{"id":37382,"date":"2016-05-28T23:38:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T03:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=37382"},"modified":"2016-05-29T00:42:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T04:42:14","slug":"limerick-off-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2016\/05\/28\/limerick-off-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word:  Press or Impress or Express or Oppress at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10153776472829315\">if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using <strong>Press or Impress or Express or Oppress<\/strong> at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5.  (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)<\/p>\n<p>The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2016\/05\/28\/limerick-off-award-253\/\">last week\u2019s Limerick-Off Award Winner<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally,<\/strong> you may write <strong>themed limericks<\/strong> related to <strong>ANGER, using any rhyme scheme.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best <strong>anger<\/strong>-related limerick.<\/p>\n<p>How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/how-to-write-a-limerick\/\"><em>How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll announce the winners on <strong>June 12,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you <strong>two full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your <strong>submission deadline is Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my limerick: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When job-seekers &#8220;dress to impress&#8221;<br \/>\nAt the office, that&#8217;s helpful I guess.<br \/>\nBut must social attire<br \/>\nEntail and require<br \/>\nSpending ev&#8217;ry last cent you possess?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you\u2019re on Facebook, I hope you\u2019ll join my friends in t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/10153776472829315\">hat same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email <a href=\"mailto:Madkane@MadKane.com?subject=MadKane's Newsletter&#038;body=I want my MadKane Fix.\">Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too. I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using Press or Impress or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,1716,62,37,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,8,103,64,4],"tags":[5013,2482,1147,4931,3271,5009,188,4973,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382"}],"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=37382"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37486,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382\/revisions\/37486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}