I know that you all love to rhyme but here I am asking you to be ruthless about it
You can enter two poems, but your first must be a new write and the other can be a prewrite
You can find links like the one below all over the internet for ruthless inspiration;
or visit his page
Minimum six lines
Misfortunes Never Come Singly
Making toast at fireside,
Nurse fell in the grate and died;
And, what makes it ten times worse,
All the toast was burned with nurse.
Graham, Harry (as "Col. D. Streamer"). Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. New York: R. H. Russell 1901
R. Nurse's Mistake
Nurse, who peppered baby's face
(She mistook it for a muffin),
Held her tongue and kept her place,
"Laying low and sayin' nuffin'";
Mother, seeing baby blinded,
Said, "Oh, nurse, how absent-minded!"
Graham, Harry (as "Col. D. Streamer"). Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. New York: R. H. Russell 1901
All AP rules apply here.
You can enter two poems, but your first must be a new write and the other can be a prewrite
You can find links like the one below all over the internet for ruthless inspiration;
or visit his page
Minimum six lines
Misfortunes Never Come Singly
Making toast at fireside,
Nurse fell in the grate and died;
And, what makes it ten times worse,
All the toast was burned with nurse.
Graham, Harry (as "Col. D. Streamer"). Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. New York: R. H. Russell 1901
R. Nurse's Mistake
Nurse, who peppered baby's face
(She mistook it for a muffin),
Held her tongue and kept her place,
"Laying low and sayin' nuffin'";
Mother, seeing baby blinded,
Said, "Oh, nurse, how absent-minded!"
Graham, Harry (as "Col. D. Streamer"). Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. New York: R. H. Russell 1901
All AP rules apply here.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 10
- Rewards: Gold: 750, Silver: 250, Bronze: 200
- Final notes: I would have liked more entries and more ruthless - ruthless rhyme for the contest. The winners were chosen for their participation in the prompt and scored accordingly, thank you all.
Contest Winners
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A twisted tale of woe.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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There once was a boy in Deville
Who loved small animals to kill.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [6]
1 - 6 of 6
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Did you want silly,
I choose frilly,by kaibab 44 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 26 6:07 PM• Commented on by judge. -
The self worth extended for all the hate that you tended,
Taking credit for all the lies and the times it ended.by DivideofNations 23 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 3 4:46 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Can you remember what it was like to be so small,
When everyone and everything was so tall.by DivideofNations 35 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 9:03 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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this is an interesting idea for a contest
i have never heard of "ruthless" rhyming before
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The one I particularly like (and I think it comes from the same collection), was a satirical riposte to the patriotic play: "An Englishman's Home" (staged in 1913) about an imagined invasion of England by the "Nearlanders" (and no prizes for guessing who THEY were supposed to be!. The "Ruthless rhyme" - which had the same title as the play - "An Englishman's home", went - if I recall correctly:
i was playing golf the day
That the Germans landed,
All our troops had run away,
All our ships were stranded.
And the thought of England's shame
Nearly put me off my game!
(I do relish that "Nearly"!
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By the way, if you change your mind and decide to admit previously written work, please let me know! -
Unfortunately ...
I'm not up to writing just now. Too bad, as I rather like the idea of the contest.
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