EGBERT THE ADORABLE OCTOPUS & OTHER NONSENSE VERSE

Egbert the Octopus can be viewed, in all his high-IQ'd-ness and adorability, on YouTube.

Egbert the Octopus
is so damn cute
& smarter than u
(the point is moot)
'cause he doesn't pollute
when he commutes,
only, perhaps,
when he (ahem)  "poots"!
—michael r. burch

I have also seen the diminutive Einstein's name rendered as Eggbert the Octopus.



Monarch
by Michael R. Burch

I had a little caterpillar,
it wove a cocoon for its villa.
When I blinked an eye

This is a collection of limericks by Michael R. Burch, along with limerick-like poems and other poems written in limerick meter. This limerick collection contains double limericks, triple limericks, and a new version of the double dactyl that I invented, called the "dabble dactyl."

Nevermore!
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride? "

"Nevermore! " bright-eyed Raven replied.

These are poems that may qualify as doggerel ...

The Humpback
by Michael R. Burch

The humpback is a gullet
equipped with snarky fins.
It has a winning smile:
and when it SMILES, it wins
as miles and miles of herring
excite its fearsome grins.
So beware, unwary whalers,
lest you drown, sans feet and shins!

The Blobfish
by Michael R. Burch

These are poems about animals such as ants, canaries, ducks, dromedaries, elephants, hippos, rhinos, mockingbirds, pelicans and ravens.

The Hippopotami
by Michael R. Burch

There’s no seeing eye to eye
with the awesomely huge Hippopotami:
on the bank, you’re much taller;
going under, you’re smaller
and assuredly destined to die!

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On the Horns of a Dilemma (I)
by Michael R. Burch

These are examples of light verse and nonsense verse that I have written for readers of all ages ...

Ars Brevis, Proofreading Longa
by Michael R. Burch

for Brooke Clark

Poets may labor from sun to sun,
but their editor's work is never done.

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Dry Hump
by Michael R. Burch

You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower springs to life at once,
but joy’s a wan illusion to the expert:
the Bedouin has learned how not to want.

This page contains double limericks, a rare triple limerick, and a new version of the double dactyl that I invented, called the "dabble dactyl."

An advanced degree from the University of Limerick is required before one begins to dabble in in the dreadfully complex double limerick! Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, but he never tangled with this fiendishly complicated beast! And I have even attempted the terrifying triple limerick! Tread lightly in your light verse, for hic sunt dracones (“here be dragons”) …