{"id":44783,"date":"2021-11-14T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=44783"},"modified":"2021-11-14T00:18:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:18:23","slug":"limerick-off-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2021\/11\/14\/limerick-off-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: Cruise or Crews or Cruse at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: November 27, 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 Cruise or Crews or Cruse 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 Retirement, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best Retirement<\/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 November 28, 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, November 27, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my CRUISE or CREWS or CRUSE-rhyme limerick: <\/p>\n

\nMy muse often gives me the blues.
\nWhen I ask her for help, she’ll refuse.
\nShe’ll mock me and roast me
\nAnd frequently ghost me.
\nShe’s AWOL right now — on a cruise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

\n

“It is best to acknowledge the truth
\nAnd retire; you’re way past your youth,”
\nSaid a gal to her spouse,
\nWho’s a dentist. “Don’t grouse!
\nJust face facts: You are long in the tooth.”<\/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 Cruise or Crews or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,49,62,1343,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,2,103,64,69],"tags":[5728,244,568,5730,2482,5829,5717,3806,5826,3271,5009,4902,383,5827,5828,4973,2470,5603,3648,1843,1166,5719,203],"class_list":["post-44783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-humor","category-behavior-personality","category-contests","category-creativity-verse","category-limerick-haiku-seeds","category-limerick-competition","category-limerick-contest","category-limerick-writing-contest","category-limerick-offs","category-limericks","category-marriage-humor","category-poetry-prompts","category-poetry-contest","category-writing-humor","tag-age-verse","tag-aging","tag-aging-limerick","tag-aging-verse","tag-competition-limerick","tag-creative-limerick","tag-creativity-humor","tag-dentist-humor","tag-dentist-limerick","tag-limerick-challenge","tag-limerick-contest","tag-marriage-humor","tag-marriage-limerick","tag-muse-humor","tag-muse-limerick","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-retirement-humor","tag-retirement-limerick","tag-tooth-humor","tag-writers-block","tag-writing-publishing-humor","tag-writing-limerick","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783","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=44783"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44849,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783\/revisions\/44849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}