Limerick Writing Contest With Money Prizes … and the Topic Is…
If you’ve followed my previous limerick contests, you know that it’s just about time for another one.
So here’s my challenge: Write a money-related limerick (earning it, spending it, saving it, investing it, winning it, wasting it, being taxed on it, etc.) and post it here in a comment to this post, no later than Wednesday, June 27, 2007. (You may enter as many limericks as you’d like.) I’ll announce the winners on Thursday, June 28, 2007.
The first prize will be $25. The second prize will be $10. Both prizes will be paid via PayPal.
So, what exactly is a limerick? It’s a five line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a very specific meter exemplified by these winning entries. (For more information about limericks check out these fine sites: Encyclospeedia Oedilfica and OEDILF.)
I’m looking forward to reading your entries!
Update: This contest is now closed, and the names of the winners and their winning entries are here. Thanks so much for your many excellent submissions. [tags]Limerick Contest, Money Limericks, Money Poems, Financial Limericks, Writing Contests, Money Verse, Financial Verse, Money Poetry[/tags]
The Shoemaker pippin
was causually sippin-wine he had with his meal
drinking way to much
he insulted the Dutch
and in the morning he felt like a heel.
This one I wrote for my baby boy!
Baby boy Jaidyn
who nursed on my maiden, gently fell asleep
when he woke from his rest
he demanded her breast
and from there we didn’t hear a peep
There once was a king to be
whom talked with an old willow tree
it showed him the way
to live for today
and now the kings mind is free!
The lonley flower in bloom
who finally emerged from his tomb
took one look around
then snatched from the ground
sadly meeting his doom.
A goose on the loose
was caught in a knuse
we found him out riding one day
thankful for us
he put up no fuss
and we ate him thanksgiving day
President Kennedy while riding in his car
was being watch by a man from afar
what happend was a stunner
was there only one gunner?
who ended that presidential star