𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭

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Australian poet, limerick, poem, poetry

𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬  𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞  𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧  𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭

Who tied up the Nazis in knots?

Who fired, and who took the most shots?

Who smashed the most tanks?

(It wasn’t the Yanks)

No, it was the Russians you clots!

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, poem, poetry

𝐓𝐡𝐞  𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝  𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲  𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤  𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤

Our tank, it did not have a flaw,

But we don’t have to think any more,

About whom we will fight,

What is wrong, what is right;

We just follow the Yanks into war.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫

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Australian poet, Dalai Lama, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞  𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫

Some Lama is now in the news.

It seems that he has some loose screws.

He did what? I see!

Well sonny if he

Says “Suck on my tongue!” Just refuse.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, poem, poetry, Shanghai

𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

I bought a shanghai from Shanghai.

It backfired and took out my eye!

(Shanghai — Australian sling-shot)

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, Homosexuality, limerick, Mark Latham, Mark Latham Tweet, poem, poetry

𝐓𝐨𝐨  𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡  𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

(for Mister M.L.)

Away with your grisly details

Of secrets of males upon males!

Such love is pristine!

It’s sacred and clean!

And that is the view that prevails!

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲!”

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Rise of China

𝐓𝐡𝐞  𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭  𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 “𝐇𝐨𝐰  𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐞  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲!”

How dare the Chinese grow so strong!

Fe fi fo! Fe fi fo! Fe fong!

Diminutive race!

They should know their place!

China number one? That’s so wrong!

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Moby Dick, Nord Stream Pipeline, poem, poetry

𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐲  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞

The latest theory has been hatched,

Of how the pipeline was despatched:

That to keep the Krauts cold

Those damned Russians, we’re told,

Sent a whale with explosives attached.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Nord Stream Pipeline, Occam's Razor, poem, poetry

𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

Confused by the spin and the lies?

You’ll find Occam’s Razor applies:

Look at motive and means.

Look at who spilled the beans.

Then it’s simple: the Yanks did it guys.

— D.N. O’Brien

𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐎𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞

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Acts of War, Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Nord Stream Pipeline, poem, poetry, U.S. blows up Nord Stream2

𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬  𝐎𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬  𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞

“I can turn off those valves” Putin said,

“So no gas to the Germans is fed.

It’s the simplest of jobs —

Just a twist of some knobs;

But I’ll blow up our pipeline instead.”

— D.N. O’Brien

Hit the road Jac!

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Australian poet, Jacinda Ardern New Zealand Prime Minister, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

𝐇𝐢𝐭  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝  𝐉𝐚𝐜!

She’s fallen — farewell Kiwi sister.

Goodbye, have her faithful fans kissed her.

She’d bit off far more

Than her impressive jaw

Could chew — so adieu communista.

— D.N. O’Brien