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This is a Special preview for the CPC Friday Fling on Friendburst. Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 P.M.

For our first Fabulously Fun Friggin’ Friday Fling on Friendburst, we thought it would be a good time to celebrate friendship by writing about our animal friends, our pets or the pets of people we know.

On the Fling we also like to challenge you further by suggesting a format to write your poem(s) in. Michelle suggested the Limerick, a five line poem of about 9-9-6-6-9 syllables in which the nine syllable lines all rhyme and the six syllable lines rhyme. An additional pair of rules is that usually the first line introduces the subject, which is usually a person or animal, and the last line is a sort of punchline, often humorous. For example, Michelle wrote this one for the CPC Simple Simple challenge at the beginning of the week:

So long ago two horses from Maine,
were quenching their thirst and fed on grain.
They were best friends of joy
and also LeRoy
Forever in their hearts they remain.

This week the Friday Fling writes pet limericks!

Be sure to save time to read and comment fondly on your fellow Pals’ pet projects. Then go off and enjoy the weekend, including showing appreciation to the one who at one time called you HER pet! -Bob/Scotorum and Michelle K.

As always, should the topic and/or format not be your catnip, you can post anything you’ve written lately which fits within the broad boundaries of the CPC family’s standards of appropriateness!

One final note for newbies: Traditionally the 5F gives an award called the Fickle Finger of Freggin’ Friday Fun (or 5F) award to the poem considered by the hosts to be the best of the week, usually the one which best fit both the topic and format. An award poster is given to the winner, and it is posted along with congratulations at the end of the following week’s Fling intro. Here’s our last winner from Fling #126, which was held near the end of March:

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for 3/25/11