Winter is fast approaching
so to add some last ditch hope
of some summer sun
here's a hint at some Blue Sky
that is the Prompt:
Myself and Rebeka
are hosting this contest:
the rules are simple:
We want Rhyme
we want pretty backgrounds - but no flashing ones
You have to choose from the word bank below
- the more couplets you choose, the better, and if you use them all!!!
but you must choose at least 6 of the options
and mark them in your author notes
the more favourably the judges will look on your entry
there is no line limit
there is no age limit
pictures are welcome
pretty backgrounds too
there is only hope for some Blue Sky
WORD BANK:
sky-eye
blue-you
east-beast
thirst-burst
best-rest
rat-twat
fly-cry
better-wetter
cloud-aloud
cream-scream
hand-wand
rain pain
cloud loud
bird turd
wing sing
thunder blunder
bleed - seed
reed- bleed
tissue -issue
heart- start
soul- bowl
high- why oh why
hectors- pecker
delight- night
turn- burn
groan- moan
myrtle- fertile
ectopic- myopic
cardiac - thwack
disease - sneeze
moo - shoe
many thanks G & R
*rose*
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 10, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: well myself and rebeka had a little debate about this small, slightly silly contest...
but it took a twist on us and produced some lovely poetry from the few of you who took part...
so it made judging it all the harder
here's what we've got to say:
Liza won gold because she wrote!!! and boy did she write... superb
Michael, damn man, you had the gold nailed till Liza came along hun
Kate... sheesh girl, your piece went up and down like Manchester tart's kecks on a saturday night outside the beer keller... . it had/has gold written on it too.. but again.. Liza pipped ya
Syl.. aahhh Syl, for your rhyming of punt,shunt and cunt... we are forever in your debt.. please can i be around when i have my next cardiac arrest (joke) no more of them for me!!! never ever.... and i still have a photo of those lovely sunflowers you and bill sent me
Luna Tique... we wont leave you out hun... was a beautiful piece, much worthy of praise...
so.... to all five of you.....
thank you
From 2 of the girls from the Sisterhood of the Evil Pants
but as Michael said, it should be, the sisterhood of the devious pants as pants are never evil
Happy Saturday People
Contest Winners
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Wonderful contest Idea!! Wow - this should draw some fantastic poets out of the woodwork sis!
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rhyme
you WANT rhyme... lol now that's refreshing, truly. I know so much of it can be dreadfully painful to read but it gets tiresome to see challenge after challenge refuse the sounds. You never know, someone out there just might do it well
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ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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shoves a pencil in Liza's hand..
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which hand???
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Left handed Liza
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I actually like that... lol
and yes ( ambidextrous really )
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i was right
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you were
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Both, that way regardless of your mood you can write anyway (throws a second pencil into the mix)
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I wuvs you guys
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yes.... you DO
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bookmarked!!!!
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pppftttttt... jolly good
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Shouldn't it be
myrtle - fertile
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Good catch - I missed that.
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what???? huh huh huh
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I assume myrtle/fertile is for our American friends. Rat/twat is obviously for our resident Mancunians.
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if you don't join in.... i shall personally come to Scarborough and batter seven shades of **** outta ya... okay wormyone...
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Hey I had contest idea. Really really difficult, but one to consider. Americans have to do rhymes that ONLY work in American (eg myrtle/fertile; this'll/missile; Notre Dame/expecting rain), and the Brits have to do rhymes that ONLY work in Brit (eg out of tune guitars/dead flowers in a vase). Could be fun.
I like this one because your rhymes are cheesy as a wotsit, and any one of those pairs can potentially kill a plume. Getting six in, and doing it well, is quite a challenge. You'd need to be quite clever in a comic style. Wendy Cope, maybe. Let's see what you get.
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I love it... that would mess we Canucks up so wonderfully as well.
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hectors- pecker burned all night
and so old myrtle groaned
why oh why, oh why
must men be so keen to seed. -
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I sooooooooo should not be left alone with THAT list..
LOLOL
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go'orn - you just KNOW you want to ...
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I do ..
lol that's what worries me
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Why am I thinking you don't need the nattering of an evil voice to jump in here?
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Two of my favorite poets conjoining forces - i love, love , love that you stepped outside the box to do this! I'll see what i can come up with.
Great idea- book marked! -
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Stepped out of the box? - there's never been no box that could contain such splendour as this. I too have it bookmarked!!!
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high/why oh why...
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hahahahahha
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Hi, I had to go back and read the rules three times, ye gods you are asking for rhyme,lol, well that is a turn up for the book, great, Di
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yup yup...
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very cool
only wish I wasn't so bogged down with work
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poor excuse... poor poor poor... shove work on the floor
and open your poetic door... aarrrghhhhhh
write Miss J.....
