{"id":46902,"date":"2023-04-29T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/?p=46902"},"modified":"2023-04-29T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:47:55","slug":"limerick-off-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2023\/04\/29\/limerick-off-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick-Off Monday \u2013 Rhyme Word: BEAR or BARE at the end of any one line (Submission Deadline: May 27, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\n\n\n

I hope you\u2019ll join me in writing limericks using BEAR or BARE 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\n\n\n

The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here\u2019s the last contest’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally,<\/strong> you may write themed limericks<\/strong> related to PREPARATION, using any rhyme word.<\/strong> And of course I\u2019ll present an extra award \u2014 one for the best PREPARATION<\/strong>-related limerick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for a THIRD SEPARATE CHALLENGE,<\/strong> I\u2019ve used a \u201cRandom Word Generator\u201d to generate five random words.<\/strong> Your challenge is to use AT LEAST TWO<\/strong> of the Random Words anywhere in your limericks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the FIVE RANDOM WORDS for this contest: RATING, BRAVE, BROAD, APPLE, QUARRELSOME.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(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\n\n\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\n\n\n

I\u2019ll announce the winners on May 28, 2023,<\/strong> right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you FOUR full weeks<\/strong> to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.<\/strong> (Eastern Time.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my BEAR\/BARE-Rhyme Limerick: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A generous fellow named Jack
Likes to give folks the shirt off his back.
But he doesn’t stop there;
He’ll undress until bare\u2026
Which alas, got the poor man the sack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And here\u2019s my PREPARATION-Themed Limerick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By now, we all know it’s essential
To prepare for a rainstorm torrential.
But at times, though we’re careful,
We end up despairful.
Never lowball a downpour’s potential!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And here is my RANDOM WORD GENERATOR Limerick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quarrelsome broad known as Maude
Would always refuse to applaud.
And no matter how great
A show was, she’d rate
It a “C,” then berate it as flawed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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 BEAR or BARE at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,49,104,3270,1192,65,352,42,2625,103,64,868,59,4],"tags":[775,2572,2482,3102,2599,3271,4973,4950,6631,6091,6092,4947,3642,573,487],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46902"}],"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=46902"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47290,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46902\/revisions\/47290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}