{"id":108878,"date":"2013-07-17T00:35:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108878\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-rhymes-until-it-hurts\/"},"modified":"2013-07-17T00:35:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T04:35:41","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-rhymes-until-it-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108878\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-the-friday-fling-rhymes-until-it-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Rhymes Until It Hurts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#ff0000\"><em><strong>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#ff0000\"><em><strong>Poems should be posted there after the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EDT.<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=CPCBanner.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/CPCBanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Banner\" \/><\/a><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Friday Fling #241 for July 19th 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> It&#8217;s midsummer and we&#8217;re in a happy mood.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> We saw the Danny Kaye movie <em>The Court Jester<\/em> on TCM recently<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> and got a kick out of the wordplay before the joust scene.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N4ni2FxH7v8<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> So we thought, let&#8217;s do tonguetwisty wordplay involving multiple rhymes, <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>drawing inspiration from the Danny Kaye and Bob Hope routines in the video. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>No particular format or topic, <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>just as long as your poem includes multiple rhymes,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong> especially if  they might tend to have a tonguetwisting effect!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Here&#8217;s a Limerick I wrote for this challenge <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>to serve as an example of what might work:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Witchy Fanny Rimes collected dimes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> while Mammy Tammy Grimes lost some sometimes.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> When Fanny met Mammy Tammy,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Fanny conjured a double whammy,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> but instead of dimes, Tammy dropped rhymes.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Copyright July 16th 2013 RGD<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>This week the Friday Fling parties hearty in midsummer <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong>with tonguetwisty rhymes!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#800080\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Be sure to save time to read and comment straightly <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>on your fellow Pals tonguetwisting efforts.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Then go enjoy a happy summer weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Fickle Finger of Fate Award for\u00a0  July 12th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong> Congratulations Ted!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/71aeaef2-c0a3-4669-917a-b1c35bcb5351_zps27731305.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img 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href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Pics\/GLAS-EN085-TongueTwister_zps8eb5774a.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/user\/scotorum\/media\/Fling%20Pics\/toungetwister_zps5d022175.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/toungetwister_zps5d022175.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo toungetwister_zps5d022175.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 EDT. \u00a0 Friday Fling #241 for July 19th 2013 \u00a0 It&#8217;s midsummer and we&#8217;re in a happy mood. We saw the Danny Kaye movie The Court Jester on TCM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}