ways, a moan. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'eurotrash snobs'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Across the Atlantic come mobs Of these upper-class Eurotrash snobs. The American folk They regard as a joke, But to Yanks, they're just socialite slobs. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'henry sighed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Henry sighed, in a tone of lament, "Every cent in my wallet I've spent On each sumptuous date. Though I'm anxious to mate, I won't couple without your consent." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'true algae'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though true algae prefer to exclude The cyanophytes, finding them crude, They can float in your pool, Looking blue-green and cool, And, when sunbathing, synthesize food. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crackers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As my wife has repeatedly said, "You cannot eat your crackers in bed. They are crummable, putz, And the crumbs drive me nuts!" (Problem solved—I now sleep in the shed.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chasmed divided'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Like fools, of their money bereft, We are chasmed—divided or cleft. We are not closely knit, Though together we sit In the Congress­—the right wing and left. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'midden'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Said our teacher, "Please do as you're bidden; Report on the meaning of midden." "It's a dumpsite where—crash!— People toss all their trash In broad daylight; they don't keep it hidden." <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'boy scout'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Who's the "boy scout" that Europe adores? He's still big on those vast foreign shores. Here's a hint: There's a strip Most non-Yanks think is hip, Although everyone Stateside ignores. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'alsophila larvae'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Alsophila's larvae are loopers, While their dads are geometrid swoopers. They wriggle up trees And eat leaves as they please, These voracious herbivorous troupers. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'alcott tale'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Need a book for a cold winter's night? Little Women's a classic delight: Alcott's tale of young life, Steeped in heartache and strife. Will these sisters come through it all right? <LIMERICK_...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'rope ladder'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "I climb the rope ladder," said Fred. I said, "No, you ascend it, instead. It's also well known You do this to a throne If your father, once king, now is dead." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ash cans'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With a thunk and a clunk and a crash, You would empty your coal stove of ash. Having ash cans about Let you haul the ash out; But today they most likely hold trash. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'columns broke'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "My two columns broke well," said the chap To his editor. "Hardly a gap When my work went to press." Said his editor, "Yes, It's a shame that your writing's such crap." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nurtured profound'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Embracing long peregrinations, I embarked on sustained evagations. I roved; such digression Abated depression And nurtured profound cerebrations. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cupid arrow'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Cupid's arrow inspired my affection, But alas it sustained a deflection. That is my story why I'm in love with a guy With crossed eyes and a spotty complexion. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sacrament blest'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In the sacrament, blest wine and bread Become Christ. So the faithful are fed With an antepast of The fulfillment of love In the feast that in heaven is spread. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'abdomen'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As it burst from her burgeoning belly, All reddish and squalling and smelly, Was her abdomen rent By a blessed event? No, just Aliens 3 on the telly. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'pierce pulling'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He will take off his gloves on the Hill, Fighting bare-knuckle battles with skill. Unrelenting and fierce Is Republican Pierce: Pulling punches is not on the bill. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'absentee ballot'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An absentee ballot is swell For the soldier, the old, the unwell. Being sick or remote From the polls, they can vote In advance from the place where they dwell. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'disorderly prose'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An author began to compose Disjointed, disorderly prose. His editor felt That he needed a belt, And disjointedness spread to his nose. <LIMERICK_END>
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