Lung Love Limerick Contest

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I inherited my rhyming gift from my beloved Grandma Betty

who was also known to make some seriously scrumptious spaghetti.

Well, ok... not really... I just liked the way those words rhymed.

Also, I think she'd agree the joke was impeccably timed.

My Grandma Betty left this world many years ago and never saw

these wacky rhymes I write for you. (She'd drop her jaw.)

I thought a nice way to honor her on her birthday would be

to get my friends (that's you) to write her some limericks with me.

She would like it if we encouraged people to stop smoking,

by writing fun rhymes chock full of humor and joking.

So, I'm hosting a contest with the help of a limerick queen-

Mad Kane's the best limerick contest host I've ever seen!

How it works is that I will feed you a few "first lines" to use.

You use them to write as many limericks as you choose.

Mad Kane and I will judge your skill, silliness and poetry style.

You've got 'til Monday night to enter then I'll post awards after a while.

Are you ready to write a smoker's limerick for Grandma Betty?

Here's the non-rhyming instructions for whenever you are ready.

(1)  Choose one of the following first lines for your limerick:

It's time that you put out your butts.

or

I just can't stand the smell anymore.

or

Tobacco will end your life quicker.

(2)  Write your limerick in the comments section below or post it on your blog and leave the link here.  (If you do post your limerick on your blog, it would be great if you could include a link to the contest in your post.)

(3)  Please help promote the contest via Facebook, Twitter and your other blog networking groups.

You will have three days to write your limericks and post or link them here.  Mad Kane and I will judge your poems for both humor and poetic skill.  Check back Sunday, April 24th for the list of winners!  We hope to have enough entries to award first, second, and third place, plus a few honorable mentions.  Of course, we hope the joy of helping people laugh through their smoker withdrawals towards a tobacco free life is all the reward you need.  And now... let the Lung Love Limerick writing begin!

Sample #1 - by Rachel Hoyt

It's time that you put out your butts.

The black lung will get you, you putz.

Put it out.  Just be through.

Don't let smoking kill you.

Reach deep down -- get in touch with your guts.

Sample #2 - by Rachel Hoyt

I just can't stand the smell anymore

And I hate how it makes people snore.
I'm a ladylike gal.
Please don't take a hike, pal.
I'll stop reeking from ev'ry last pore.

Sample #3 - by Madeline Kane

Tobacco will end your life quicker.

So quit smoking already. Don't dicker.

It's bad for your heart

And it simply ain't smart.

So be kind to your lungs and your ticker.


If you need a brief refresher course on Limerick form or meter, visit the links in Mad Kane's most recent Limerick-Off post. 





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