{"id":18814,"date":"2013-05-19T00:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=18814"},"modified":"2013-05-19T00:29:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T04:29:22","slug":"limerick-ink-limerick-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/05\/19\/limerick-ink-limerick-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick Ink (Limerick-Off Monday)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s 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\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here\u2019s last week\u2019s Limerick Of The Week Winner<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week\u2019s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:<\/p>\n

A fellow with too much red ink…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A woman was trying to ink…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A woman was hoping to ink…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

or<\/p>\n

A fellow was purchasing ink…*<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*<\/strong>(Please note that minor variations to my first lines are acceptable. However, rhyme words may not<\/strong> be altered, except by using homonyms or homophones.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my limerick:<\/p>\n

Limerick Ink
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

A woman with too much red ink
\nSpilled some paint and rushed off to the sink.
\nBut the stains were severe
\nAnd removal costs dear.
\nYou might say she was NOT tickled pink.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you\u2019re on Facebook, I hope you\u2019ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s 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\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here\u2019s last week\u2019s Limerick Of The Week Winner.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,8,103,64],"tags":[2482,3271,5009,188,4973,3465,3466,3467,203],"class_list":["post-18814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-limerick-haiku-seeds","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limerick-offs","category-limericks","category-money-humor","category-poetry-prompts","category-poetry-contest","tag-competition-limerick","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-money-verse","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-red-ink","tag-stains","tag-stains-humor","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18814"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20921,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18814\/revisions\/20921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}