The Big and Little Nickel Contest Voting Thread

Okay.... the submissions for the contest are in. Let's get the voting underway!

The member who has the most votes by Sunday March 20th 6pm (my time) will be declared the Resident Coin Talk Poet! (and the winner of the two coins)


Here are the entries!

#1-Krispy:

Here's one from Money Making Manhattan
Where there's so much bull-talkin' smells like something you may've just sat-in.
Be it Players strutting with too much bling,
Or Traders flipping over every undervalued thing,
Streets'll nickel-n-dime precious lil'so-sos, running back to their bullion bastion.

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#2-tlasch

I havent a clue what to do
As I hope neither would you
But if Im the winner, I'll buy you all dinner
But that's only if you say my poem is not poo

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#3-LFCfan

There once a golden gal named Stella,
At $4 dollars, she was a big hit with the fellas,
With long flowing hair or coiled in a bun,
Congress got some, the public got none,
Wish I had one hidden in my cella

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#4-jcakcoin

There once was a coin man named Pickel
Who didn't want to spend a nickel
He found it in a roll
But he gave it to Cole
And this is our story of our nickel

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#5-shoewrecky

There was a story about a man who died when he bent
Who was greedy and never lent
Found a lottery ticket on the floor
As his eyes glow bright hearing the money soar
This is the reason why you should always give your two cents

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#6-cookiemonster12

There once was a lonely old mime,
Who wanted to collect every dime.
One day, looking through rolls, what did he see?
None other than a 1916-D!
It was a beauty, clean of grime.

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#7-petro89

There once was a man from Carson City
Lately his luck had been quite sh@##*
But for a bright shiny dollar
He bought a beer then he hollered
Turns out my life aint such a pity!

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#8-coinmaster1

When I found a 2011 $100 bill,
I ecstaticly hollered, "Boy, what a thrill!"
I couldn't believe my eyes, then to my surprise,
the piece said "facsimile," and I started to cry.
Then I said, "Why is the world such a lie?!"

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#9-Mark14

There once was a man from Nantucket
He had a ship but he sunk-it
Now his gold is all gone
And now he cant even pawn
his chicken because he plucked-it

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#10-H8_modern

I'll save all of mine 'til I'm old
The feel and the heft of the gold
Don't tell me my Eagle
Is no longer legal
Take them when my hand is cold

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#11-LostDutchman

Doug went to a coin shop in Nantucket.
He was looking to add to his collection of Ducats.
"What do you mean?"
"You only sell coins with green beans?"
On the way home he cried buckets.

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#12-green18

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who found two dimes and a nickel in a bucket,
With these, he said,
I can well buy some bread,
And so, not have to kick the bucket......

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#13-d.t.menace

I really would like that nickel
But I'm definitely of in a pickle
I can't think of a thing
To make my poetry sing
Now my hopes are down to a trickle

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#14-lucyray

Mercury

With copper, of reeds, and of silver
What else am I able to give her?
Wings crowning her cap!
Said a very fine chap..
Thus, 'of thought, Liberty' did deliver.

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#15-1066merlin

There one was a man from Killkenny
He'd do anything to find a penny
His wife would say, "you can't do that all day"!
You Already have to Many!

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#16-gviking

If your Morgan ain't looking too fine,
with a crusty 1899,
Scrub with polish and soap!
But don't start to mope
When its slab only says "Genuine."

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#17-fretboard

There once was a witch from Alabama
She joined the Tea Party against Obama
She bought her some dimes
and worked with some mimes
but it just didn't help her with rhymes!!

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By the way.....Great turnout and some excellent limericks!

 

An interesting contest. Which one is best...

 

there are so many excellent ones.

 

Agreed, I think this one is going to the wire!

 

I edited my post to have five lines yesterday. Can you go back and fix it?

 

I like how people voted for themselves lol

 

Done.

 

Can you see that?

I intended it to be private. Oh well, nothing wrong with voting for yourself.

 

Thanks. :thumb:

 

Cool, done!! Fun and funny!! :thumb:

 

Shoewrecky, I don't see what you must be seeing, for I cannot tell who voted for which limerick..maybe I'm not seeing it right. Anyway, I can honestly say that I voted for someone else's limerick.

Lucy

 

And so did I. i voted for the only one that has a resemblance to poetry.

 

Bump for the morning voters!

 

nevermind

 

Trying again, I wrote this wrong, after looking back..


H8, Nice post. FWIW, each of us hear and read and speak (interpret) words with differing cadence. I say potato, you say "puhtahtoh" (geez, don't know how to spell that phonetically!) So for me, my line of "Is it that I increase my stack" has a three beat cadence (feet) (Placing my accent on 'that', 'increase', and 'stack'. And, I also can see that your suggestion might be better (cadence might then be 'to', 'increase' and 'stack'. Perhaps either, in a sing song way..

Anyway, no matter. My limerick for the contest was titled "Mercury", and this one was for fun. Hope you'll read that one when you have the time. I enjoy this stuff, and it was in fact very nice of you to write to educate me and everyone else. Truly, you did that kindly enough.

Remember, this is to be fun. Heaven forbid everyone begins correcting everyone else!! And, I DO want to be corrected when I can learn from it. Critique is how we learn (how I learn)

Lucy

 

Notice

I revised Lucyray's entry because I put up the wrong one. After viewing the votes and voters, this change will not affect the current standings up to this point.

Sorry for the error, Lucyray!

 

There was a way you can check on who voted for who

 

:biggrin: :thumb:

 

I hesitated writing that response thinking it would be interpreted as being more harsh than was intended.An english lit. degree can sometimes be a burden when it comes to reading other peoples' writing.Both of Lucyray's limericks are well done; I just have a picky ear. I deleted my post a little too late; I'd hoped it had not been as widely read and it could have faded into oblivion.