NEW CONTEST sponsored by Andrew Pudewa
Wow! You guys are SOOOOOO talented! They were all so good that I asked Marshie to do the honors and pick a Winning Poet for me…. Here is what she emailed to me: I
was very impressed with Tonya's poem sung to a tune; mamasmurf's poem reminded me of my own not-so-good memory; Melkhi was brave and clever enough to add on to the great Robert Louis Stevenson; and Starlady has got some very talented children… Actually there were too many good entries to make this easy… But
the romantic in me couldn't help but dreamily *sigh* at dear JocelynDixon's poem about her Knight in shining armor. So there you have it! Congrats JocelynDixon! email me at JenIG@TOSMag.com and give me your addy so i can send you your prize. *********************** original post: Do you like poems? I have a new contest sponsored by our friend, Andrew Pudewa, you know that brilliant fellow from the Institute for Excellence in Writing? If you would like to win, simply come up with a poem (it has to be at least two lines long). Here's an example: Geoff the Great, he met his Fate See? it's not that hard. I came up with a whole FOUR lines right And then check out some of Mr. Pudewa's other excellent resources! |
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on July 5th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
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I SO want to win
This awesome set
It’s the only way
I’ll likely get
My hands on such a cool resource
For teaching our co-op English course
for teens who do not want to write
More than a sentence without a fight
The poetry class I taught in the past
Was slightly less than a fun filled blast
Of their moaning and groaning I’m really sick
So please have mercy and make me your pick
p.s. You can see….this is BAD poetry…so me teaching this class is like the blind leading the blind. You should be charitable to blind people.
on July 5th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
And another…
more succint entry…to up my chances if you draw from a hat or something hehehehehe
Please pick me
I like things for free
on July 5th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
From ArtsyMama
Okay… here goes..
On Jen’s old blog
was a goat…no… a dog
And now there’s a sniffing maiden
If she picks me
I’ll be full of glee
With the spoils my kids I’ll be aidin’
okay….so how’s that one!!!?
~Artsymama
on July 5th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
a poem
A poem you want
In any font?
How can it be,
For so little a fee?
Would you like it with cheese?
Or just ‘pretty please’?
on July 5th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
uh …
I do not think you should pick me
I am as lame as lame can be
I gather up resources in giant loads
they sit under dust like frozen toads
I’m pretty pathetic almost all the time
although I do like to write in rhyme
so rather than gather unused things for free
just award me some points for my blunt honesty
on July 5th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Okie dokie…
There once was a blogger named Jay,
She loved to type all through the day.
She found this great place from TOS,
And knew it was a dangerous place to play.
Dangerous, you ask? Yes–full of snares,
She sits down & doesn’t put on airs…
She loves reading about JenIg’s gardening..
When her veggies aren’t stolen by hares.
Our blogger reads all about her friends…
Good wishes she always tries to sends.
It’s so nice that she has this place
Where rules we can sometimes bends.
—Okay…this is exhausting! I give!
on July 5th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
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It’s hard to think of rhyming
After such a night as mine.
I guess I need a little help,
“Come on, kids, Dr. Seuss time!”
on July 5th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
"Nother Contest?"
Who has time to enter a contest?
The new puppy has the runs.
Oh, how I need blissful rest
from cleaning up puppy buns!
The downstairs toilet is clogged
Thanks to a hot wheel car.
Husband and floor got sogged
Now a hole in floor, will we make par?
So you see, about the time
Which I think has been flushed
With all the other poopy grime.
My hours spent has been crushed.
So here’s to the one who will win
Hopefully more time they had
to thoughtfully let their minds spin.
The prize will surely make glad.
Dianna
on July 5th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Hello
I will not be entering the contest…..I am no good at writings!
Just stopping to say HI…..Hi! How are you? Hope you are having a GREAT week!
Take Care!
Thanks for stopping by “Daily” at the “Planet”!
