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Traditional Limerick

Contest Judged:  4/12/2018 11:48:00 PM
Sponsored by: Viv Wigley | Send Soup Mail
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Contest Description

What to Submit?

greetings, fellow Croutons,

I need cheering up.

So a traditional Limerick, please, starting with

'There was an old/ young... man/woman/boy/girl... from   'placename'

Seven to ten syllables, lines one, two and five.

Five to seven syllables on lines three and four.

Good rhyme and rythmn, please, and let's have some humour.

My example-

There was an old man from Dungannon

who shot his wife out of a cannon

but the gunpowder charge

that he used was too large-

she sank a rowboat in the Shannon.

******************  Good luck, folks! *******************************************************           

 

Prizes

First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve 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.


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