{"id":42522,"date":"2020-01-19T02:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=42522"},"modified":"2020-01-19T03:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T07:20:01","slug":"limerick-off-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2020\/01\/19\/limerick-off-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: RAISE or RAYS or RAZE at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: February 1, 2020)"},"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 RAISE or RAYS or RAZE 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 DANCE, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best DANCE<\/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 February 2, 2020,<\/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, February 1, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my RAISE\/RAYS\/RAZE-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\n

When requesting a bonus or raise,
\nIt is best to prepare for some nays;
\nOften praise will precede
\nA loud “NO!” Alas greed
\nWithin management ain’t just a phase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

\n

A gal was attempting the twist —
\nA dance from her youth she still missed.
\nBut this hard kind of rock
\nLeft her hips in a lock.
\nShe was wistful, as Doc said: “Resist!”<\/p>\n<\/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 RAISE or RAYS or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,49,62,839,23,122,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64,4],"tags":[722,2482,4997,3862,1691,3271,5009,198,540,4973,3861,5351,203],"class_list":["post-42522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-humor","category-behavior-personality","category-contests","category-dance-humor","category-health-humor","category-health-verse","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","category-workplace-humor","tag-career-humor","tag-competition-limerick","tag-dance-humor","tag-dance-limerick","tag-health-medical-humor","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-money-finance-humor","tag-money-limerick","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-twist","tag-workplace-limerick-workplace-humor","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42522","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=42522"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42559,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42522\/revisions\/42559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}