The Sanderson Sisters

Limerick poetry inspired by Hocus Pocus

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13 Poetic Days of Halloween Contest 2025  (E) Let your spooky poetry shine. Oct. 13th 12:01 am WDC time. - closes 11:59 pm WDC Oct 25th #2328177 by Witchy Yule Woman

Limerick Poetry ▶︎

A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland. The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9. The rhythm of the poem should go as follows: Lines 1, 2, 5: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak Lines 3, 4: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak This is the most commonly heard first line of a limerick: "There once was a man from Nantucket."

A big thank you for stephen.ret who recognized this spooky limerick with the following:



The Sanderson Sisters

There once was a witch named Winifred
Who owned an old spellbook lettered red
An old black cat named Binx
Proved to be a wicked Minx
And Winifred turned to stone in her bed.

Sarah was a dumb but beautiful witch
But the townspeople thought she was a bitch
She liked to flirt and sing
But, gosh it wasn’t spring
Bang bang, Sarah’s new home was a ditch

Mary’s a witch with a nose from hell
Kid, goblin, gremlin, goat, she can smell
Oh dear Salem the sun
One hour until its done
Hocus pocus look poof goes the spell