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oh the joy the joy! but oh the misery, i missed all the fun
o by the way gill, your rose doesn't show
i llllaaavvv the blue sky, i love your idea for this contest *admires the two queens*. i'm so inspired by this. i mean you guys *dramatic tone* make my life worth living! i mean... *blows nose* WONDERFUL! bookmarking... -
A challenge I shall probably rise to
Except....
I can't rhyme Hectors with pecker!
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well yeah... i let my american friends off with that one... must be an accent thing...
good for you
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there
in sky
eye to eye
less blue unless you
walked to the east
bet my thirst on beast
on to burst your best
while I rest
even I am rat
when she turns twat
fly the cry for better cloud
wetter scream when dipped in
cream me loud
hand me rain
wand with pain
a bird less wing
‘cause turds can’t sing
thunder seed my blunder bleed
reed the creed
rake my need
tissue heart issue
start
my soul bowl high
why oh why
hectors of delight
pecker turn off night
burn to groan
groan the moan
frame the shame…
her name
was Moo Myrtle
daughter never fertile
myopic Egyptian queen
cardiac but never mean
sniffed old shoe breeze
died by sneeze disease
why oh why
Moo Myrtle
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There was young woman named Myrtle
Who was quite supernaturally fertile
She mothered a hare,
A spectacled bear,
Two aardvarks, five sloths and a turtle.
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cute... now write for the contest
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Shan't
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shall!!!
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if you ever catch her flu
heal yourself with supreglue
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that's funny Alex.... but now you have to write for the contest too....
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my answer is a negative beast
always
you may lock me in the east
to sleep
with this wand that’s now my hand
the sky pulled my finger nails
and the brown hummed hymns
when wind wings were singing blues
this will never rain my pain
it‘s my palette scream to you
use my issue as your tissue
until I mix my soul in a bowl
I dare you
to tell me who
who painted those birds so blue
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ok i have an idea i am playing with.. but when does it close? can you leave it open till friday or saturday? lol im so bossy
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i don't think showing up this late is socially taboo, is it?
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Some of your connected word choices made me laugh Gill. I'll see if I can come up with anything. I'm sure you will receive brilliant entries.
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c,mon Vonnie... hurry hurry ....
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great
all the best in your contest.
sounds great I rhyme everything so this is an easy one for me if I get time I will submit, I am coming into Summer here soon away down under in australia.. -
Oh my,no more Boddingtons for you NurseChilly,a rhyme with at least six of these couplets and pretty backgrounds.Have to bookmark just to read the trophy winners! But there are surely poems already posted with the delicate rhyme of hectors/pecker and ectopic/myopic!!! Hand and wand? Oh my,all this time I thought I wrote crime rhyme but I was perhaps onto something! I can't help thinking that this is some sort of irreverant joke dear poetess either way hope lots of poets join in and play
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Rhymes and pretty BG! We don't see many contests as this one anymore
Will try to come with something in the next 3 hours.
Thanks for the link
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You do realize that twat and pecker might come together in the same stanza, don't you?
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i would bloody well hope so... roflmao
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Oh man, that is fuel for naughty thoughts, and I try my best to behave, but it never works. Will see how I can use that pecker
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why Mari... i am speechless , not
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rat and twat don't rhyme.
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they do o'er ere luv... lmao
as in ... at at at sound.. you americans do like to say it as TWOT... when it ain't... lmao
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Oh, I thought you brits might say "rot" as in,
"It is, but it's not. I've but a rot in my twot. Like the new girdle I bought. It is hot, so hot. At least, that is what I thought." -
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hahhahahahahahahha
silly....
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Since I'm a yank, can I use "twat rot" instead?
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Does that mean I'd be disqualified if I used
"He tried to punt the grape to my cunt?" -
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I think I would marry you if you DID use it...
Juicy.....
ahem
peel me one
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Great contest...
I definitely have some ideas so I'm going to bookmark this one. This one may be fun for me as I actually look forward to saying goodbye to the suffocating humidity and rain of Houston summers hahaha... -
is there actually really still maybe time... ?
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yes there is miss elastic... get on with it
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miss elastic... i like that
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Miss Elastic
sounds fantastic
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quite possibly spastic
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I went there but didn't want to add it ..
Fantastic elastic Jantastic.. -
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what about drastic and iconoclastic?
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fantastic jantastic
is dreadfully drastic
a bit of a spastic
though very elastic
I'd say
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a little bit rustic
also combustic
nifty and slightly psychotic
kecks that are pliable and elastic
tis all about
the fantabulous fantastic elastic spastic jantastic
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Damn
Had to work now I'm stuck with half-finished nonsense and no contest :-)
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Thank you both very much... !
If I'd known rhyme would break that 5 month block, I'd have done it sooner
Wonderful contest, and thank you so much for the inspiration..
Congrats to all.. and anyone who let themselves go with that list.. it was great.
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Gillian and Rebecca - thank you for taking the time and energy for creating such a diverse and lovely contest. I am very honored to have been a part of it.
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*clappies* i forgot to check the winners. congrats you lot!
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This was a wonderful contest with a spectacular close.
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