poetry
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Happy new week to you all. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is RIDE Last week’s prompt was BATH. There were some brilliant limericks: Nicola Daly: I once had an uncle ArthGot lost on the way to BathDidn’t half give him a frightWhen he turned left not rightAnd met a bull on the warpath. Fandango:…
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Happy Monday to everyone out there. Here’s to a good week – and also a new limerick challenge. Your word is BATH Last week’s prompt was SPROUT. There were some brilliant limericks: Nicola Daly: Gordon goat ate sprout after sproutHow many? He completely lost countSo it wasn’t any wonderHis tummy rumbled like thunderJust don’t light a…
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Good morning or afternoon, depending where you are. I hope you had a good weekend. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is SPROUT Last week’s prompt was HISS. There were some entertaining limericks: Graeme Sandford: A snake in the grass liked to hiss, from Thurso right down to Liss; wherever he went, from Sutherland to…
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I hope this Monday finds you well. Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you. Your word is HISS Last week’s prompt was CAST. There were some great limericks: Susan Batten: When Pete knew that his problem was cast, his obsession with fishing just passed. He’d tied knots in the reeds and lost weights in the weeds,…
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Happy Monday to everyone. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is CAST Last week’s prompt was DIM. I really enjoyed the different ways you looked at this prompt: John W. Howell: There once was a fellow named Jim, Who was the icon for proper and prim. One day he left home, Without his black comb.…
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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. This week’s guest has been a student of mine on…
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It’s a fresh week – let’s hope it’s a good one. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your word is DIM Last week’s prompt was APPLE. You came up with some amusing and also poignant limericks: Nicola Daly: There once was a boy called stealthy Si Used to steal everyone’s apple pie ‘I know it’s wrong, So…
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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 for this week is Eric Clarke, who I…
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Happy new week! I hope your week has got off to a good start. Here’s your Monday limerick challenge. Your new word is APPLE Last week’s prompt was CALM. You came up with some marvellous limericks: Nicola Daly: The sea wasn’t terribly calm So the captain sang us a psalm ‘And if that don’t help Try…
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My weekend was a busy one – in a good way. I was away at a writing event which was lots of fun. I hope you had a relaxing/productive one. Now it’s time for your fresh limerick challenge. Your new word is CALM Last week’s prompt was NIGHT. You came up with some clever limericks: Nicola…
Esther Chilton 