Apr. 9, 2008 - Spring Poem
SmallWorld is having another most excellent contest:
Here is the dealio, for realio:
In celebration of "the white cloud's intricate maze, And the blue sky's beautiful sheen," I am hereby announcing SmallWorld's In Just-spring Mudluscious Poetry Contest. It's really quite simple. Just copy and paste this orange-lettered section onto your own blog along with a poem that in some way celebrates spring. (Copy the contest photo above if you want, as well!) Leave me a comment with a link to your contest entry. The poem doesn't have to overtly use the word "spring," but it should in some way evoke the feeling of spring. If you don't have a blog, just leave a poem in the comments.
I'll be running this particular contest until April 10, so you've got plenty of time to find just the perfect poem. I will randomly choose a winner, who will receive a box in the mail filled with some of my favorite spring things (think gardens, good smells, and prettiness, unless the winner is male, in which case, scratch the good smells and pretty things).
For my entry, I found this most incredible, exquisitely written poem about spring, by Kipling or Eliot or me or somebody... I'm not sure:
Out from a long dark night of sleep, my nose awakes.
What is that sharp, piercing odour that cut's through the misty morning like death's cold steel?
Skunk.
Welcome, spring!
Comments
Apr. 9, 2008 - now you've got me singing....
Posted by bestsister
do you know this classic?
"Dead skunk in the middle of the road and it's stinkin' to high heaven"
I'm not even kidding. google it. my dad sang it every spring when I was growing up. It might have been an adaptation of a Kipling poem....
Apr. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by SmallWorld
That is simply stunning!
Apr. 11, 2008 - How about
Posted by rcelliott
Spring! Spring! A magical thing! Everyone knows its springee!
Apr. 11, 2008 - come on, rc
Posted by onfire
that is totally a rip-off of the slinky commercials.
a spring, a spring, a magical thing, everyone knows it's slinky ...
Apr. 13, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by OutLoud
Hi!
I really like your blog.
I don't have a poem, but the contest is over anyway.
So, seeing it's over,
What did you put in the box?
I would put flower seeds, maybe pressed flowers, or something.
~Outloud
