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Madeleine Begun Kane
@madkane.bsky.social
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#Humor #Writer, #Political #Poet: #Limericks, #Haiku, #Rhyme
Limerick-Off Host, Robert Benchley Society Humor Award Winner,
Retired #Lawyer & #Musician, based in #NYC. #Leguminati
#OG #Blogger & still at it here: http://www.madkane.com/
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madkane.bsky.social
Our nation, alas, is now hated
By old allies, their rage unabated.
#Trump of course is the cause;
He spews bile without pause.
#Xi & #Putin, no doubt, are elated.

#Limericks #Poetry #News #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #NATO #Norway #Sweden #Denmark #Greenland #EU #Italy #UK #Germany #France #Canada
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM
madkane.bsky.social
My muse flew the coop!
All I've managed to cook up:
This #half-baked haiku.

#InkMine #Bake #HaikuChallenge #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Humor #Humour #LightVerse #Poets #PoetryCommunity
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 PM
madkane.bsky.social
"When somebody calls
me #over-emotional,
I'm so galled, I bawl."

#Emoetry #HaikuChallenge #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Humor #Humour #LightVerse #Poets #PoetryCommunity
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
madkane.bsky.social
I'm often #nonplussed
by confusing contronyms.
Kindly sanction them.

#Emoetry #Nonplussed #HaikuChallenge #Haiku #Senryu #Language #Writing #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Humor #Humour #LightVerse #Poets #PoetryCommunity
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 AM
madkane.bsky.social
“Do I eat like a #horse? Nay,” said Ray.
“So stop saying I do, right away!
I stand falsely accused
And feel bruised, yet amused,
For the truth is I never touch hay!”

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Horse #Animals #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems #PoetryCommunity
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
madkane.bsky.social
Though quite young when I started to gray,
I refused to say, “Gray, go away!”
In the decades gone by
I have never used dye.
Mess with #nature? My answer is “Nay!”

#HaikuChallenge #Nature #Aging #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Writing #Poems #PoetryCommunity
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
madkane.bsky.social
My endurance in #gym class was poor.
I was slow, klutzy, small, and what’s more,
The mere sight of a ball
Made me duck. After all,
My two goals were “Break nothing! Don’t score!”

#vssdaily #Gym #Athletics #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
madkane.bsky.social
A #curmudgeon was in a foul mood —
Even worse than his usual tude.
So his concert review
Read in bold letters, “BOO!”
He was paid by the word … so not shrewd.

Happy #CurmudgeonDay!

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems #PoetryCommunity #Writing #Reviews
January 29, 2026 at 11:02 PM
madkane.bsky.social
The full #scope of Trump's evil is broad:
He sends #ICE out to raid & maraud.
He breaks laws willy-nilly.
And this one's a dilly:
It's treason to fail to applaud.

#vssdaily #Scope #Poetry #News #MicroPoetry #Limericks #Resist #Trump #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #PoetryCommunity #Pretti #Good
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
madkane.bsky.social
OY! Tomorrow's #KazooDay & I can't imagine why:

I am NOT a big fan of #kazoos.
The mere sound of one makes me think “Booze!”
What loser invented
That plaything demented?
Buzz off, cuz I’m getting the blues!

#Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Toys
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 AM
madkane.bsky.social
Ev'ry #ICE agent sure needs constraining.
And of course they require more training.
But their evil acts flow
Down from Donald, and so
All my hope for our nation is #waning.

#vss365 #Wane #Trump #Noem #Limericks #Poetry #News #MicroPoetry #Poems #Resist #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #Pretti #Good
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
madkane.bsky.social
The #law is our friend. How I miss it!
I remember when actions #illicit
Weren't taken each day:
#Trump decrees; fiends obey.
Law's their prey, so they slay as they diss it.

#Emoetry #illicit #Ice #Pretti #Good #Poetry #Limericks #News #MicroPoetry #Resist #Trump #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
January 26, 2026 at 9:19 PM
madkane.bsky.social
#Heavy snow's thrown me deep in a slump.
(Yes I probably sound like a grump.)
Though I know that it's lame
To attempt to cast blame,
By default I shall fault Donald #Trump.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Blizzard #Emoetry #Snow #Weather #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
madkane.bsky.social
Though I shouldn't, I doomscroll each day,
Which is NOT a great way to feel gay.
So I'm frequently #gloomy.
My fault? Yes, so sue me!
I'll stop when those fiends go away.

#Emoetry #Gloomy #Poetry #News #MicroPoetry #Resist #Trump #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #Limericks #Limerick #Writing
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 PM
madkane.bsky.social
#Weather forecasts have made me dejected,
For a #mountain of snow is expected
In New York, where I live.
So I hope you'll forgive
Me for wanting that storm redirected.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Mountain #Snow #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Writing #Poems #NYC
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
madkane.bsky.social
Trump's behavior is widely deplored.
Yet his wrongdoing's largely ignored
By Republican pols
Who are vile wind-up dolls.
They're the reason our nation's #unmoored.

#Vss365 #Unmoor #Poetry #Limerick #Limericks #News #MicroPoetry #Poems #Resist #Trump #Enablers #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 PM
madkane.bsky.social
Please stop #smoking already. Don’t dicker.
#Tobacco will end your life quicker.
Have a heart, as I air
This advice, cuz I care:
Be kind to your lungs & your ticker.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Smoke #Health #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity #Writing
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
madkane.bsky.social
Though my limerick tale is fiction, it feels way too plausible:

A fabulous #writer named Herb
Was famed for his essays superb.
But a fake AI tweet
In his name drew such heat,
That the poor man was kicked to the #curb.

#VssDaily #Curb #AI #Slop #Limericks #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Poets #Authors
January 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
madkane.bsky.social
While owning a home can be nice,
It isn’t all sugar & spice:
After #snow & ice falls
There’s no landlord for calls
About shov’ling. That’s part of the price.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Snow #Winter #Weather #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writing
January 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM
madkane.bsky.social
A #Limerick for Customer Service Day:

A seamstress would frequently snap
At her patrons, increasing the gap
Between income & cost.
Seems her bus’ness was lost
Cuz of failure to button her yap!

#CustomerService #CustomerServiceDay #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
madkane.bsky.social
A #wonky young fellow named Ned
Was bright & extremely well-read.
His mind never stopped
As for data he shopped,
Shoving factoids arcane in his head.

#vss365 #wonky #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity #Writing #WritingCommunity
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
madkane.bsky.social
Sundry word games are making me daft.
I pretend they’re improving my craft.
But I’ll play till I drop,
Though I know I should stop.
Now I’m drowning. Don’t laugh! Where’s my #raft?

#vssdaily #Raft #Words #Language #Games #Wordle #Connections #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #LightVerse #WordGames
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
madkane.bsky.social
I went gray at a premature age,
But embraced it and hoped to look sage.
For a lawyer sans penis
Back then? Mars v. Venus!
Young, female, and short — NOT the #rage!

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Rage #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
madkane.bsky.social
"I am begging you: Throw me a bone
Cuz I need you to #float me a loan.
Yes, it's true I was sauced
When I gambled and lost.
But I'll pay you back. When? Time unknown."

#VssDaily #Float #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Money #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
madkane.bsky.social
An old woman was feeling cooped up.
So she sat on her #stoop with her pup
And attempted to write
Something witty and bright.
Did she pen something trite? Alas, YUP!

#Vss365 #Stoop #Writing #Creativity #Writers #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #Poets #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM