The Prompt for September was to write a Limerick or humorous poem.
Only five lines long, limerick poems have an ‘AABBA’ rhyme scheme.
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I do suppose that each season
Does come with a kind of a reason,
And most are quite fine,
But I draw the line
At seasons that have my toes freezin’!
~The Colonialist
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Hester writes a real cracker, really capturing the essence of the limerick’s humor:
An OLD bird who LIVES at the COAST
Lied DOWN in the SUN and she DOZED
She THOUGHT a light TAN
Would CATCH her a MAN
But NOW she’s burnt CRISP as dry TOAST
This is a really awesome limerick!!! I love it, and it has that memory making sing-song quality so that it sticks in one’s head for quite a while!!
I invite you to read this month’s submissions for the A and I Poetry challenge who have all done a fantastic job.
Poetry Challenge Contributors for September
Ju- Lyn varied the theme of seasons in refashioning-rules but also decided to give the limerick form a go, here. And I am very glad she did. The limerick is deceptively easy to write but difficult to convey a message in such few words. Ju-Lyn nailed it.
Manjamexi – penned a cheeky limerick with beautiful illustrations of mouth-watering photographs of a Cypress field many incarnations through the seasons.
Ineke’s delightful limerick on the seasonal changes in New Zealand – Scrapydo2.wordpress.com
Abrie Joubert – writes in Afrikaans but copy paste this into google Translate or use the translator button and you will find some wonderful words.
Abrie’s post on the A and I Poetry Challenge inspired two other Afrikaans writers to write limericks in the comments of Abrie’s post:
Hesterleynel – she is at it again! Well done, Hester.
Very well done to all of you! The translations were a lot of fun to read! One word translated to diarrhoea!! Not sure that it was meant as such, but it certainly was humorous!!
Hester’s post inspired Vuurklip to contribute in Afrikaans,on Hester blog post here
Tafuzul – submitted a surpise poem. He asked me to choose his best poem for his entry this month. Find it here
If you have written a poem in September and would like a linkback included here, please comment below.
Host bloggers Amanda from Australia at Something to Ponder About and
Ineke from New Zealand at scrapydo2.wordpress.com jointly host the challenge.
Ineke mostly does the poetry in Afrikaans, while Amanda uses English.
The challenge is open to all, from first-timers up to well-advanced poets. Be sure to comment here so that we can find your poem for October and add you to the link up post at the end of this month.
October is the final month for the Poetry Challenge.
beautifully written!
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They did well!!
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I love reading all the contributions and the comments on every blog. Are you quite sure you don’t want to carry on with this challenge after October? 😜 Thank you for your encouragement.
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I have quite a few commitments, Hester but I would love it if someone took it over and kept it going for another month or so. It has been wonderful.
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