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TAXI !!

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Greetings Rhymers!

Paying it forward (with thanks to Riftkin), here is something amusing to challenge your muses.

What do you suppose caused the mouse to cadge a ride on the frog's back? See if you can be both funny and inventive in solving this puzzle.



The usual niceties apply:

Up to 20 lines only.

Good spelling and grammar is a MUST.
No silly stuff LiKe ThIs, thank you.
Absolutely nothing depressing or profane.
Must rhyme.
Winner pays 300 points forward.

I look forward to reading some humorous and creative tales!


Gotta be in it to win it.



Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 29, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
  • Final notes:
    My thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to enter this contest. I appreciate your efforts, and hope sincerely that my comments made some sense to you and that they were, ultimately, helpful rather than negative. This was not my intention.

    The biggest problem with writing rhyming poetry is setting up a good meter whilst maintaining the flow. I found a few poets struggled with this, but encourage them to keep plugging away until they get it licked! I don't profess to be in any way an expert on this, but I find by reading poetry aloud, the meter (or lack of it) soon shows its true colours.

    Congratulations to the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, and I ask everyone to please read them and leave your comments.

    Thank you to all entrants once again, and keep those pens moving!

Contest Winners

  1. The Mouse and the Toad
    A love-hungry rodent desperately wanted a mate, He’d tried other mice but they were too underweight,
    by Ken J 23 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 21 5:14 PM 2008. In Contest, Humor, Pic Inspired
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Froggie Went Acourtin'
    The ride was not the mouse's whim. The truth is simply, he can't swim.
    by ecrivain01 9 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 25 5:58 PM 2008. In humor, life, society, thoughts, contemporary
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Waterlogged (Limerick Chain)
    There was a young frog cruised the streams
    Whose ambitions amounted to dreams
    by Elrenia 28 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 21 6:33 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • cricketjeff gold member
    July 21, 2008
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    I cannot rhyme a mouse with frog
    Perhaps if it had been a dog
    or little rodent on your spouse
    Or else not water but a road
    And not a frog but warty toad
    A fluffy bunny
    Can be funny
    But why a mouse
    Should act the louse
    Mistake a frog
    For floating log
    Is quite beyond a chap like me
    To write about in poetry

    Sorta

    I'll be back!

    • ecrivain01
      July 22, 2008
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      I think that I shall never see ...

      a time when words won't come to thee.
      The ride was not the mouse's whim.
      The truth is simply, he can't swim.
      He didn't have a magic wand
      to help him get across that pond.
      It's obvious the frog agreed
      to help him with that slippery deed.
      They came aground with smiles and laughter
      and all lived happily ever after.

  • ecrivain01
    July 29, 2008
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    Thanks to the host for the trophy ...

    and congratulations to the other trophy winners.