I think the term 'Limerick' may have been copyrighted by someone else.

It is a verse where line 1,2,5 rhyme, and 3,4 rhyme.

Cute little snippet, relieved it was about death in a very light hearted way.

Note to self:-

'You would do well to pay attention to the confusion engendered by your poetry and even your attempts at clarification. This and your previous poems show that you have an ability to come up with striking images and metaphors from time to time, but they always get lost in grammar/syntax that is simply poor, and a linguistic style that is bafflingly alien and makes me wonder if English is a second language for you. Given the unclear quality of your "clarification," I would suggest a grounding in basic communication prior to moving on to advanced endeavors such as poetry.'

The laughing gnome fallen victim to an axe attack.

Yes I once new a nice jewish girl. We split up because she abhorred my opinions on the holocaust. I didn't have any opinions, told her I didn't even know there had been one.

Oh well, anyway a nicely written poem

LSD?!

pink, orange, gold, amber.

Not bad but I have never seen midnight grey, and the midnight is already blue so there is not need to mention violet skies (a bit of a colour clash too).

there is a sound to irony, and this is not far off.

The war bit and the pills bit look as if they shouldn't be there. Otherwise nicely told

Afraid I could not work out the last two lines. Which is a shame because the poem built up well.

peter is always such a coy word to use, nice juxtaposition with wipes it on me.

Older enough to do it is not grammatical. Try stopping the haiku at 'until I'm older' only 23 syllables then.

Try with a couple of startling images. Otherwise the poem is quite difficult to grasp. Not badly written.

Good, a few nits.

Lines 4-9 seem choppy compared to the rest. I am not sure carrying on a sentence on the next line when you have just rhymes drunk with sunk works.

For me the sunk rhyme stops the piece before the new line.

Fine as far as it goes. The best haikus though are nature ones which portray a bond between images. There is no image here just abstract.

So true.

As sun is the same colour of jaundice, it is unlikely to take it away, just a thought.

The hand around finger bit at the start is a nice touch to tell the reader you are talking about a baby.

good

wherefore art thou guilded age of long ago?

The end is trite. The idea that yes there is a meaning to life is one which you can not adequately defend.

The rest of it is quite good, zippy.

The nothing more nothing less parts are not needed I think. The reader should come to his own conclusion on the interplay between the two.

Other than that, really good, certainly one of the most polished I have seen.

the, with, by, the, on. Five syllables gone saying nothing, that is a whole line.