Here's a batch of Lovecraftian Limericks from alt.horror.cthulhu: There was a young plebe Miskatonic, Whose story was really ironic, He read an old book, And took a good look, And now he's a high priest of the Cthonic. - Jonathan Sivier (j-sivier@staff.uiuc.edu) There was a young plebe Miskatonic, Whose story was really ironic, He read an old book, And took a good look, Now he's Cthulhu's high colonic. - Bill Tigrak [posted by Jonathan Sivier (j-sivier@staff.uiuc.edu)] There was a young man from Innsmouth..... Who cheerfully plighted his trowth To a series of wives And their nuptial dives Were the scandalous talk of the South! - Jonathan Burns (burns@latcs2.lat.oz.au) There once was a Mi-Go from Mars Who took people out past the stars He'd skillfully drain Each one of their brain And he never would leave any scars. - Dennis Maggard (dmaggard@access.digex.net) I knew a young woman whose dreams would stalk the night streets of Orleans leaving trails of ichor which confounded the vicar who vanished 'midst blood-curdling screams - Dave D Rahbari (LeStief@world.std.com) Confused was the young Innsmouth feller About the youth of the average town dweller He wondered a lot Where the old folks had got But now he knows, and he hides in his cellar - Arthur Levesque (bs@boog.org) Yog-Sothoth most surely is great, The Old Ones upon on him do wait, But who would believe That every May Eve Lavinia Whateley's his date? - Dennis Maggard (dmaggard@access.digex.net) There once was a black goat named Shub, Who suggested men give her a rub, Soon she started to growl, From the woods came a howl, And in nine months she spawned her a cub! - Darren Sullivan (speedbmp@ix.netcom.com) There once was a black goat in the forest, Whose taste in sex partners was the poorest, She mounted a stump, Shoved a limb up her rump, And made her huge orifice the sorest. - Darren Sullivan (speedbmp@ix.netcom.com) A German inside his U-boat Deep in the Atlantic did float, When it ran aground A temple he found That glowed in the darkness to gloat. - Dennis Maggard (dmaggard@access.digex.net) Pickman used models exotic Well-versed in matters necrotic, They're burrowing still Out under Copp's Hill And all who know are psychotic. - Dennis Maggard (dmaggard@access.digex.net) There was a young writer from Providence Who brilliantly coined his own evidence Like weird-sounding names (which spawned role-playing games) And dark tomes about alien revenants - Az0th (azoth@netcom6.netcom.com) The Necronomicon?? *You* can't be shown one! While the libraries *never* will loan one! But if it's so rare And guarded with care Why does every nut case seem to own one? - Dennis Maggard (dmaggard@access.digex.net) There once was a fellow named Blake Of Trapezohedrons he spake; But his soul got posessed. The moral? "Don't mess With Azathoth, for goodness sake!" - Daniel Snyder (snydder@ocf.Berkeley.EDU) The ticket said "One way to Yuggoth" And the pilot was a big purple moth They took my brain out of place And put it into a case Then screamed 'Ia Ia' and took off -Ben Swinburn (bs@u.washington.edu) Nyarlathotep loves to play gin So I had him deal me in I bet my life which ended in strife When the cards we used ate off my skin -Ben Swinburn (bs@u.washington.edu) The Mi-Go will fly you to space With tact and discretion and grace; They'll make your excuses And run little ruses-- And all to make sure you save face... - Steven B. Harris There was a Great Old One, Cthulhu, Who wanted a trendy new hair-do. Strange aeons he spent With his tendrils all bent - That he longed for an afro, well, who knew? There once was an amorous shoggoth, Who yearned for a mi-go from Yuggoth, But the mi-go, it fled With unreasoning dread And told the poor shoggoth to bug off. There was young lady from Maine, Who said "I shall make it quite plain, That from Innsmouth I shan't Choose a husband who can't From dating young tadpoles abstain." - Andrew Nellis (bs904@freenet.carleton.ca) People thought old Alhazred a loon. His life ended terribly soon. His quest for dark knowledge Went far beyond college. He was eaten by a demon, at noon. - Jim Goldfrank (jimgold@aol.com) There once was a young guy from Fuggoth Who fell deep in love with a sluggoth He tried to make time, But was foiled by the slime And so told the sluggoth to fuggoth. - Jim Goldfrank (jimgold@aol.com) There once was a dreamer from Yuggoth Who wrote of such beings as the Nug-Soth; But they hated his work -- 'He had too many quirks'! I wish these damned critics would ____ off! - James Ambuehl (jamesambuehl@webtv.net) Randolph Carter was a writer of fiction Who thought hanging in cemetaries was bitchin' But he stayed out too late And that tempted fate And now it turns out ol' Warren is missin' - Kali (darkstoriez@yahoo.com) Nyarlathotep is my favorite Elder God For worshipping him people think me odd But they'll all be cryin' When they are dyin' And I couldn't think of something clever that rhymes with God - Kali (darkstoriez@yahoo.com)