Limerick writing Mark 4 (animal, vegetable and mineral)

(NanK fluorite as in mineral - play on words! - or were you being sarky? As if I'd touch alcohol - drunk in charge of a limerick??!! )

(Think we're losing the pom-di-poms again, so here's AlieO's template:

Di pom di di pom di di pom di
Di pom di di pom di di pom di

Di pom di di pom
Di pom di di pom

Di pom di di pom di di pom di

The black syllables are emphasised, the not-black ones are not.

Apologies Mini you were just too knowledgeable for me and I thought your computer had put in the word they thought you wanted.

Thanks for the Pom Di Pom info I need to update myself.

(Revised)

Then thought, Stone the crows!

(No apology needed NanK!!! Oh, if only I were really knowledgeable Serves me right for trying to be too cryptic! It did look like a predictive text substitute!)

So, to recap:

The wise owl fluorite up to the sky
And peered down to the fat juicy fly

He said 'I'll cop her'

(I think the template was from Elegran - and I got the cryptic mineral!)

With my gold topper

Put her in a diamond-shaped pie!

There once was a dame who had gold teeth

Who went snorkelling in the barrier reef.

(hope a reef can be accepted as a vegetable

A silver shark in some weed.

Went in search of some gold-coloured sea-seed

( PapaO too long for line 4!! )

Went in search of some gold seed (I hope!)

(Still too long PO)

Searched for some gold seed

And put diamonds in a round wreath.

Meanwhile, at the Elephant and Castle

All the gnus were in a big hassle

The Zebras had all gone up west

With a gold watch and a bird's nest

The elk wore a platinum tassle.

There was a young gal who loved moonstones.

(Third and fourth line: 'Di pom di di pom'....not longer!)

(sorry NanKate)

There was a young gal who loved moonstones.

And fire opals with their multi tones