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Happy Monday! We’re really counting down the days now. I hope it’s all coming together and you’re almost ready for the big day. Here’s your new limerick challenge: HOLLY Last week’s prompt was SLEIGH. You came up with great Christmas limericks: HopeLess: There once was a sleigh in the snow That raced through the night with…
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Happy Monday! I hope you all had a good weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge: SLEIGH Last week’s prompt was CANDY. You came up with some limericks to entertain: Richmond Road: I was young, I was brash, I was randy To my girl I presented my candy But when I offered to teach Her tricks down…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is a Writers Bureau student I’ve…
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Happy new week. I hope you all had a good weekend. Ready for a limerick challenge? Your new word is CANDY Last week’s prompt was BORING. You came up with some great limericks: Richmond Road: Bob, at the cricket, was scoring But found the game endlessly boring At the end of the over He lay in…
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Happy 1st December! The countdown is now officially on. But first a new limerick challenge. Your new word is BORING Last week’s prompt was SHOPPING. You came up with some hilarious limericks: Nicola Daly: I’ve still to do Christmas shopping And all the floors need mopping There’s the oven to clean And the windows to sheen…
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I was fortunate to be gifted this beautiful book of poems by Bharul herself and loved every one of them. Here’s the blurb: This book is a heartfelt collection of poems that beautifully exploes the spectrum of human emotions – love, motherhood, faith, nature, and the quiet strength of relationships. With verses that range from…
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I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Not many more until Christmas – eek! Anyway, let’s forget about that for now. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your new word is SHOPPING Last week’s prompt was SCALE. You came up with some great limericks: Nicola Daly: When the old man drank whisky and ale He’d tell…
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Happy start of the week. I hope you have a great Monday. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is SCALE Last week’s prompt was SNACKS. You came up with some hilarious limericks: Nicola Daly: Wielding my giant axe Makes me hungry for chocolatey snacks But two becomes four And I eat more and more And…
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Many of you follow Nicole Sara’s beautiful blog Starry Steps and enjoy her poems. She really has a gift for creating stunning lines. I recently finished her collection of poems – Rhyming Dreams. Here’s the blurb: Rhyming Dreams is an enchanting and engaging collection of poems about the heart’s winding journey through deep wistful longing…
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Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is SNACKS Last week’s prompt was LITTER. You came up with some thoughtful limericks: Nicola Daly: My old gran loved to bedazzle with glitter She was also a bit of a knitter She made jumpers galore Until we shouted ‘No more! We’d prefer you…
Esther Chilton 