inspired by Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC) of 7 January 2022, premiere.
As a nipper, not long off the nipple,
When I wanted more milk I caused ripples,
For the very first time,
Mum mixed vodka and lime,
Which then quickly became my new tipple.
Tried to come up with a limerick in French this morning but alas, the language escaped me.
Mister Bump 
If anyone is interested:
Pour nettoyer son foyer affreux,
L2,
Pour la première fois,
il a regretté son choix,
quand sa femme a allumé le feu.
which is approximately:
To clean his disgusting hearth
… something about climbing into the chimney…
For the first time,
He regretted his choice,
When his wife lit the fire.
But… words failed me.
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Gosh, you were lucky. I was just pushed on to water…..
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Turned me into the guy I am today!
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Damn, I should have been more forceful with mum. Vodka and gin you say? Cocktail fed through the bottle. Jeez, you must be a lion……
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no I’m a drunken wreck 🤣
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You gotta problem…..
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😂 I’m impressed! L2, Il utilise son chien assez beau?
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it was a shame cheminee is feminine, otherwise vieux would have fitted nicely.
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Not an easy language to speak, let alone write poems!
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I started off just going for common sounds. I found a site for rhymes (in French), thoughI didn’t understand half uf what it threw back at me. Also found a few for synonyms. That’s a kixcker because in French I generally only know one word for something. But, to no avail. I’d quite like to do it but it would’ve taken all day to come up with something, where it takes 5 minutes in English.
Foyer, for example. I had no idea it was also a hearth.
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Brilliant poem!
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Thanks, Michele. That’s kind.
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I don’t know how you write limericks on English, let alone French 😲
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they are so easy; it’s just counting.
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I obviously haven’t mastered that 🙂
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rhymezone is good. A couplet and a triplet. But just in terms of the syllables, it’s straightforward. It’s useful to keep a thesaurus handy, too.
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😊
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