Luv
SuperAngel Siol Enal
*Rosie-Posie Iris Hardbottle* ~Luthien Alatariel Elanesse~
@M@ND@
Daughter of Jacque Dixon
Sister of Alatariel and Tigerlily
on July 5th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Poetry
I love poetry… see my blog for a sample of my poetry!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/quietcajun/162357/#c301275
Edited by quietcajun on Jul. 7, 2006 at 12:14 PM
on July 6th, 2006 at 9:48 am
A poet… and didn't know it
Surely you jest
These are the best!
There’s no way that I can win.
But I’ll play
And perhaps you’ll say,
“She needs help putting paper to pen.” 🙂
~Connie
on July 6th, 2006 at 11:46 am
Limericks
Here’s one for you and Gena:
There once were two sisters out West
Who thought that a move would be best
Tennessee was the place
So East they did race
And found themselves wondrously blessed.
And one for Coie:
There was a fair maiden-in-waiting
Who shunned the idea of dating
Her folks looked around
Until they had found
The young man with an excellent rating!
Fun contest! (Except that I was lying awake at 4AM with rhymes running through my head!)
Rebeca
on July 6th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Newman Poem
There once was a frog named T.H. Logian
On lily pads he was a croakin’
Life was good for this intelligent guy,
From his pond he all could spy.
He had a system for everything known
Other frogs gave him a Crown.
But this king he lacked a family
That alone would make him happy.
A wife he took with due haste,
and a moments notice it was a race.
They wanted children which could replace
their righteous ways all over the place.
Oh, their plan was swell and grand,
to conquer the ponds and the land.
Just one problem you will see,
They treated their children differently.
You see frogs are tadpoles at the first,
That is why they are born immersed.
“They are not frogs dear wife of mine,
simply blank slates who mimic and mime.”
To treat them now as frogs, Absurd!
They should be seen and not be heard.
But they will grow and soon become frogs,
right now they’re dead as wooden logs.
My husband Matt is the poem writer of the family… Rebecca from zeahrenaissance.blogspot.com
on July 6th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
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A poem is what I need to write
To win a lovely prize
But I don’t know if I’m that bright
To compete with the other “guys”.
I need that set, I really do
I think it’s really cool.
I am looking for something new
Since they’re so bored with school.
on July 6th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I am going to try…..
I will be back…
on July 6th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
A Poem from the Emerald Isle
A rhyme is needed—right you be!
I’ll take a chance and try my hand
I’m full of blarney, so I am
Because I live in Ireland
on July 6th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Hi
IEW is a great program. Have fun with the poem wars. ~Michelle~
on July 6th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
ok, just a little something i threw together!
I will wait, I will wait for him
He, who will come and meet my every need
I will give him my heart and he will be sure it will not break
If I fall he will catch me
If I cry he will wipe my tears
I know not his name, I know not the sound of his voice
I know not the hour he will come, riding upon his horse in shining armor.
But when he comes I will be ready
I will wait, I will wait for him….My Knight in shining armor
and another one I wrote when I was 11yrs old…
Friendship by Jocelyn Dixon
Friendship is not something you do or say,
But something you have.
And it’s very special!
Some people don’t have friends,
so don’t take it for granted.
I am very blessed to have a friend like you!!!
God bless and thanks for the contest!
on July 6th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
Here is goes!
There once was a blogger named Jen
Who was giving out freebies again
I am truly tongue-tied
But obliged to comply
So please Jen, oh please let me win.
on July 6th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Tonya
Okay, Jen. I have just been lurking, but this contest is just too hard to resist.
My poem shall be sung to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”.
Oh, I want to win this contest ’cause I have a lot of boys
They are oh so very rowdy but they bring me lots of joys.
I think they need some culture to cut down on all the noise
And poetry would help.
chorus : glory, glory hallelujah…. (every one knows this part)
Verse 2:
If they’re reciting poetry it seems to me they’ll be
more int’rested in schoolwork than in climbing too tall trees.
And maybe I won’t find more bones in the washing machine,
Oh poetry would help!
I’m sure of it ????Maybe???
for a perfecty good explaination of the ‘bones in the washing machine’ go to http://thekissackfamily.blogspot.com/2006/06/appostilles-and-dinosaur-bones.html
on July 6th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
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I cannot rhyme
right at this time
the hour is very late.
