Limericks with very strict rules (4) - 88558

A person called Percy from Perth
Aroused many feelings of mirth
He dressed like an elf
Too big for a shelf

A person called Percy from Perth
Aroused many feelings of mirth
He dressed like an elf
Too big for a shelf
He's been rather odd since his birth.

Sylvester likes playing the drum

Sylvester likes playing the drum
He’s paid an incredible sum

Sylvester likes playing the drum
So loud that it maddens his Mum

Sylvester likes playing the drum
So loud that it maddens his Mum
She soundproofed his room

Sylvester likes playing the drum
So loud that it maddens his Mum
She soundproofed his room
To deaden the boom

Sylvester likes playing the drum
So loud that it maddens his Mum
She soundproofed his room
To deaden the boom
It cost her a mighty big sum.

As I sit here and look outside

As I sit here and look outside
I’m posting, hope no-one else tried

As I sit here and look outside
I’m posting, hope no-one else tried
No, you got in first

As I sit here and look outside
I’m posting, hope no-one else tried
No, you got in first
I must try, I must

As I sit here and look outside
I`m posting, hope no-one else tried
No, you got in first
I must try, I must
My talent must not be denied

I was meant to be a poet

I was meant to be a poet
But no one else appeared to know it

I was meant to be a poet
But no one else appeared to know it
I penned many lines

I was meant to be a poet
But no one else appeared to know it
I penned many lines
In hope that the signs

I was meant to be a poet
But no one else seemed to know it
I penned many lines
In hope that the signs
Of talent would begin to show it.

My poems, they fill many books

My poems, they fill many books
In bookshops, they get loads of looks

My poems, they fill many books
In bookshops, they get loads of looks
I'm a best-seller

My poems, they fill many books
In bookshops, they get loads of looks
I'm a best-seller,
Good story teller

My poems, they fill many books
In bookshops, they get loads of looks
I'm a best-seller,
Good story teller
My work’s as good as Rupert Brooke’s

Today I fell flat on my face

Today I fell flat on my face
Why did I run in this race?

Today I fell flat on my face
Oh why did I run in this race?
I should know better

Today I fell flat on my face
Oh why did I run in this race?
I should know better
I’m a regretter

Today I fell flat on my face
Oh why did I run in this race?
I should know better
I’m a regretter
And my language was a disgrace!?

In future I’ll take much more care

In future I’ll take much more care
I certainly won’t do a ‘dare’

In future I’ll take much more care
I certainly won’t do a ‘dare’
The pavement you see