CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Tries a Tongue-Twisted Christmas!
This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.
Friday Fling #211 for December 21st 2012
One of our favorite Christmas tapes – ok so those are obsolete now but they weren’t when this one was first issued – is called “Twisted Christmas.” It’s a collection of Christmas song rewrites with funny lyrics.
Recalling that got us thinking about tongue-twisters, which we’ve done on the Fling before. Combining the two thoughts, we came up with Christmas tongue-twisters.
So our challenge to you this week is to write a poem about Christmas and the holiday period which includes at least one tongue-twisting phrase or line. It could be alliterative like the famous “Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers,” or one where words hard to say together are put together like the famous “she sells sea shells by the sea shore.” But any way you come up with a tongue-twister while staying on a holidaytime subject is fine.
This week the Friday Fling twists your tongue in writes about Christmastime!
Be sure to save time to read and comment contortionately on your fellow Pals’ tongue-twisting Christmas tales. Then go enjoy an untwisted final pre-Christmas weekend!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for December 14th
Congratulations Diane!
Here are some videos which might stimulate your muse and hopefully your funnybone
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLGuEVM_xwU
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr90-hXIV38
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBKGoj7nKAw
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3M7IR6jkpc
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qdb6wC0Iz4
In the compilation below, tracks #1,6,9,10,13,14,18,20,22,24,26,28 and 32 are Christmas-related songs
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n22-Xk4MTEc&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9C4MQkeHmvgy8tY0gYFt7m0