Hey I have entered a poetry writing contest over at The Spicy Cauldron! Have a look at my marvellous poem below:

1 Asking for thirty lines,
2 seems a touch difficult at this time.
3 Still, I suppose one must jot,
4 what they can within the lot.
5 I'm trying to find my creative muse,
6 to see me through and not pop my fuse.
7 Like a teacher, "One-Thousand-Words Please!",
8 I am doing my best to make an effective treatise.
9 Still, I must try to follow this rule,
10 that simply forces my creative side's tools.
11 But Andy is a friend and I'm bound to obey,
12 after all it's not like I've been writing poetry all day!
13 Surely to goodness I can type out a verse,
14 that can stay with the rules without being terse.
15 I wonder if possibly the poem should be naughty?
16 Perhaps it should be simple, no painless, no haughty!
17 No, that's not right, I must try to behave,
18 and try to find good words with which to engrave,
19 my deepest thoughts and emotions for view,
20 possibly even a laugh or a tear... one or two...
21 A poem about my country, so vast and so wild,
22 perhaps about the busman, so sassy yet mild?
23 I could go on about my kids or perhaps my pet dogs?
24 Nah, the backlash would be rotten, "You run a mommy-blog!"
25 So what to write, what words should I use?
26 What topic to pick, dear goodness, I'm confused!
27 And this thirty-line thing, it's just so upsetting,
28 it's much like the concept of verbal blood-letting.
29 Resigned to my fate, I'll do what I must,
30 and hope that when you see my poem your patience I can trust.
31 Well, what do you know... I've done something snappy,
32 I'm two lines over the limit so I hope you're now happy!

Ta da! What do you think? Surf on over to The Spicy Cauldron and let Andy know how much you LOVE this poem ...or don't! You might even want to enter the contest yourself!

And hey, it could be worse. I could have entered Ode To Me, which begins thusly:

Ode To Me

Yes this poem is about me!
I'm wonderful can't you see!
If you can't see, the greatness that is me
I'll poke your eye out with a tree

All Hail Sue!

Now to continue on
With this ode to me
So pleasant, and a lovely
Much like my poetry, oh ode to me!

All Hail Sue!

And it just gets worse from there......

Sue
XOX

BIG THANK YOU!!!! To Matthew for making me the superb graphic to go with this entry!