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The elephant is ...

The "Purple Cow" contest was a huge success so ...
No long history lesson this time but another couple of nonsense quatrains:-

The elephant is a dainty bird
She flits from bough to bough
She builds her nest in a rhubarb tree
And whistles like a cow

MMMMOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The elephant's such a pretty bird
Her hair is long and wavy
She flits about her rhubarb tree
And lays her eggs in gravy!!!

SSSPPPLLOOOOSSSSSHHHHH!!!!


Take them where you will but keep it nonsensical, rhyming and flowing, and "Make I Larf!"

You may enter a prewrite if you have one suitable but only if you do a new one too. One, two or three stanzas, about elephants doing unlikely things, or the true and accurate natural history of any other creature, not that rubbish they show you on nature films ...

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 8
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
  • Final notes:
    Let's hope I have it right this time ...

    Thanks a lot for another dose of total nonsense!!!

    I thoroughly enjoyed marking this but it was really tough, if you like fun it has to be well worth all of you dipping in and out of some other entries!


    I'll be doing another similar contest soon, Who knows Jemima's Uncle Jim?

Contest Winners

  1. Young Peter Ponders
    by Legend 12 lines, 22 comments, on Feb 17 12:09 AM. In Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. The Hawkish Rhino
    The Rhino is a handsome hawk
    he floats up in the sky
    by Sue Cardwell 15 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 17 4:28 AM. In Humor, Life
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Ill-bred Hybrid
    To cross an elephant and cross rhinoceros
    Would be an undertaking quite preposterous.
    by Peripatetic 6 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 15 10:04 AM. In Nature, Humor
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Hippo days
    Each day the hippo sips at flowers
    And flits around without a care
    by Just a poet 10 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 21 4:41 AM. In Nature, Humour, Humor, Life, nonsense
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Wishfull thinking
    Elephants dancing one by one
    In their tusks they carry guns
    by Di Shirley 19 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 15 6:50 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Do Elephants Smile?
    With trunks and tusks and serious style
    It’s hard to know if elephants smile.
    by Peripatetic 6 lines, 18 comments, on Dec 14 11:01 AM 2008. In Nature, Humor
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Veldt Dressed Society
    I came by happenstance
    upon the Kalahari Ball,
    by Peripatetic 13 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 15 7:24 PM. In Nature, Humor, Society
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Elephants In my Closet (A Limerick)
    by Tirrell 4 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 15 9:14 PM. In Humor, Elephants, Limerick
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. How Doth the Squitty Heffalump?
    How doth the squitty Heffalump covort in shades of blue?
    He lands amongst the fartyblooms of which there are a few.
    by moonbumps 31 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 15 9:51 AM. In Contest, Stupid, Humor
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  10. The sorry state of the world's rhinoscerii
    The rhino wino wakes to find
    He has a little drink in mind
    by Just a poet 11 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 21 5:28 AM. In Humour, Humor
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  11. The Amazing Zebra
    The Zebra is a pretty fish
    floats in a muddy pool
    by Sue Cardwell 14 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 17 2:57 AM. In Humor, Fantasy
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  12. There's An Elephant
    by Legend 15 lines, 16 comments, on Feb 21 3:08 AM. In Humor
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. Elophence of the Elequant
    by paperparadox 14 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 19 6:23 PM. In Contest, Humor, Rhyme, Nonesense
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  14. Nonsense
    by Sylvyrwyng 11 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 18 2:58 PM. In FUN
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  15. the kittle litten
    by honey bear 13 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 19 4:28 AM. In fun, humur
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  16. The Pig-moose (A Limerick)
    by Tirrell 4 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 15 9:58 PM. In Humor, Limerick
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  17. Pachydermia
    A cool pair of elephant bulls
    rappelled up a hill in their undies.
    by GotLilt 10 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 15 11:30 AM. In Contest, Humor
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  18. Mexico
    by ea 26 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 16 4:41 AM. In prewrite, humor
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  19. Elephantasy 2.
    by Billbard 3 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 15 3:04 PM. In Humor, Silly.
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  20. Elephantasy
    by Billbard 3 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 15 12:25 PM. In Silly, Humor.
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  21. Butterfly Battles Banter
    Thundering batter of butterfly wings,
    Shattering eardrums and crushing things.
    by suseann 15 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 15 1:40 PM. In Nature, Humour
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  22. Seafaring Elephant
    by Sylvyrwyng 13 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 18 2:39 PM. In Humor, Weird, Fun
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  23. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5057675, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [25]

1 - 25 of 25
  • Aardvark (an acrostic poem)
    Afrikaans for "earth pig"
    Anteater doesn't have teeth like the aardvark
    by The tie guy 10 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 16 9:18 PM 2006. In Humor
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • The Cockroach
    The cockroach is a heavy horse
    That loves to pull the plough
    by cricketjeff 11 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 18 6:10 AM
    • Commented on by judge.

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Comments

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  • lunarlunacy
    February 15
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    howls in laughter
    that is some groovy brain drippins up there hoss

    hats off to the master of form poetry and his merry linguistic frolickings.


  • Corvus Corone
    February 15
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    And what has David Attenbourough done to you to be called rubbish? LMAO


    • cricketjeff gold member
      February 15
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      none of his films show an Elephant in a rhubarb tree, and since I KNOW this is where they live his films MUST be rubbish!


      • Peripatetic gold member
        February 16
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        An elephant reclined upon his settee
        to view a film about the Serengeti.
        He fumed at David Attenborough's lecture,
        then sued him through the cultural prefecture.
        His featured role was cut to seven minutes,
        and this reduced his scale of pay to peanuts!


  • Sylvyrwyng gold member
    February 16
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    lololol... even if I don't enter... I am going bookmark this one and watch and get a laugh as well.!


  • Sylvyrwyng gold member
    February 16
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    hahaha!!!! Now this is one to bend the brain to!


  • suseann
    March 8
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    Twas a fun contest and thank you for hosting.


  • honey bear
    March 8
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    thank you for a great fun contest


  • Legend silver member
    March 8
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    My deepest thank for a wonderful contest and for deeming my work worthy of the Gold among so many wonderful entries it is an honour
    Congratulations to all the winners and every other poet who entered such wonderful write
    I had as much fun reading as i did writing Thank you Jeff

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