{"id":41649,"date":"2019-05-05T00:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=41649"},"modified":"2019-05-06T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T17:05:13","slug":"limerick-off-crank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2019\/05\/05\/limerick-off-crank\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: CRANK at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: May 18, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using CRANK at the end of any one line.<\/strong> (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)<\/p>\n

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

Additionally,<\/strong> you may write themed limericks<\/strong> related to INTIMIDATION, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best INTIMIDATION<\/strong>-related limerick.<\/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 winners on May 19, 2019<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my CRANK-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\nJames Patterson snarfs up the space
\nOn shelves at a breath-taking pace.
\nThe fellow can crank
\nOut best-sellers. His bank
\nAccount brands him a book-making ace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here is my INTIMIDATION limerick:<\/p>\n

If your bite is much worse than your bark,
\nThe fear you instill can be stark.
\nSo be careful in wielding
\nYour power; unyielding
\nDisplays ain’t a walk in the park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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 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 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 CRANK at the end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,62,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64],"tags":[5248,5249,5192,2482,5247,5246,5250,3271,5009,4973,203],"class_list":["post-41649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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-poetry-prompts","category-poetry-contest","tag-best-sellers","tag-book-humor","tag-book-limericks","tag-competition-limerick","tag-fear","tag-intimidation","tag-james-patterson","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41649","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=41649"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41686,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41649\/revisions\/41686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}