The "Win a Date With Wahoo" Poetry Contest - Jamaica Talk

Wahoo · #1 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 05:57 AM

Submissions are now being accepted for the first-ever "Win a Date With Wahoo" Poetry Contest.

Contest rules: All submissions must be in the form of sestinas (http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/sestina.htm) and repeat the name Wahoo a minimum of 4 times. Grand prize winner must be at least 18 years of age (or possess a passable fake photo ID).

Remember: Sestinas only will be accepted!

dudley one · #2 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 07:13 AM

oh wahoo, you've done it again lmao !!

dudley one · #3 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 07:59 AM

now thatz a " TALL ORDER " WELL IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF ANY TAKERS !!

Urban_DK · #4 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 09:12 AM

Fascinating... I had nver heard of this form before.

Jomo's girl · #5 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 11:04 AM

Where in the hell did you dig this up? If the explanation is that confusing, I don't even want to read more of the (so called) poetry. That sucked big time, Wahoo. NEXT Contest please!

Jomo's girl · #6 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 01:59 PM

Wow, not sure what I want to shoot for here. Second prize looks pretty good too!

Hotteach · #7 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 02:40 PM

I started to read the explanation of how to make a poem in this format ....with genuine intention of trying it.....I read it.......read it again........read it a third time and then i decided.....................

**** IT!!!

Jomo's girl · #8 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 02:47 PM

Yah, I'm thinking it would be easier to just go buy myself a salisbury steak tv dinner.

Where did you get that picture, Wahoo? Looks like the kid is such a slob, they put him on some kind of mat to eat his ice cream.

windypace · #9 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 05:24 AM

I will take on your challenge dear Wahoo

To do what no other could conceive to do.

I will win your contest, you see

For this poem is just a mirror of itself

No rhyming need it be

So I will write it out with simplicity.

So with simple simplicity

I say to you “OHHH Wahoo,

Why conceive a task so hard to do?”

But then I researched and began to see

A pattern so easy in itself

And everyone was thinking it harder than it be

So tedious that my poem may be

It will follow your Sestina rules with simplicity

So I ask you my friend Wahoo

What is it that you would have me do?

Lay my heart bare for all to see

That would be foolery in itself

Is a fool a fool of itself?

What might that answer be?

I still am trying to write with simplicity

However this does get more involved Wahoo

Such an interesting thing to do

To use my wit and write this poem for you to see

But then everyone shall see

This long drawn out poem itself

For on ETJ this poem shall be

Written out with such simplicity

So, what do you think Wahoo?

Will this poem for you do?

So, I didn’t know what else to do

To attempt to make you see

My love for you itself

And how hard it seems to be

To say it with simplicity

You are the greatest Wahoo.

So drop trou, and rid’em cowboy, Wahoo

For to me you will always be…
Someone who is witty and fun with simplicity.

(Ha ha ha ha ha ha... you thought nobody could do it...

)

Jomo's girl · #10 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 09:06 AM

I concede to Windy. That too way too much effort for me. Handshake and congrats, Windy.

windypace · #11 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wahoo

ETJ, I think we have a winner!

Windy, I'm speechless. I was starting to think that no one would rise to the challenge. But you did it! I'm calling Great Dismal Swamp Airlines right now to find out how much longer they expect to be grounded by the FAA.

Congratulations! And I'll particularly look forward to officially inducting you into the 30,000-Foot-High Club!

PS. Umm...you are at least 18 years old, right? (Federal regulations require that I ask that.)

Wahoo, tuesday I will be 30...

windypace · #12 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wahoo

I noted the omission of "Backshotta" in Windy's Grand-Prize-winning sestina. I guess she's saving the "Backshotta" for our date.

DANG skippy....

windypace · #13 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jomo's girl

I concede to Windy. That too way too much effort for me. Handshake and congrats, Windy.

thank you thank you... it wasn't so hard after I found another site about this form of poem writing that had an example...

then it made perfect sense....

JamCan · #14 (**permalink**) 08-16-2006, 03:54 PM

This is Wahoo checking the fridge for what to serve to the winner.

Jomo's girl · #15 (**permalink**) 08-18-2006, 12:08 PM

Hey that is pretty cool. Where is that? Better yet, what is that?

I feel like singing........."100 bottles of beer on the wall, 100 bottles of beer. Take one down, pass it around............"