I need to sleep
ideas to steep
then words will I contemplate.
on July 6th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
Poetry Contest
Okay, silly, but this is off the top of my head.
Blogging is great,
Blogging is fun,
You start at eight,
Can't stop 'til one.
Edited by cricket313 on Jul. 6, 2006 at 7:26 PM
on July 7th, 2006 at 12:03 am
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I’m so bummed as I just wrote 12 lines,
then this maddening post comment thing
deleted all mine….
arrgh
Denise T
on July 7th, 2006 at 12:05 am
Here's my brilliant poetic contribution to the contest…
I am up blogging way too late,
so to win this contest must be my fate. 🙂
on July 7th, 2006 at 8:49 am
Hi!!!
My poem is on my website: http://www.love4animals.homestead.com/Cutekittenpics.html
It has pictures so I couldn’t post it on a comment. i don’t know how.
=D
Heather
on July 7th, 2006 at 9:15 am
Hi!
Hello there! Oops! I am not writing any poems or entering any contests. Just wanted to say, “hi!” I will put in the other article.
on July 7th, 2006 at 11:51 am
My (very poor) poem!
On a little piece of paper,
With a very scratchy pen,
I wrote this little poem
But I can’t remember when!
Perhaps it was last Monday
A day that was so hot
I wrote it then, I think so
Or perhaps I did not?
Was it written on my birthday
So many moons ago?
Or maybe in that traffic jam,
When everything went so slow?
Ah, now I do remember!
I wrote it just now,
So I’ll finish with a flourish
And take my final bow!
Told you it was a bad ‘un, didn’t I? – eat your heart out, Shakespeare – here we come!!
~Chrissy
on July 7th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
I already exposed my silliness on my blog…
might as well go for a wider audience here: My Silly Sequel to Rob’t. Louis Stevenson
on July 7th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
My kids poetry
Since it’s for the kids ya know, I thought I’d have my kids write some poetry for your contest. 🙂
Here’s my 8 year olds two poems, typed just the way she wrote them. 😉 Just so you know, she really really really likes fish and the ocean. (oh and Gill. You’ll have to check out my blog to see just how much Gill is an integral part of our lives LOL)
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In the spring,
the coral shoots up.
In the spring,
the fish swim.
In the spring,
the gills come again.
The spring makes us get up and sing.
“Gills have come!
I love them.
Little snows are off.
Long vacations here!”
“G.I.L.L.”
___________________________
The Ocean
The ocean is a wonderful thing,
It has all the fish who want to sing,
Because it is a pretty place,
The ocean has its own current,
It has all the rainbows of the world,
If you want to see the rainbow before it
Rains, you are lucky if you have fish.
All day long, the ocean goes
Against the waves and lives on
In its own race of fish, and other things,
It wins against all living things,
Beside God, it can survive.
It is the whales who are the kings,
It is the dolphins who are the queens,
And even though there are so many,
The fish are still not the poor ones.
They are the colors of the rainbow, too,
They are purple, green, orange and blue,
And even when the water is stained and
All muddy with pollution,
And dead fish are near you,
The ocean stays hopeful with God,
In a very faithful Rainbow!
Now, my 6 year olds. I’m writing it as she wrote it but fixing her creative spelling. Guess we should check into Mr. Pudewa’s spelling curriculum while we’re at it 😀
The Fish
In the sea where the little fish swim,
I have a little fish that swims from the sea to me.
The End.
She even drew a lovely picture to go along w/ it. Does that count? LOL
Fun contest. I was going to check out this curriculum at our convention in a couple of weeks. I’ve heard great things about it. 🙂
on July 7th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
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oh what fun
but i’ve got to run
can’t join in
even though i’d like to win
i’m sure they’ll be another
right now i’ve got to go make supper.
these rhymes were so much fun to read. fun contest!
on July 7th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
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I stand where I stand by the grace of God;
I can do no other thing!
Founded on the Living Word of God,
To It I’ll ever cling.
