Archive for February, 2012
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner plus the Honorable Mentions.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, and cleverness. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, you can find some helpful resources listed here.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow who looked like a hick…*
or
A woman who looked like a hick…*
*(Minor variations to my first lines are acceptable, but rhyme words may not be altered.)
Here’s my limerick:
Hick Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow who looked like a hick
Met a woman who poured it on thick.
But you can’t tell a book
By its cover. It took
Him no time to see right through her schtick.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Aphorism Humor, Battle of the Sexes, Hicks Humor, Limerick Contest, Maxims, Poetry & Prompts, Relationships Poetry, Schtick, Shtick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Aphorisms, Battle of the Sexes, Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Relationship Humor | 78 Comments »
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Tags: Kathy El-Assal, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Madeleine Sara Maddocks, Robert Basler, Robert Schechter, Steve Bumgarner, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
Posted in Contests, Limerick Award Winners, Limerick Of The Week, Limerick Writing Contest, Limericks | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Tags: Cellists Limerick, Cello Humor, Conductor Limerick, Dishonesty, Lies, Music Humor & Verse, Orchestra Musicians, Poets United, String Players, Symphony Verse, Thursday Think Tank
Posted in Honesty Humor, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Tags: Drink Verse, Drinking Limerick, February Holidays, Holiday Humor, Liquor Humor, Margaritas, Tequila, Triple Sec
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks | 4 Comments »
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Tags: Education & School Humor, JD Humor, Job Market Humor, Lawyer Limerick, Limerick Contest, Music Limerick, Poetry & Prompts, Sea Limerick, Ships, Singing Humor, Travel Humor, Unemployment Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Contests, Education & School Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Travel Humor | 68 Comments »
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Tags: Colleen Murphy, David McCormick, Johanna Richmond, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, RJ Clarken, Robert Schechter, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
Posted in Contests, Limerick Award Winners, Limerick Of The Week, Limerick Writing Contest, Limericks | 7 Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Tags: Adventures Limerick, Aphorism Humor, Home Limerick, House & Home, Maxims, Travel Humor
Posted in Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Famous Quotes Humor, House & Home Humor, Travel Humor | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Tags: Battle of the Sexes, Drinking Limerick, February Holidays, Haiku & Senryu, Holiday Fun, Holiday Haiku, Liquor Humor, Romance Humor, Valentine Day's Humor, Whiskey
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Celebrations Poetry, Haiku & Senryu, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Relationship Humor | 16 Comments »
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Tags: Advertising Humor, Employment Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Limerick Contest, Marketing Humor, Medications, Medicine, Poetry & Prompts, Side Effects Limerick, Workplace & Career Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Contests, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Workplace & Career Humor | 63 Comments »
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Tags: Colleen Murphy, Jane Shelton Hoffman, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Scott Crowder, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
Posted in Contests, Limerick Award Winners, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Limerick Writing Contest | 12 Comments »
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Tags: Abe Lincoln, Art History, Art Limerick, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, History Humor, Hoaxes, Mary Todd Lincoln, New York Times, Painters, Presidents Humor, Scams, White House Portraits
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Crime & Punishment Humor, History Humor, Limericks, Public Figures, Scams & Fraud & Hoaxes | 1 Comment »
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Tags: Cleanliness Humor, Computer Humor, February Holidays, Inventions Poem, Money & Finance Humor, Money Limerick, Odd Holidays, Presidential Proclamation, Ronald Reagan, Technology Humor, Thomas Alva Edison
Posted in Chores Humor, Computer Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Tags: Fox TV Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Hospital Shows, House Cancelled, Medical Show, TV Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Entertainment Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Television (TV) Humor | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Tags: Acrostic Only, Acrostic Poems, Haiku & Senryu, Money Haiku, Money Verse, Writing Haiku
Posted in Haiku & Senryu, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 12 Comments »
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Tags: Competition Limerick, Game Humor, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Religion Humor, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Religion Verse, Sports Humor | 47 Comments »
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Tags: Bruce Niedt, David Lefkovits, Edmund Conti, Jim Delaney, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Neal Pattison, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Writing Competitions, Writing Contest
Posted in Contests, Limerick Award Winners, Limerick Contest, Limerick Of The Week, Limerick Writing Contest, Limericks | 9 Comments »
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Tags: Ball Games, Beer, Boston, February Holidays, Football Humor, Junk Food, Massachusetts, New England Patriots, New Jersey, New York Giants, New York Verse, Northeastern University, Sports Humor, Super Bowl Sunday
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Games Humor, Leisure Time Humor, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Sports Humor | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Tags: Computer Humor, Funny Bunny Fridays, Laptop Humor, Technology Humor, Writers, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 8 Comments »
