April is National Poetry Month. And May celebrates the birthday of a famous limerick writer, Edward Lear. We asked the WORLDkids audience to try spinning out a few limericks. Here are the ones we received.

A mouse named Lou lived in a zoo.

Lou did not want to live in that zoo.

That night under light,

She looked left and right. 

Lou finally made it out of that zoo.

— Skye C.

A narwhal named Sam had a horn 

But it was so sharp he would mourn 

Then he pierced through some dough 

And what do you know...

Our delicious donuts were born!

— Sienna C. 

Once a gathering was in a jam

Because there was only a small ham

They went to the store 

To buy a bit more

Only to find a run on ham

— Lorna, age 12

"The Boring Young Baby"

There was once a boring young baby

Who sat beside a bored lady.

The baby then snored

The lady then roared

And went to the city of Maidy.

— David Q., age 8

"A Skinless Sight"

There was a horse I did ride

Until it fell on its hide.

Now the great merit,

Which I did inherit,

Is my fallen, skinless pride.

— Kenni L.

Joel Bellis, age 8, wrote the following limerick about his dog Shiloh:

Lying on her back, 

she flips over

She races after a squirrel at Dover

She hops in a car

Going very far

I am glad she is my rover.

The Rusty Old Car

There once was this rusty old car from Honolulu,

People who drive it are cuckoo.

It sputtered and broke down,

It was an ugly dark brown.

So it was put in a habitat at the zoo.

— Joshua G., age 11