Happy New Week to you all and welcome, once again, to Esther Chilton’s regular Monday challenge.
Today, Esther’s one-word prompt is SMILE. So can you write a limerick using the word SMILE in it somewhere?
On a personal level, I was delighted when Esther told me that today’s word is SMILE. It reminded me of a wonderful approach to striking up a conversation that was gifted to me during my travels in the Caribbean . . .
. . . A friendly taxi driver told me, “On this island, we have a saying: Smile before you speak.“
Isn’t that lovely? It sets your encounter off on a good note.
If you want to swerve around the weekly prompt, please feel free to ignore it and write a limerick to suit your current mood and feelings. Just let it flow. Delight us all with your creativity.
Post your submissions in the Comments on this post.
Write to Inspire 
I’ve missed the last few weeks, so I will have to join in 🙂
I’ve had a life of trials
Stretching back for many miles
But it is true
What got me through
Is facing all with smiles
(NOT based on a true story except the smiling part 🙂 )
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There once was girl named Clare
Who had a disposition quite fair
She smiled at all
Both short and tall
Treating everyone with love and care
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Thanks Trent.
Keep smiling!
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There’s this sweet little girl called Inga,
She’s a face upon which to linger,
Her beautiful smile
Will often beguile,
Then twist you round her little finger!
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Having posted this I have an edited version … which I think scans better – sorry! 😊ttps://thehiddenedge.co.uk/2021/07/12/smile-monday-limerick-59/
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Very good. I like it!
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Thank you, Lance!
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Cute. Somehow, I’m imagining this narrated with a Brooklyn (or at least a New York) accent. 🙂
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🤣 nope! – Queen’s English only …
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To be honest, Queens and Brooklyn are so close that I can hardly tell the difference. 😉
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Ha ha. Well, I guess they both drop their Rs. A Boston accent would also do so. 🙂 (They all sound really different doing so, however.)
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The Japanese say all people have three faces – One they show to the world – One shown only to loved ones – The third being the real person – All three being hidden behind a smile .
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Always smile before you speak.
You’re bound to start on a winning streak.
Your mood is good,
And if he would,
You’ll soon be dancing cheek to cheek.
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While sunning herself by the Nile
Queen Cleo reminisced with a smile
She said to a flunky
‘That Mark Anthony’s hunky…
Do we have him perchance on speed dial?’
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Brilliant! I love it!
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Thank you Lance
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Yes . Sorry I was in Prague for 5 weeks. And my book marketing campaign is going to start soon, plus I am doing the last proofreading… stress, but re-joining you clever witty people will be nice.
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I smile so happily
My mind is rapidly
Remembering how
To write a limerick now
But it turned out a bit crappily!
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I absolutely agree with the Taxi Driver from the Caribbean a smile always helps. Talking of which here is my Limerick.
There was a young laundress named Jane
Who found her work a huge pain.
So she threw in the sponge with a smile
Then ran a one minute mile
Never to be seen at the laundry again!
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There are two types of girls – Those who do , and those who don’t – But the ones I like the best – Are the ones who say they don’t – But look as though they do !!
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