SOME LIMERICKS......

My Granny is an old crone,

In the Department stores she does roam,

Where goods disappear

As she shops without fear

And they re-appear in her home.

When my cat wants to show that she’d missed me,

she jumps into my arms to kiss me.

Two paws on my cheeks,

Of fish her breath reeks -

And then she does nothing but lick me!

There was a young fellow named Horting,
who a political position did courting.
but once elected,
the voters neglected,
he'd nothing but rorting and rorting!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 ! (A LIMERICK)

THE GLASSES ARE FILLED WITH CHAMPAIGN AND BEER

LET'S RAISE THEM HIGH IN WELCOME CHEER

AND DRINK TO YOU MY DEAR VISITOR,

LOCAL OR FROM ANOTHER SHORE,

TO YOUR HEALTH AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com 

OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR…..

OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR

AND MUNICH READIED ALL THEIR BEER

PLUS PRETZELS, CHICKEN, SAUSAGES

FROM EV’RY REGION THE BEST.

THE VAT NOW HAD A TAP INSTALLED

‘BEER IS READY!’ SOMEONE CALLED

THE WAITRESSES SO BUSTY, STRONG,

BRING FOAMING BREW YOU ALL DAY LONG.

SUDDENLY THE MUSIC TONES,

RYTHMIC NOISE AND ON IT DRONES

WITH OOMPAH, OOMPAH BOOM, BOOM, BOOM

IN THE CENTRE NOW THE BRASS BANDS LOOM.

WELL- KNOWN SONGS ARE SUNG BY ALL

AND EVERYBODY HAS A BALL

THE GIANT TENT’S SWAYING IN BEER-SWILLING MOOD

WITH GUZZLING, SINGING AND EATING SOME FOOD.

IF LIFE COULD ALWAYS BE FULL OF CHEER

- NO SOURPUSS IS WANTED HERE -

FOLK MUSIC, BEER, LAUGHTER FILL THIS SITE

THAT’S WHAT WE CALL ‘GEMUEHTLICHKEIT!’

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE…..

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE

SWEET-SCENTING IN THE MORNING DEW,

WITH BEES THAT VISIT AND ENJOY THEIR OFF’RING

AND MOTHER BIRDS THAT GUIDE THEIR OFF-SPRING

THEY STALK AROUND AND SHOW THEIR CARE

AND POINT TO FOOD, THEIR CHICKEN’S FARE.

A GENTLE BREEZE KEEPS WAFTING THROUGH

SWAYS FLOWERS GENTLY TO AND FRO.

WITH MIND AND BODY GREATLY OVERWHELMED

A GRATEFUL PRAYER TO MY DEAR GOD IS HELD

FOR HIS CREATION, FOR FLOWERS SO BRIGHT

FOR CREATURES, ALL IN THE SUNNIEST LIGHT.

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

IF YOU THINK THAT YOU OWN A CAT ….

If you think that you own a cat,

there’s something that needs to be said:

Once shyness conquered

and tender love shared,

the cat now owns you instead!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

FREEDOM…..

FREEDOM IS WHEN BELLS ARE RINGING

ACROSS THE LAND AND OUT TO SEA

AND HAPPY PEOPLE GATHER SINGING

FOR EVERMORE WE’LL HAPPY BE!

TYRANNY IS WHEN PEOPLE SIGHING

WISTFUL YEARNING TO BE FREE,

WHEN IN FEAR AND DEATH DEFYING

THEY TRY TO BREATHE AND NOT TO SEE.

FREEDOM IS WHEN PAST DEFEATED,

PEOPLE CHEER AND LIVE AGAIN

IN PUBLIC PLACES, STANDING, SEATED

ALL CELEBRATING FREEDOM’S GAIN!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

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HOW WOMEN LOVE THEIR TELEPHONE!

How women love their telephone,

they talk, and yak and natter.

At its first ring they race towards it,

the sooner they reach it the better!

An exited ‘Hi!’ we hear them shriek

and on they start to babble

‘bout family and neighbours, friends,

and on and on they gabble.

Exhausted, with no time to spare,

they terminate their chatter,

and more phone calls will be made,

in idle, unproductive, matter.

Why can’t they be like men-folk do,

never talking nonsense,

with wisdom and with common-sense

their phone-talk always ends!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the- road.com

Comments are being accepted!

(If you are a woman, please try and keep it short.)

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE.....

MY FLOWERS GROW IN BRIGHTEST HUE

SWEET-SCENTING IN THE MORNING DEW,

WITH BEES THAT VISIT AND ENJOY THEIR OFF’RING

AND MOTHER BIRDS THAT GUIDE THEIR OFF-SPRING

THEY STALK AROUND AND SHOW THEIR CARE

AND POINT TO FOOD, THEIR CHICKEN’S FARE.

A GENTLE BREEZE KEEPS WAFTING THROUGH,

SWAYS FLOWERS GENTLY TO AND FRO.

WITH MIND AND BODY GREATLY OVERWHELMED,

A GRATEFUL PRAYER TO MY DEAR GOD IS HELD

FOR HIS CREATION: FOR FLOWERS SO BRIGHT

FOR CREATURES, ALL IN THE SUNNIEST LIGHT!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

ANOTHER LIMERICK.......

WITH MY NEW CAMERA I SENSE

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES, IMMENSE,

BUT I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND

HOW I CAN HOLD IN MY HAND

A SQUARE PICTURE FROM A ROUND LENS!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com

THERE IS AN ISLAND NORTH OF QUEENSLAND...

THERE IS AN ISLAND NORTH OF QUEENSLAND,

FROM THE WORLD SO FAR AWAY,

NATIVE CHILDREN PLAY ON BEACHES,

LAUGHING IN THE FOAMING SPRAY.

UNDER PALM TREES, IN THE WATERS,

PEOPLE GATHER FOOD AND STAY,

EATING, CHATTING, ALL TOGETHER,

WITH CIVIL’SATION FAR AWAY.

IN THEIR WORLD, SO QUAINT AND CARING,

ALL-SUSTAINING IN ITS WAY

AND THEIR ELDERS WITH THEIR DREAMING,

THEIR OWN TRADITION, IS THEIR WAY.

PASSED ALONG THROUGH GENERATIONS,

ALL THEIR WISDOM IN THEIR SAY,

WHO WANTS A CULTURE THAT’S SO ALIEN,

AND LIVING IN ANOTHER WAY?

KEEP YOUR RUGGED WORLD, YOU WHITE MAN,

FAR AWAY FROM US YOU STAY,

DO NOT ENCROACH, REMAIN IN DISTANCE,

LET US LIVE LIFE IN OUR WAY!

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org

http://www.life-on-the-road.com