Limerick Competition
Summer madness - limericks!
Winners announced!
Thank you for all your entries. It was very hard to choose but I have decided on the following winners:
Hayley - for your Dragonfly limerick
Taylor - for your clever review of the Cat stories and for including Grandmother Bee
Kaitlynn - for your Billy Boil limerick with the flute/cello image which was very novel and as mad as limericks should be!
If the three winners could contact me on this page with their addresses (I will not post this information of course) I will send you your prize. If you are under 13, please ask a parent/guardian for permission.
Well done everyone else - it was very close. In the end I had to consult my daughter to help pick winners.
Here is what you were asked to do:
To encourage all you comedians out there, I thought I'd run a summer competition (closing date end August) on limericks. Send them in here and I will pick three of my favourites for a special signed copy of one of my books. The only two rules are the theme i) has to be about a book or character of mine - and ii) it must be funny (not rude though!).
Good luck.
For those of you unfamiliar with the form, here's an example:
There was a young author called Cat
Who admired a duchess' fine hat
As broad as a church
It made a fine perch
For a robin, six hens and a bat.
Silly, silly, I know (there's a very fine hat seen in Cat's Cradle...)
Julia
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sara s wrote on 15 July 2011:
hiii!! i just want 2 say well done 2 all the winners. i think they all did a gr8 job n mayb nxt time i'll b allowed 2 enter!!!
lilac wrote on 13 July 2011:
cool i cant wait!!!!
lilac wrote on 11 July 2011:
hi me and my sister would like 2 know if there will be any more cat royal bks? i love cat's cradle it's brilliant!! :D
Hi I hope so. J
Alice wrote on 09 June 2011:
When's the next competition? :D
Soon soon...
This Person wrote on 11 March 2011:
Will you post the winning limericks?
They are there - just scroll down. j
Taylor wrote on 28 September 2010:
What country do u live in Kaitlynn?
Hi Guys, Make sure you don't give out too much personal info on line, won't you! Julia
Kaitlynn wrote on 24 September 2010:
I just got the book yesterday and I am so excited! Thank you, Ms. Golding!
Kaitlynn wrote on 14 September 2010:
Oh my gosh!!!!!i'm having a laugh attack . . . yay!
Taylor wrote on 12 September 2010:
Any of the cat royal books
Taylor wrote on 08 September 2010:
When do we get to pick what book? Thank you soo much for picking my limerick
I was going to pick (I don't have everything on my give-away shelf) but what did you like and I'll see if I have it. Julia
hayley wrote on 07 September 2010:
i actually cannot believe that iv won!! xx
Shadow Cat wrote on 06 September 2010:
I know the competition is done but I had one more poem I really wanted to share. I had a hard time deciding before if I should submit this instead of one of my other poems... well here it is... Gordoc loved the girl with gold hair/ the person who touched her he'd tear/ he could eat a whole pig/ and though he was big/ he was much more teddy than bear
Marie wrote on 05 September 2010:
Thanks, Ms. Golding, for having this competition! Even though I didn't win, I had a blast participating. It was so much fun reading everyone else's entries! Good job Hayley, Taylor, and Kaitlynn!!! (My best friend's name is Kaitlynn! what a funny coincidence...:D) I hope there are more poetry contests in the future! Thanks again!
Monica wrote on 03 September 2010:
there was a loving girl, who lived through life in a whirl, she causes many a fright, but her friends think that shes bright, she is Cat the theater girl :)
Marie wrote on 03 September 2010:
It's ten days after my last post and I'm still reminding myself that patience is a virtue...:D
yasmeen wrote on 02 September 2010:
There once was a gossipy duchess Whose lovely voice did her justice Beware her tongue of steel, she might have you as a meal, but her heart is kind nevertheless. P.s. sorry if it's too late, but I thought id send it anyways!
Aeyla wrote on 02 September 2010:
When will the results for this contest be posted?
When I have had a chance to read all the entries, but soon.
Natalie wrote on 31 August 2010:
Hi, I hope i'm not too late. A cat with no whiskers or tail, She can't sew, but can sing act and sail, A red-headed wit, Has no vapours or fits, and an extraordinary love for fresh kale! Or as an alternate ending for the cat poem. Please consider them as two poems. When she puts her mind to the task she won't fail. Unpredictable crook we call boil, whos plans, cat only could foil, A devilish snake, A dashing young rake, who plays cat and mouse with young Royal. There are my three!!! Looking forward to the results!
Coral wrote on 31 August 2010:
Here is my entry for Cat. There once was a British feline with claws/ Which were far sharper and more dangerous than saws/This however caused many gents/To feel she was worth more than all their pence./First there was a golden-hearted warrior who often made pies/With whom many believe this ginger Cat's heart lies./Second after the fair kitten was the pie warrior's foil/ a villanous cur named Billy Boil./Also arrived a sophisticated, fun-loving lad with high social rank/A handsome, sweet young Lord who often went by Frank./Across the seas, an African violinist escaped, only to meet her/Many believed this one loved her - he was no cur!/ Who, oh who, would this kitten choose?/One would be lucky, the others all lose./Only one thing is known well/Of whom she likes best, the Cat will never tell!
sopse wrote on 30 August 2010:
There once was a rich boy called frank, Who to keep Cat out of trouble had to consult his bank, He was too shy to ask her to dance, Which concluded with her behind the plants. There she kissed a boy called Billy, Who would not be caught dead in anything frilly, His kiss made her legs turn to jelly and his strong arms crushed her small belly. Then along came a shell-shocked Frank, Who stood as still as a plank, He couldn't believe what he'd just seen, And all he really wanted to do was scream. This is of Frank, Billy and Cat.
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