What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............Buzzwords, a feast for the buzzards, showing how silly they are.....
Any form is acceptable.
Buzzword Bingo is a corporate game where people in the audience of a meeting are given a card with a list of common 'buzzwords' for their discipline. Contestants have to tick off the words as they are spoken by the speaker, and stand up and yell "Bingo!" when all have been spoken and ticked off. Write a poem with a gaggle of buzzwords in it, and show how ridiculous they are. Below are some examples. This is meant to be funny, playing on the words. Please ridicule them shamelessly, not just list them in your poem, if you want a prize! Cheers and have fun!
Examples to get your started.
Think outside the box -> before you are dead in a coffin
Triple bottom line -> there can only be one last line!
Stakeholders - pair of barbecue tongs
Low-hanging fruit - pears
At the end of the day - whenever
Move the needle - acupuncture
Best Practice - What I do best
Touch base - Not out!
Value-add - top-up the piggy bank
Learnings - it ain't a word!
Swimlane - keep in yours buddy
Game-changer, Hard stop, Customer-centric, On the same page, Onboarding, Bleeding-edge, On-your-radar, Ducks-in-a-row, Drill-down.
Prizes
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third, Forth, Fifth Prize, Glory
Five Honorable Mentions
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
A Note to Poetry Contestants
You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.