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Lone Star Limericks has been so much fun!

Every rhyme and rhythm, joke and pun!

Thanks so much for writing,

Now here's something exciting:

Let's announce the people who've won!

Enjoy these winning submissions from the 3rd Annual Lone Star Limericks Competition!

1st Place: Joel Kravitz

So, you were riding high in the saddle

Now you're up a creek with no paddle.

Tis nobler in the mind

To get off your behind...

And make that Sea Of Troubles skedaddle!

2nd Place: Darlene Campos

The best pit stop has a beaver

The clean restrooms make you a believer

Yet others try to compete

As if Buc-ee's can be beat

By a beaver lacking deceiver

3rd Place: Martha Van Garza

Try Austin, it's scenic and hilly!

Eat barbeque, tacos, and chili!

Tour haunted hotels,

Then climb Mount Bonnell,

And you can be higher than Willie!

Honorable Mention #1: Natalie Hulsey

Austin, Texas, should I ever leave

This quirky and so-called progressive reprieve

I can't recall

A Texas that accepts ALL y'all

Please help me believe

Honorable Mention #2: Shelley Vinyard

What's prickly with blood that is cold

And has more than ten kids? (so we're told.)

Is it Texas' state lizard

Or Musk the tech wizard?

If you ask me, they're both horny toads!

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Congratulations to the winners of Lone Star Limericks 2024!!!

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