{"id":22598,"date":"2013-10-06T00:11:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T04:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=22598"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:42:49","slug":"limerick-snake-limerick-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2013\/10\/06\/limerick-snake-limerick-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick Snake (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 woman encountered a snake…*<\/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 are my two limericks:<\/p>\n

Snake Limericks
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake
\nAnd wondered just what it would take
\nTo catch it and kill it,
\nThen drizzle and grill it,
\nOr maybe add pastry and bake.<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

A woman encountered a snake–
\nNot a reptile — a man on the make.
\nIn response to his hype,
\nShe said, “I know your type.
\nYour style is I give and you take<\/em>.”<\/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

UPDATE:<\/strong> October 21 is Reptile Awareness Day<\/a>.<\/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":[17,11,49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,1524,103,64],"tags":[2428,4909,2482,3271,5009,2094,5012,4973,531,4604,2755,203],"class_list":["post-22598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-humor","category-battle-of-the-sexes","category-behavior-personality","category-contests","category-limerick-haiku-seeds","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limerick-offs","category-limericks","category-odd-holidays","category-poetry-prompts","category-poetry-contest","tag-animals-poetry","tag-battle-of-the-sexes","tag-competition-limerick","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-october-holidays","tag-odd-holidays","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-relationship-poetry","tag-reptile-awareness-day","tag-snake-limericks","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22598","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=22598"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48925,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22598\/revisions\/48925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}