Silly Geese Limericks

  Geese Painting by Ukrainian painter Serdyuk Boris 

“Two Silly Geese for Sartre”

To see Sartre’s play, he paid with two geese

He thought it would make his nausea cease

Alas, 'twas in bad faith!

The world became a wraith

Gone were his silly geese and soul’s peace.

“The Goose Named Moose”

There once was a goose named Moose

Who carried on her back small papoose

When her gosling would squawk

She would continue to walk

With nary a care her baby would get loose.

“The Horse of Absolute Agreement” 

The horse of absolute agreement

Shook his head ‘cause it was convenient;

But everyone thought

That “Neigh!” he besought

Was a new act of disagreement. 

“The Duck”

There once was a duck who clucked,

Which caused all the chickens to run amuck,

It caused such a stir

That the farmers conferred

And decided to flee in a truck.

“The Tiny Tale of the Ginormous, Gargantuan, Glum Human Square”

I know a miserable man of ten feet, in length and in width.

I can assure you, he is no myth.

He is shaped like a fleshy, enormous square,

And possesses a singular strand of white hair.

Every night, the square-man drowns his sorrows in absinthe.

“Goose from Bangkok”

There once was a goose from Bangkok 

Who lost his favorite pair of socks

In vain he tried to

Find them in his stew

Alas, they were lost in the pot.

“Empty Nest”

An empty goose nest once occupied 

Stood on the shore’s edge; the ebb of tide

Embraced it calmly,

Swallowed to sea and

Dark, where its fallen angels abide.

“Little Duckling”

A little duckling who knows me

Every day, it’s him that I see

He waddles and walks

But will always balk

At the very sight of a bee.

“From an Old Maple Tree”

There was a lucky family

Who lived in an old maple tree

Every hour they’d look

And see a babbling brook

With fish, ducks, and oh! Of course — geese.

“Flying Goose?”

When the goose tried fluttering his wings

He managed to fly high like the kings.

But balance he lacked

To land he fell back

He lay there intact with all his limbs. 

“Song of Spring”

Every duck and goose loves to sing

Don’t you know? It’s their favorite thing

Their music divine

And songs all sublime 

And guess what — it’s the song of spring.