{"id":42318,"date":"2019-11-09T22:34:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T02:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=42318"},"modified":"2019-12-05T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:45:38","slug":"limerick-off-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2019\/11\/09\/limerick-off-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE \u2013 December 7, 2019 \u2013 Due to Illness. Sorry! Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: POOL at the end of any one line"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE — December 7, 2019 — Due to Illness. Sorry!<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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 POOL 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 PRESS-themed limericks using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best Press<\/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 December 8, 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 updated submission deadline is Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

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

\n

I would rather not swim in a pool,
\nOr anywhere else, as a rule.
\nMy strokes are so weak,
\nI’d be left up shit creek;
\nIn hot water sans paddling tool.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here\u2019s my PRESS-themed limerick:<\/p>\n

\n

A woman who craved reinvention,
\nWas desp’rate for media mention.
\nShe tried singing and dancing
\nAnd press-guy-romancing.
\nBut the upshot was penal detention.\n<\/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":"

UPDATE: NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE — December 7, 2019 — Due to Illness. Sorry! 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. […]<\/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":[2482,3271,5009,4935,4973,3159,711,2846,3001,572,203],"class_list":["post-42318","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-competition-limerick","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-media-humor","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-pool-humor","tag-press-humor","tag-prison-humor","tag-swimming","tag-swimming-humor","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42318","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=42318"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42417,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42318\/revisions\/42417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}