Posted: January 5, 2025   •   Posted in: Community

A limerick from a Wymondham Quaker

We were delighted to receive a limerick from Miranda a Wymondham Quaker. Wymondham Quaker Meeting is part of the Norfolk & Waveney Area Meeting, as are we in Beccles.

A peace seeking Quaker from Wymondham
Bought white poppies and everywhere pinned them.
When asked for the reason,
She said ‘it’s the season
To work for the Peaceable Kingdom.’

A smallholding Quaker near Norwich
Had an inordinate craving for porridge.
When she ran out of oats
She said to her goats
‘We’ll just have to go out and forage.’

The elderly quakers of Wymondham
Wanted young folks but just couldn’t find em
So with smartphones and Zoom
and more chairs in the room
They waited in faith to befriend ‘em.

Those persistent old Quakers at Wymondham
Thought “the world has left us behind them,
But we’ll show them a trick
Make a good limerick
Though we feared that The Friend would have binned them.’

*The Friend is a Quaker publication that comes out weekly. https://www.thefriend.org/

Miranda (Wymondham Quakers)