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The weekend here was damp and miserable. I hope it was sunny with you. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you to brighten the start of your week: ROOTS Last week’s prompt was VEST. You came up with some very funny limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: I failed at my first major test When I turned up
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I hope you survived the chilly weekend. It should be getting warmer next week. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you: WINK Least week’s prompt was SNOW. You came up with some amazing limericks: Trent: Stay inside all you please Shivering shoulders and shaking knees But when there’s snow Well, off I go To the mountains
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How was your weekend? Cold, if you live here in the UK! Here’s an apt new limerick challenge for the start to this week: SNOW Least week’s prompt was CHANGE. You came up with some great limericks: Trent: There once was a man from Boston With a house big enough to get lost in The
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My guest this week is Paula Charlton. She doesn’t usually write poetry, but was inspired to write this after a recent problem with her heating. ‘I was so fed up,’ she says, ‘but then I began to put things into perspective. This is what came out.’ The Boiler’s Blown By Paula Charlton Heating cuts out
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I hope you had a lovely weekend. It’s now time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: HOUSE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word WORST in it somewhere. You came up with some very amusing limericks: John W. Howell: There once was a man from Pine Hurst, Who’s
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My Guest Writer this week is a special friend of mine and a very talented poet. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Gill Hawkins. As it’s near Christmas, she’s sharing a festive poem with us. It’s my favourite poem of hers. I hope you enjoy it. THE LONELINESS OF SNOWMEN BY GILL HAWKINS You
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Happy Monday! Time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: WORST Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word BEARD in it somewhere. You came up with some very funny limericks: Trentpmcd: Tom had a beard that wouldn’t stop Like the guys from ZZ Top From his face To his
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It’s Monday afternoon and time for a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: BEARD Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word FUDGE in it somewhere. You came up with some very entertaining limericks: Trentpmcd: “Oh, fudge!” I thought he said When the branch hit him in the head But that
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Good afternoon, everyone. Here is a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is: FUDGE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word MESS in it somewhere. You came up with some very entertaining limericks: Trentpmcd: Brad had a career worth a look For he was an Army Mess Cook As
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Happy Monday. Let’s have a great week. Here is a new limerick challenge for you. Your word this week is: MESS Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word HAND in it somewhere. You came up with some very entertaining limericks: John W. Howell: There once was a guy in the band, Who
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