This year's challenge, as you may recall from my April 1 post, is to write your very own nursery rhyme. You are probably familiar with nursery rhymes, but here are a couple of examples:
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider and sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
I'm sure you recognize that rhyme about the very scary spider as a nursery rhyme. But how about this one?
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers, let him go.
Eeny-meeny-miney-moe.
(Or this variation:
...If he hollers make him pay
Fifty dollars every day.)
Yes. While you may have thought that "Eeny-Meeny..." was just a rhyme to choose who was IT when you played tag, it is actually a nursery rhyme! Because it meets these criteria:
1. it rhymes
2. it tells a very short story
(You can learn more about that here: How to write a nursery rhyme)
So, your second-chance, 2017 Poetry Challenge is to
write a clever nursery rhyme.
Here's what you need to know:
* Your poem must have a clear, simple story to tell
(like a girl sat down to eat and was scared off by a spider).
* It must be between four and eight lines long.
* It must rhyme and be in good meter
* I won't ask for poems about cute little animals, but it should be something a child would understand. ;-)
* POST YOUR WONDERFUL RHYME AS A COMMENT ON THIS VERY BLOG POST. (Just click on "Comments" and type your way to poetic perfection. Make sure your name shows up with it.)
* You may enter (and are encouraged to enter) as many poems as you want.
* All entries are due on Sunday, April 30, by 7:30 p.m.
* Winners will be announced on May 1 (or May 2, depending on how crazy my weekend is).
The contest will have two divisions:
The Children's Division is for anyone up to twelve years old. The winner of the Children's Division will receive a lovely certificate and a large-size candy of their choice.
The Everyone Else Division is for everyone older than twelve years old. The winner of the Everyone Else Division will receive a lovely certificate and a delicious home-made dessert, prepared by my own lily hands.
So here's your big chance at literary fame and fabulous prizes!!! Ready... Set... Go!
7 comments:
Here's a couple entries! Lizzy was my muse.
(rhymes like Little Bo Peep)
Lizzy of June sings a sweet tune
While twirling around on her bed.
Lost in her song, so pleasant and long,
She tripped on the cat instead.
(rhymes like Humpty Dumpty)
Busy Lizzy climbed up a tree.
Busy Lizzy scraped up her knee.
She tore her new frock and smudged her white shoes,
Then smiled and laughed, and said, "Look, a bruise!"
Little boy Eric sat at the station
waiting for trains to come by
When freight train gigantic
came charging right at him
He jumped back and cried out, "Oh my!"
Rachel WhitcombApril 24, 2017 at 12:47 PM
Little boy Eric sat at the station
waiting for trains to come by.
When freight train gigantic
came charging right at him,
he jumped back and cried out, "Oh my!"
I had to write one about David:
Dave the Bear had nothing to wear
so he left his house in the nude.
His neighbor did spy
with critical eye,
And told him that he was quite rude.
Not sure about my rhyme scheme, but here's my poem.
Mother is cooking and father's at work;
Brother and sister know they cannot shirk;
Doggy is trying to keep company.
But kitty does nothing; she thinks with a smirk,
"Nice to have servants who all work for me."
Lizzy's entry. I helped her a bit, but most of it is her's.
Sushi the cat was fluffy and fat,
She laid all day on her bed.
Then she rolled over, and kissed the Rover,
Then jumped and hit her head.
Ryan sat down at a chair
but found that, to his despair,
his brother had chosen
to take photos, a dozen,
and then went to Facebook to share.
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