Frank and Ernest by Thaves for October 18, 2022

But he only wrote 57 of them.

Not to be confused with the “girl from Nantucket” …

Haiku? Gesundheit!

He did just one type due to countless anxieties

Or he would’ve had 57 varieties.

Good one!

When he tried to do more,

The result was so poor,

Now he just sits there and whines.

and he didn’t want them runny so he didn’t make them funny

Should be: “There once was a poet …” to give 8 syllables to both lines.

“Likker is kwiker,

But candee is dandee."

Did Heinz live in Nantucket? Asking for a friend.

…He lived in a condo-

ment only for John Doe…

He changed his name to Acrisure (onl Steeler fans will get this).

The 57 in Heinz 57, was a made up number, it sounded good to Heinz, so I am told.

Frank and Ernie will be back with a bushel of tomatoes to throw at the wall…!

There once was a cartoonist named Thaves, who on GoComics is one of my faves.

but he retired before he was fired

Seven in line one your clue

But eight syllables in line two

There once was a man from Corfu,

Whose limericks ended on line two.

There once was a man from Verdun.

Any poem could have just two lines depending on how long you’re willing to make the lines. And the paper.

But he was such a tool, he broke his own rule,

and ended up getting two fines…

That poem has the form of the first two lines of a limerick.

Anyone want to “limerick-ize” it? Just three lines to go.

In letter so tall,

Writ on the wall.

The city had to erase Heinz’s signs.

There once was a poet named HeinzWhose verses had only two lines

I think that scans just a bit better…

Suddenly he discovered one day,

to his bewilderment and dismay,

ev’r’ything he wrote accident’lly rhymed.

I have written only one poem in my life. It’s a haiku (Japanese literary form of 5-7-5 syllables). Here it is for your amusement:

How to hang TP:

Loose end over front of roll

Unless you have cats.

There once was… would make the lines’ rhythm match up better.

If you can pronounce the name Heinz / I’ll buy us a couple of pints.