Clowns in Scotland aren't tall. One suspects
It's because “Health and Safety” objects.
They say men wearing kilts
Aren't allowed to use stilts
'Cause the ladies get cricks in their necks.

In the olden days Scotsmen were skilt
In the art of arranging their kilt
To sleep rough on the moors.
But they now live indoors
And can cuddle up warm with a quilt. 

Based on the suggestion: “kilt”

I was spelling last week, at a bee,
That was also an afternoon tea.
In my right hand: a scone.
In my left: microphone.
And I won! (“Ambidextrously”) 

Based on the suggestion: “ambidextrously”

Fun fact: this is one of the longest English words that can be spelled without repeating any letters.

The problem I have with most pickles?
When I bite them the pickle juice trickles
Down into my sleeve,
And you wouldn't believe
How the trickling pickle juice tickles! 

Based on the suggestion: “trickle”

The apocryphal books of the bible
Were recorded when life was more tribal.
But modern litigiousness
Trumps all religiousness:
God now brings lawsuits for libel.

Based on the suggestion: “apocrypha”

A furry blue monster named Grover
Took a job as a cattle ranch drover.
A runaway steer
Found a lush new frontier
And now Grover is rolling in clover.

Based on the suggestion: “Grover”

I like to be garish sometimes
And on paper the color of limes
I will splash out some ink
Of both riotous pink
And the hue with which nothing else rhymes.

Based on the suggestion: "orange"

The “Zeitgeist” or “Spirit of the Time”
Can be poignant when captured in rhyme.
But there's really no word
For the feeling that's stirred
When you act out the Zeitgeist in mime.

Based on the suggestion: “Zeitgeist”

My submission for “wildlife zoetrope”
Was “The Flight of the Fanciful Phalarope.”
My bellicose brother
 Came up with another:
 “A Skunk and a Skink Doing Rope-a-dope.”

Based on the suggestion: “zoetrope”
 

(video credit for top gif: Bre Petis)

“He was whacked,” said P.I. PJ Tango,
“In a nightclub due east of Durango.
“The Andean mob
“Was the one did the job,
“And the weapon: a snub-nosed charango.”

A charango is a musical instrument from the Bolivian Andes, shaped like a small guitar, and traditionally made using an armadillo shell for the body.

Based on the suggestion: “PJ Tango”