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Laura’s Art Shoppe Limerick Contest 2015

First Prize: Jerry Jordison
First Prize: Jerry Jordison

A Cobalt miner named Fred
Bent over and bumped his head.
When he looked down
Silver nuggets he found
But went straight to bed instead.


Second Prize: Diane Armstrong
Second Prize: Diane Armstrong

A boardinghouse lady from Cobalt
Yelled to the judge, “it’s not my fault.
I took miners in
Then they sold my gin.”
Said the bootlegging lady from Cobalt.


Third Prize: Emma Laughlin
Third Prize: Emma Laughlin

We worked at Kerr Lake at a mine site
Finding silver from morn until late night.
The digging was hard
But boss was a bard,
His poems and his songs a delight.