{"id":46220,"date":"2022-09-17T23:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T03:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=46220"},"modified":"2022-10-03T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:22:31","slug":"limerick-off-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2022\/09\/17\/limerick-off-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: MIND or MINED or REMIND at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: October 15, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/pfbid0hmR4Neh9Gqa1FUUoggthJhvv8Vo1rvUrMLKjQWqz3iKdf6Bb1Ct5BSeEa3nQH5hPl\">and, if you\u2019re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks <strong>using MIND or MINED or REMIND at the end of ANY ONE LINE.<\/strong>  (A homonym or homophone not listed here may be used in lieu of the designated rhyme word.)<\/p>\n<p>The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2022\/09\/17\/limerick-off-award-500\/\">the last contest&#8217;s Limerick-Off Award Winner.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally,<\/strong> you may write <strong>themed limericks<\/strong> related to <strong>BANKS, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best <strong>BANK<\/strong>-related limerick.<\/p>\n<p>And for a <strong>THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE,<\/strong> I\u2019ve used a <strong>\u201cRandom Word Generator\u201d to generate five random words.<\/strong> Your challenge is to use <strong>AT LEAST TWO<\/strong> of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: YAWN, CLAIM, SPORTS, LAZY, FEARLESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(You\u2019re free to singularize\/pluralize the designated random nouns and to change the tense of the designated random verbs. You can even turn adjectives in adverbs and vice versa. And you are NOT required to use any of them as rhyme words, as long as at least two of the words appear somewhere in your limericks.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you\u2019re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/how-to-write-a-limerick\/\"><em>How To Write A Limerick<\/em><\/a> article.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll announce the winners on <strong>October 16, 2022,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you <strong>FOUR full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your <strong>submission deadline is Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. <\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my  MIND or MINED or REMIND-Rhyme Limerick: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA fellow was asked to help mind<br \/>\nA young dog by a gal in a bind.<br \/>\nBut he said, &#8220;I&#8217;m tied up<br \/>\nAnd can&#8217;t help with that pup.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe response she unleashed wasn&#8217;t kind.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And here\u2019s my  BANK-Themed Limerick:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA foolish young fellow named Frank<br \/>\nHad a low-level job in a bank.<br \/>\nWhen a gal asked for francs,<br \/>\nHe informed her, &#8220;The ranks<br \/>\nOf this bank have just one, plus a Hank.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When the judge caught me yawning in court,<br \/>\nHe accused me of being the sort<br \/>\nOf gal &#8220;who became<br \/>\nAn Esq., just to claim<br \/>\nA husband, or simply for sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/madkane\/posts\/pfbid0hmR4Neh9Gqa1FUUoggthJhvv8Vo1rvUrMLKjQWqz3iKdf6Bb1Ct5BSeEa3nQH5hPl\">on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email <a href=\"mailto:Madkane@MadKane.com?subject=MadKane's Newsletter&#038;body=I want my MadKane Fix.\">Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 MIND or MINED or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,49,62,10,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,8,103,64],"tags":[196,411,2482,769,3207,663,6416,146,233,1537,634,3271,5009,198,540,968,1685,4973,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220"}],"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=46220"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46386,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46220\/revisions\/46386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}