This is an 18thC parlor game. I will give you a list of rhyming words. You will write a poem using these words as END RHYME. You can write any form, any meter, any foot, but you must use at least eight words and no more then sixteen.
First place and gold =400 points
Second place and silver = 300 points
Third place and bronze = 200 points
Fourth place = 100 points
Two honorable mention at 50 points each
RULES: No sticky caps
No swearing or cursing
No eroticism
Use spell check
Use good grammar
The lists
more, before, chore, your, soar, wore, adore, implore
glow, snow, flow, slow, woe, ago, so, bestow
lie, goodbye, why, deny,defy, reply, fly, sky
dream, beam, deem, scheme, scream, redeem, esteem, scene
depart, start, chart, heart, smart, impart, Descartes, dart
clean, green, between, been, keen, lean, mean, queen,
First place and gold =400 points
Second place and silver = 300 points
Third place and bronze = 200 points
Fourth place = 100 points
Two honorable mention at 50 points each
RULES: No sticky caps
No swearing or cursing
No eroticism
Use spell check
Use good grammar
The lists
more, before, chore, your, soar, wore, adore, implore
glow, snow, flow, slow, woe, ago, so, bestow
lie, goodbye, why, deny,defy, reply, fly, sky
dream, beam, deem, scheme, scream, redeem, esteem, scene
depart, start, chart, heart, smart, impart, Descartes, dart
clean, green, between, been, keen, lean, mean, queen,
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 25, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: I was pleased to see more entries than I thought would try this contest. Some of you had difficulty in following the directions. I am sure that is my fault. The next contest will be better.
I have given Honorable Mentions:
Deeper by Stephanie
A Love Like Never Before by Poetryintheblood
Entries [5]
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No abhor.• Commented on by judge.
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I loved you more than you loved me,
you broke my heart and set me free• Commented on by judge. -
With pieces of my heart
to others I impart• Commented on by judge.
Bronze trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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I will think on this, i do like rhyme
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I'm not very good with rhyming so I don't think I'll be entering, but I'll pass the link onto a couple of my friends. Cool words!
Best of luck to everyone who enters 
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Oooh! Cool contest! I'm going to have to try my hand at this one. Thanks Sharcu for sending me the link to this contest!
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I may consider entering this contest. I am as yet undecided with it. But whatever I choose to do, good luck, I hope you get some great entries.
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Looks like great fun, I shall see what if I can write one for this, have fun!
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Merry meet,
I went to edit my poem because I forgot a line and I didn't have an end rhyme on line. I accidentally deleted my poem from your contest. Is there a way to put it back? Should I retype it in? It is new for this contest. I am such a
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thank you
Amythest
Here is a link for it -
Merry meet,
I went to edit my poem because I forgot a line and I didn't have an end rhyme on line. I accidentally deleted my poem from your contest. Is there a way to put it back? Should I retype it in? It is new for this contest. I am such a
or .
thank you
Amythest
Here is a link for it:
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If you deleted the poem just re-enter the corrected version. No problem.
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Merry meet,
thank you. I didn't want anyone to think I was trying to enter a pre-write as a fresh write. Thank you again.
Amythest
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