{"id":71233,"date":"2011-11-15T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/71233\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reads-writes-signs-times\/"},"modified":"2011-11-15T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:43:10","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reads-writes-signs-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/71233\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-reads-writes-signs-times\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Reads and Writes Signs of the Times!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#ff0000\"><strong><em>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=Sign-2-1-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/Sign-2-1-1-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Friday Fling #155 November 18th 2011<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>We all like to think we have some ability to predict the future based on what is happening in the present and what happened in the past.  Many people have been aying these are &#8220;trying times.&#8221;<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#993366\"><strong> What are the important signs of the times?\u00a0 What do they tell you about the future?\u00a0 Monorhyme as much as you can!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><font color=\"#993366\">A monorhyme is a poem which sticks to the same rhymescheme throughout.  That is the last word of each line rhymes with the other last words.<\/font><font color=\"#999999\"> Such as:<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>A sign of the times<br \/>\nwritten in rhymes<br \/>\nneeds no mimes<br \/>\nor bad word crimes.<br \/>\nThe first line primes,<br \/>\nthe next one climbs.<br \/>\nYou think at times<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll run out of rhymes.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Copyright November 14th 2011 RGD<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#993366\"><strong>This week the Friday Fling does monorhymes about signs of the times!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Be sure to save times to read and comment unmimingly on your fellow pals&#8217; monorhymes.  Then go follow your personal signs of the times this weekend!<\/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 November 11h<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#999999\"><strong>Congratulations Jon!<\/strong><\/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=5FAwardCert-3-92.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/5FAwardCert-3-92.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=Crazy20Woman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/Crazy20Woman.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=Image9.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/Image9.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/014.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=file001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/file001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a special preview for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0Poems should be posted there when the challenge opens Thursday evening at 9 PM EST. 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