Lockdown Limericks
1. Marion Thomas - Llanbister WI
The year that we all stayed at home
Like being encased in a tomb
Oxford or Pfizer
Do not mind either
As long as we once more can roam
2. Sylvia Bigglestone - Aberedw WI
The year that we all stayed at home
No chance of a quick flight to Rome!!
We mastered I.T
Our friends for to see,
And read the occasional tome
3, Penni Stevenson Secretary - Llanyre WI
The year that we all stayed at home
Shut inside, not allowed to roam
A wave behind glass
But these times will pass
Sir Tom sang, you’ll never walk alone
1st Place
* 4. Hermione Evans - New Radnor WI
* The year that we all stayed at home
* So eager to go for a roam
* We survived on cakes
* And lots of rump steaks
* Till wedged in our chairs all alone
5. Carolyn Price - New Radnor WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I’m lucky I wasn’t alone!
He trimmed up my hair,
With little to spare
And now I just don’t need a comb!
6. Linda Hawkes - Stowe and Stanage WI
The year that we all stayed at home
And no longer allowed to roam
The click of a mouse,
Meant we left the house,
Travelling via Google Chrome.
7. Dawn Gill - Llangunllo WI
The year that we all stayed at home
As the virus didn’t allow us to roam
We dressed like a scruff
And looked a bit rough
Lockdown over ? Oh my!! Where’s that comb ?
8. Derwyn Morgan – Cwmbach WI
The year that we all stayed at home
Was a time when we needed a comb
Hair foils and a snip
Find new clothes to fit
Breaking out to go for a roam
9. Ann Humphries - Aberedw WI
The year that we all stayed at home
We could not all go out to roam
Kate Bingham has been
A lifesaving Queen
And vaccines have saved us from doom
10. Maggie Flanders - Felindre WI
The Year that we all stayed at home
We weren’t permitted to roam.
I have ‘Covid hair’
But I don’t care –
I just use my own scissors and comb!
11. Jackie Smith - Dolau WI
The year that we all stayed at home
Locked down, given no chance to roam
Some perfected their arts
Some baked bread, cakes and tarts
No surprise, they put on a stone
12. Paula Randall – Chatterbrook WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I thought f**k this, I'll be a gnome,
At least I'll get sun,
And some fishing done,
While looking rather very handsome.
13. Frances Field - Chatterbook WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I polished my old metronome
and now I can play
'I did it my way'
on bagpipes as well as trombone!
14. Hilary Naylor - Whitton WI
The year that we all stayed at home
Tried new things (and old) all alone
The TV was friend
Joe Wicks made us bend
So that is how time has just flown
15. Susan Davies - New Radnor WI
The year that we all stayed at home
It was us and the dogs all alone
We gave them their bones
Not to have any moans
And 3 cheers 'cause now we can roam
16. Elizabeth Hughes – New Radnor WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I’m so glad that we could not roam,
Though jabs we have had,
It’s still really bad,
In Berlin and Paris and Rome.
3rd Place
* 17. Debby Amer - New Radnor WI
* The year that we all stayed at home
* No need for a mirror or comb
* Our hair it did grow
* It needed a mow
* Thank God for the pudding bowl dome!
18. Margaret Galliers - Chatterbrook WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I did away with hairbrush and comb
Ditched powder and paint
‘Twas a look I thought quaint
Till they called me Norma the Gnome
19. Maggie Flanders - Felindre WI
The year that we all stayed at home
We weren’t permitted to roam.
I have ‘Covid hair’
But I don’t care –
I just use my own scissors and comb!
20. Debbie Davies -Chatterbrook WI
The year that we all stayed at home
It was difficult not to roam
Any people you saw
It was jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw
It was better than being home alone!
21. Cynthia Sheppard - Dolau WI
The year that we all stayed at home
With only street or lane to roam
Horizons were narrowed
Brows became farrowed
And before long our mouths did foam.
22. Susan Ives - Clyro and Llowes WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I began to feel like a gnome,
stuck, watching life pass
Do nothing 'en masse'
'til, at last, we're again free to roam.
23. Ann Weir - Rhayader WI
The year that we all stayed in lockdown
Us women of better renown
were all making masks
plus all sorts of tasks
To be the best W.I. in town
24. Jenny Lowe - New Radnor WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I finished my favourite tome
Then out for a jog
With faithful old dog
On top of the hills we did roam
25. Jenny Keal - Aberedw WI
The year we that all stayed at home
The end of restrictions unknown
We all did our best
It was just a test
Of skill with the scissors and comb.
26. Chris Phillips - Rhayader WI
The year that we all stayed at home....
not far from our house could we roam
I loved to home bake
a house full of cake
and that's why we all gained a stone.
27. Shirley Jones – Rhayader WI
The year that we all stayed at home
no longer able to cwtch and roam
got out my old sewing machine
made bags for the covid team
making a difference to the unknown
2nd Place
* 28. Carol Charlson - Chatterbrook WI
* The year that we all stayed at home
* Denied of the freedom to roam
* Cupboards were sorted
* Meeting plans thwarted
* And flowers and veg were home grown
29. M.E. Morris - Clyro and Llowes WI
The year that we all stayed at home
I felt sad and so alone
no friends or relation
just radio squabbling nations
thank god for W.I. and the phone.
30. Without a name but another from Clyro and Llowes WI
The year that we all stayed at home
It was awful for those on their own
we helped where we could
and shopped as we should
then hoped that soon we could roam
Late Entry : (Not included in judging)
Brenda Cleaton - Llanyre WI
The year when we all stayed at home
we learned how to use google chrome
we met via zoom
a virtual room
oh if only I'd used my comb.