~JoAnna (16, homeschooled)
P.S. I have often read your entries since finding your blog, but this is the first time I have commented. . .your writing often gives me a much-needed laugh 🙂
on July 7th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
I'll give it a try….
While DD11 and I were studying insects last year I made this one up for the praying mantis we found:
Lunch
He folds his arms as if in prayer
while quiety he waits and stares
And no one ever knows he’s there.
‘Till suddenly a speck zooms by
and quicker than I blink my eye
Mr. Mantis grabs a fly.
And while he sits to slowly munch,
His brother’s eyeing him for lunch.
The end is coming….that’s my hunch.
on July 7th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
Ring a bell????
Gena and Jen
The Sister Odd Couple
They’re CRAZY and SILLY
They’ll make you laugh
And even chuckle
Gena’s was the punisher
And of course was Jen’s the fighter
Now Gena’s a publisher
And Jen, she’s a writer
The question once was
Friend or Foe?
Now their LOVE for the Lord
And each other
It DOES show!
0:) Amber who should be typing journals, NOT blogging
on July 9th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Here are my poems…
Bees
There are a bunch of bees in a hive,
they make honey,
but not for money.
Bees are very good,
they do as they should.
Bees are yellow and black,
pollen is their snack.
They like flowers,
and they work for hours.
(We should all work like a bee,
shouldn’t we?)
——————————————————————————–
or another one is…
By Willow B.
Grade 6, Alabama
Squirrels jump from tree to tree,
They never jump on me!
They are grey and furry,
and they also scurry.
When my cat comes,
squirrels chatter at him tons.
I like squirrels a lot,
I hope they do not get caught.
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or…
Fall
I like Fall,
The trees are so tall!
All the leaves fall to the ground,
I rake them into a big mound.
Then I run and I jump,
Into the big lump,
of big crumbling leaves.
I see birds fly past,
They are going fast.
Way up high in the sky,
they fly and fly and fly.
They are going South.
I shout with my mouth,
“See you next spring!”
“Don’t hurt your wing!
The weather is so nice.
I will give some advice,
when the winter comes,
there will be ice.
I love to play outside in the Fall,
not inside walking around in a mall.
I like to swing and ride my bike,
or go to the park and take a hike.
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Well, that’s it.
—Willow—
on July 9th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
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This comment is late
But I will wait
If I win I’ll celebrate!
(by eating some choco-late)
Sorry, best I could come up with! As you can see, I need all the help I can get.
JennMarie = )
on July 9th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Poem
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
Would require a great deal of dedication.
Dedicated I’d be,
Especially for free
‘Cause my budget is way passed inflation.
on July 9th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
A combo of styles…what I refer to as the Dr. Goose style
done to the meter and rhyme of peas, porridge hot.
Ahem *throat clearing* *cough*
cheese, storage, rot
cheese, storage, mold
cheese stored in my fridge, 189 months old
DH doesn’t like the mold
DH doesn’t like the rot
DH doesn’t like cheese in the fridge
189 months old
Asketh he:
would you, could you clean the fridge
would you, could you …a first in our marriage?
*ahem*
oops, I’m getting Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss confused….
on July 10th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Shoot! I missed it! (and your article on socialization)
I always miss the fun stuff. I adore poetry! Will you be doing another poetry contest sometime?
Jen, I just finished reading your article on socialization in the Crosswalk Homeschool Encouragement newsletter and…wow. I do believe it’s the best piece I’ve ever read on the topic. Thank you!
on July 10th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
not about the contest
Hi there!
I just got my homeschool Crosswalk newsletter and saw your article about socialism. Congrats!
Hope/Pray your having a GREAT summer!
on July 10th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
Hello, me again!
I was just letting you know since you love contests… That I am doing my own. I’m sure you can enter this time!
Sincerely,
Jocelyndixon
on July 11th, 2006 at 2:09 am
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Hi Jen,
Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Is summer going by semi-quickly or is it me? =o) I missed your contest! Looks like it was fun!
Cathy
on July 11th, 2006 at 10:50 am
Check out my Coffee Mug Contest
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ClagettsFLStyle/165102/