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Limerick CompetitionsLimerick Verse Competitions you can enterA list of competitions where you write a limerick poem is provided here. This ever popular type of verse composition attracts regular opportunities for you to exercise your poetic skills. St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and just about any subject you can think of. Sooner or later someone will have a contest to challenge your poetic competence, wit or sense of fun. STVIf you like your limericks or other verse combined with the sport of football here is a Scottish Television company that wants to have them. STV Limerick "An ode to Beckham? What about a verse for Keane, Boyd or McGhee? David Beckham's World Cup ending Achilles injury has been honoured by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Enough of that, what about paying tribute to Scotland's sporting icons? By Grant Russell" "It's time for the creative minds of Scottish sports fans to go one better than Duffy and immortalise their favourites. Or, failing that, come up with some better alternatives to Beckham's ode"ChortlerIf you are into baseball here is a site Chortler.com that welcomes limericks connected with the game. No prizes but a fun opportunity to try out your poetic skills. "Spring is knocking on the door in many places and that can only mean one thing: baseball limericks are in bloom. Thankfully, a new site - named appropriately enough Baseball Limericks - has been formed to become a portal for all things baseball limericky. Here are a couple of examples of what you will find on the site. If you believe you can do better then by all means submit:" Raise the HammerThe folks in Hamilton Ontario throught he blog Raise The Hammer are looking for some verse to promote city life. An opportunity for you to show what you can do with a neat piece of verse. "Please post your poems about Hamilton or city life in general - free verse, or one of the more traditional kinds; for example, a haiku or a sonnet. You can make it as highfalutin or comical (here are instructions for limericks) as you choose, but keep it G-rated, please, so we can feel free to show the kids we know or even to get them to try their hand at it, too."
Billings GazetteThis article in Billings Gazette relates to a limerick competition that is now over but by reading the entries you will get some idea of the type of verse that wins. They do not always conform to the standard limerick structure but the editors who pick the winners probably have some subjective input. " Limericks may be a trivial bit of nonsense, but Billings Gazette readers take them seriously. More than 190 people sent in entries to The Gazette's Limerick Contest with many limerick writers sending in multiple poems."
Oxford NewsSome tips here on how to win a limerick competition you might find helpful. "Oxford resident wins national competition Badin High School junior James Koch, an Oxford resident, and senior Alex Brown have won a national contest in the 2010 Neuroscience for Kids poetry competition." "Being able to write clever limericks like they did shows you that they have paid attention and mastered the material. This is truly a major accomplishment," said Kay Collins, who teaches the pair in her physiology classes, Koch is the son of Roger and Carol Koch, of Oxford, and a graduate of Queen of Peace School."
Weekly Oregon NewsNot quite sure what this is all about but limerick lovers could try checking it out. Sun Feb 28, 2010 at 20:39:11 PM PSTAfter more artistic suffering than it's fair to make you hear about, I've finished this week's Oregon News Limericks...Starting this week, TJ's Monday morning appearance begins a half-hour earlier, and to mark the occasion we're modifying the conditions of competition a little bit: ... Remember: No rhyming off the person sitting next to you. Ready? Begin! " The weekly Oregon news limerick challenge" Hallmark Cards UKThis Twitter based Valentine verse competition is now closed; you can vote for the winner or see the results here Hallmark Cards Tweet Poll Feb. 12th Deseret News LimericksThe folks at Deseret News are having a limerick competition. "What will come next? Let's look into the future and have some fun speculating - while we also have some fun rhyming. The Next Decade is the theme of this year's annual limerick contest. Rules are the same as always: Send in as many limericks as you want (within reason), principles of good taste apply, have fun, make us think, make us laugh. Limericks must be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3." 2010 Check them out here: Deseret News Limerick Competition Charlotte Observer LimericksThis newspaper is running a Politics & Public Policy Limerick Contest. Charlotte Observer Limerick Competition "After you write a limerick, you submit it to us by e-mail or regular mail. Here are the details. You, too, can write limericks. But first, read this. To write a good limerick, the first rule is to understand the specific rhyme scheme and the specific meter."Even if you don't enter the limericks are good and politicians tend to be the same wherever you live. 700 Limericks
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Limericks today -- song lyrics tomorrowLearning the basics of poetry can lead you into song lyrics. Master the simple ideas in the limerick of structure, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance and consonance and you only need inspiration to produce a hit song. Well, it is not quite that easy but it is a good starting point. Example of a William Clark song: Itunes Amazon co.uk Napster, Rhapsody E-music Noise Cancelling Earbuds site If you listen to limericks or songs with earbuds this site has useful information. The author may be entitled to a commission on items sold from this page.
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