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Sunday 21 October 2012

Failure to launch

Cleopatra was lover to
Caesar and Anthony too,
She ruled half the world,
dressed in turquoise and blue.
And the skeptics who tried
and failed Cleopatra to woo
predicted her downfall
and claimed her a
‘Failure to launch’.

Joan of Arc, stripped the bark
From the deep rooted tree of convention,
And nobody watching her
Ever guessed her intention,
But she remained satisfied
Left to her own invention,
And the doubters said, watch, her certain
‘Failure to launch’.

Mother Theresa came good in Calcutta,
that city of lepers and slums,
Never knew mathematics,
but was a past master of sums.
She lived with the dregs, the harlots,
the down and out bums.
And the sisters said guilty, guilty of
‘Failure to launch.

Elizabeth the second ruled
For a lifetime or more,
And many detractors decreed her
a failure for sure.
Her courtesans claimed she was
Little more than a whore,
And told all the Commonwealth, merely a
‘Failure to launch.’

And I hear there’s a lady
Who lives in a riverside lane,
Who is purely a winner and winner
And winner again.
And some people tell her
Her efforts are surely in vain,
And wrongly predict her a guaranteed
‘Failure to launch.


Dedicated to ladies who believe in themselves. per exampla: Mad maddie!

5 comments:

  1. Very well done!

    And congratulations to Patience for an Honorable Mention in last week's Limerick-Off. Great job: Limerick of the Week 84.

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    1. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ENCOURAGEMENT. REGARDS, P+P.

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    1. So wrap your heart warm,
      or wrap your heart cool
      recline on a chaise longue
      or straddle a stool.

      It's a question of perception!
      Never be afraid. Thank you again.

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    2. Thank you for the "Never be afraid."

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