After the fun and the wild success of last year's poetry contest, and after I realized my contest just happened to take place during National Poetry Month (April), I decided that this really should become an annual competition.This year I am taking a slightly different approach. I have here a short poem—only four lines—by a famous author. It is titled: A Thought. I will give you the first line except for the last word, and leave the rest up to you. The rules are:
- The poem must be only four lines long.
- The last words of the first and second lines must rhyme.
- The last words of the third and fourth lines must rhyme.
- All the lines can rhyme with each other, but they don't have to. Just first with second; third with fourth.
- It must have good meter.
- It can be sweet, silly, sappy, sad—any sentiment you choose.
- Contest ends Saturday, April 17, 2010 at noon (Utah time).
- Submit your entries as a comment to any of my blog posts between now and April 17.
- All entries will be posted, and the winner will be announced on Friday, April 23, 2010
A THOUGHT
It is very nice to _________
. . . . .OOOOOOOOOOOOO.
. . . . .OOOOOOOOOOOOOi
. . . . .OOOOOOOOOOOOO.Now, finish it in any way that you feel inspired to. :-)
Post your poem in the comments to any of my blog posts at any time between now and April 17.
The winner will be chosen based on the feeling, rhyme, and meter; but mostly at my whim.
If the winner lives in Utah, he/she will receive a fabulous dessert, made by my own lily hands, and a lovely certificate.
If the winner lives out of state, he/she will still receive the lovely certificate, and a fabulous prize that can survive being mailed out. ;-)
AND the winning poem will be posted in the sidebar as my Poem of the Week (which really means "Poem of However Long it Takes Me to Remember to Change it"). How's that for exciting?
Good luck!
p.s. The entire four lines of the original poem, and the name of its famous author, will be posted on April 23 when the winner is announced.
9 comments:
Oh! Ho ho, ho!
Well, whadya know?
MORE poetry?
What fun for me!
This is what popped in to my head:
It’s very nice to be with you
While on a boat or on a slew
Our true love I know can weather
Anything if we’re together
I'm entering the poetry contest. I hope that Ido better this time! This is mine:
It is very nice to love,
It's as gentie as a dove.
It is very rude to hate,
I would rather have a date!
Holy smokes, people have already come up with things! I haven't even been able to bring myself to think about it yet. Hopefully soon things will settle down so I can think.
A Thought
It is very nice to contemplate
the many puzzles in my old pate.
But when I stop and wonder why,
the thought remains: "Is there more pie?"
Or, how about this?
A Thought
It is very nice to watch you dress
and to see the way your clothes caress
your shoulder, your waist, your lovely breast!
"Dressing" or "Undressing"; who'd have guessed?
Oh, oh!
A Thought
It is very nice to work for money
and bring it home to your Luvin' Honey!
But what's the use when she spends it all
on a pair of jeans from the shopping mall?
A Thought
It is very nice to contemplate,
To ponder, to muse, or meditate.
Amazing how these mere thoughts of mine
Can enrich my life… and waste my time.
I see there is no rule to how many poems you can enter, so I have a couple of more to share. Bruce inspired me by all of his entries.
A Thought
It is very nice to awake anew
To the simple sigh of a baby’s coo,
And know she is mine—she belongs to me,
My beautiful gift, my darling baby.
A Thought
It is very nice to make a rhyme
And make it flow in just the right time.
A witty thought and a clever line
Will make a beginner poet shine.
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