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Write the shortest possible rhyming poem that still has meaning. Post it in the comments section below under your full name and general area of residence (“Bob Smith, Denver, Colorado”). You may choose any topic, but please be respectful and no dirty humor. Two entries allowed per poet.
When: Now June 9, 2018 midnight EST. Winner Announced June 18, 2018.
Who: Anyone in the world, any age or background, may participate. From within the Society, anyone not involved in judging the contest may participate.
Prize: $100
Judge: Advisory Board Members who choose to participate
Entry Fee: None
Examples: Our first example comes from Joe Tessitore of New York City, New York, who came up with this contest. Thank you, Joe!
Cooperation
One ant can’t.
A classic example comes from Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954). It has also been published under the name “Fleas”:
Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes
Adam
Had’em
Deep
Black hole
Mary Joshy
Vazhakulam, Kerala, India
Flower and Nail
A good man’s words may soothe us like a rose
A bad one’s often fix us to a cross
Vazhakulam, Kerala, India
Vegetarian
Chicken in kitchen sickens me
Hörgertshausen, Bavaria, Germany
The struggle of a dying art
Information in sensation?
Hörgertshausen, Bavaria, Germany
The forgotten first verse
Fright makes might,
Jacob Foreman (son of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ
Poem #1 “My Old Farm”
Airplanes fly low
Over milo,
And the silo
Stands so tall.
Poem #2 “The Stuck Pig”
See the hog
In the bog
Through the fog
And the smog?
Grace Foreman (daughter of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ
Poem 1: “Tax Time”
Take some pills
For all your ills,
Then go ahead
And pay the bills.
Poem 2: “Uncle Fred’s Haircut”
“Get all ready,
Uncle Freddy;
Just hold steady
For Aunt Letty.”
Ben Foreman (son of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ
Poem #1: “Double-Fudge Ripple”
Taste this cream;
It’s so supreme,
Just like a dream,
It makes me scream.
Poem #2: “Cheesemaking”
Find a way
To weigh
The whey.
Why bees don’t have knees
Stems
Wreck’em
How the snake knew the apple in the Garden of Eden was poisonous
It
Bit
Deep
Black hole
Weep
Soul
So . . . what won
This thing you run?
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Nietzscheism
transcend gravity.
Wind Blowers stay warm.
Brave is he who walks among the pigeons
A man’s best friend
A
Dog
Lust Blasts, Love Lasts.
Ingenious!
War over.
Scar forever!
M’s Figure
Roundly graced,
But little waist.
Here and now then and gone
The moment lost in this sweet song