Poetry Friday: Wordle-imericks

I wrote a post last week about a random Wordle Poem rule I made up for myself. Sometimes I write a Wordle poem using my word choices, but I ALWAYS write a haiku (a Wordle-ku) if I get the answer in three guesses. (I rarely get the answer in three.)

I made up a new rule yesterday. If I get the answer in five, I will write a limerick. Or, as the case may be, a Wordle-imerick. (I often get the answer in five. Maybe this should be a suggestion, rather than a rule…)

3/12 party, laugh, mange, manga, mango

The party was held in Durango.
For a laugh, we danced a wild tango.
So wild we caught mange,
wrote a manga quite strange,
then went to the store for a mango.

(I didn’t say they’d always make sense. But I did get better.)

3/13 chair, champ, chalk, chase (yes, I broke the rule and used a four-word win)

There once was a child in a chair.
Said child had some gum in his hair.
He wasn’t a champ.
Chalk him up as a scamp
chased down with a threat and a glare.

3/19 glory, stare, shark, snark, spark

The ocean — a vast blue-green glory.
I stare at its unfolding story.
The fin of a shark,
and its sharp toothy snark
spark panic before beaches get gory.

They’re slightly addictive, but I’ll stop there. I have two more recent solved-it-in-fives that I’ll Wordle-imerick (it’s also a verb) safely out of sight in my notebook.

Rose has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup at Imagine the Possibilities. (Love that blog title!)

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23 thoughts on “Poetry Friday: Wordle-imericks”

  2. Very cool! The first one reminds me of Shel Silverstein? It’s fun how the words push you to wildness. I love the snarky shark.

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    1. 100%. I start with a word that seems juicy to write from, but the guesses after that are mostly are driven by getting the solution. No more starting with “adieu” every time!!!

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  10. I really need to jump on this wordle poem horse. These are such fun limericks. We had fun in class writing them on Monday. I wrote one during a soft lock down drill when I had eleven kids in the room and none of them (nor me) knew what to do in a soft lock down.
    Higgledy, piggledy, my kids eleven
    Couldn’t think of a rhyme for seven.
    They locked the class door
    and lay on the floor
    Higgledy, piggledy, my kids eleven.

    Total nonsense.

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  17. Mary Lee, after a stressful day, I am enjoying reading your new poem formats. Limericks always seem to bring sunshine and fun to readers. The Wordle-imerick about the child was a good one to smile about. Thanks for sharing your simply fun new spin on the limerick.

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