{"id":44655,"date":"2021-10-16T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=44655"},"modified":"2021-10-16T16:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T20:46:46","slug":"limerick-off-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2021\/10\/16\/limerick-off-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: DOCK or DOC at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: October 30, 2021)"},"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 DOCK or DOC 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 LIMBS, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best LIMB<\/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 October 31, 2021,<\/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, October 30, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my DOCK or DOC-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\n

Laryngitis was getting his goat,
\nSo he went to a doctor of note.
\n“I’ve a hunch,” said the doc,
\n“That you talk round the clock.”
\nSaid his patient, “Don’t jump down my throat.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\nA man with an arm in a sling
\nHad recently injured his wing.
\nHe wistfully said,
\n“My Frisbee arm’s dead…”
\nThen headed for one final fling.<\/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 DOCK or DOC at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,62,23,122,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,103,64,19],"tags":[5619,2482,5259,5260,5739,5218,5738,5740,3271,5009,393,4973,5217,5741,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44655"}],"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=44655"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44684,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44655\/revisions\/44684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}