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Nolcha Fox is this week’s esteemed Poet of the Week for the W3 Poetry Prompt #191. She wants us to send 2025 off with a giggle 🤭. Her challenge is to amuse her with a poem of ten lines or fewer that places someone—or something—in a delightfully improbable location. Think sharks in a bathtub, a dragon in a bar, or any unexpected visitor turning up where it clearly doesn’t belong.

I hope my limerick raises at least a small smile. I certainly laughed while writing it, and I hope it brings you a giggle, a titter, or a festive-season chuckle. And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, may I still wish you joy and merriment all the same.

It is my pleasure to present The Operatic Haddock! 🐟

The Operatic Haddock

Once upon a time in Manhattan,
There was a fish dressed up in pink satin,
He was singing a song,
But his top notes went wrong—
When served in a dish of cheese gratin.


—Lesley Scoble, December 2025

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Song – The Operatic Haddock🎶

I hope you find this song at least slightly amusing 🐟

THANK YOU
My thanks to Nolcha Fox for her inspirational prompt to amuse.
My thanks, as always, to the Maestro, David, for his constant poetic encouragement in hosting the W3 Poetry Prompt. Please check out his website and follow the link below.
And last, but not least, my thanks to you, dear reader, for reading and listening to my poem.

W3 Prompt #191: Wea’ve Written Weekly