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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 1131150, member: 16269&quot;]<b><span style="color: black">Okay.... the submissions for the contest are in. Let&#039;s get the voting underway! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">The member who has the most votes by </span></b><b><span style="color: blue">Sunday March 20th 6pm (my time) <span style="color: black">will be declared the Resident Coin Talk Poet! (and the winner of the two coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: red"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: red"></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black"><font size="5"><span style="color: red">Here are the entries! </span></font></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">#1-Krispy:</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">Here&#039;s one from Money Making Manhattan</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">Where there&#039;s so much bull-talkin&#039; smells like something you may&#039;ve just sat-in.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">Be it Players strutting with too much bling,</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">Or Traders flipping over every undervalued thing,</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black">Streets&#039;ll nickel-n-dime precious lil&#039;so-sos, running back to their bullion bastion.</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>***************************************************************</b></p><p><b></b><span style="color: black"><b></b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>#2-tlasch</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>I havent a clue what to do</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>As I hope neither would you</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>But if Im the winner, I&#039;ll buy you all dinner</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>But that&#039;s only if you say my poem is not poo</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b></b></span>****************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#3-LFCfan</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There once a golden gal named Stella,</b></p><p><b>At $4 dollars, she was a big hit with the fellas,</b></p><p><b>With long flowing hair or coiled in a bun,</b></p><p><b>Congress got some, the public got none,</b></p><p><b>Wish I had one hidden in my cella</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*****************************************</p><p><span style="color: black"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span><span style="color: black"><b>#4-jcakcoin</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>There once was a coin man named Pickel</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>Who didn&#039;t want to spend a nickel</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>He found it in a roll</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>But he gave it to Cole</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>And this is our story of our nickel</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><br /></span></p><p>*******************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#5-shoewrecky</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There was a story about a man who died when he bent</b></p><p><b>Who was greedy and never lent</b></p><p><b>Found a lottery ticket on the floor</b></p><p><b>As his eyes glow bright hearing the money soar</b></p><p><b>This is the reason why you should always give your two cents</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*******************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>#6-cookiemonster12</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>There once was a lonely old mime,</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>Who wanted to collect every dime.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>One day, looking through rolls, what did he see?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>None other than a 1916-D!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><b>It was a beauty, clean of grime.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><br /></span></p><p>*******************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#7-petro89</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There once was a man from Carson City</b></p><p><b>Lately his luck had been quite sh@##*</b></p><p><b>But for a bright shiny dollar</b></p><p><b>He bought a beer then he hollered</b></p><p><b>Turns out my life aint such a pity!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#8-coinmaster1</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>When I found a 2011 $100 bill,</b></p><p><b>I ecstaticly hollered, &quot;Boy, what a thrill!&quot;</b></p><p><b>I couldn&#039;t believe my eyes, then to my surprise,</b></p><p><b>the piece said &quot;facsimile,&quot; and I started to cry.</b></p><p><b>Then I said, &quot;Why is the world such a lie?!&quot;</b></p><p>&nbsp;<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*****************************************************</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>#9-Mark14</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There once was a man from Nantucket</b></p><p><b>He had a ship but he sunk-it</b></p><p><b>Now his gold is all gone</b></p><p><b>And now he cant even pawn</b></p><p><b>his chicken because he plucked-it</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*******************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#10-H8_modern</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I&#039;ll save all of mine &#039;til I&#039;m old</b></p><p><b>The feel and the heft of the gold</b></p><p><b>Don&#039;t tell me my Eagle</b></p><p><b>Is no longer legal</b></p><p><b>Take them when my hand is cold</b></p><p><br /></p><p>***************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#11-LostDutchman</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Doug went to a coin shop in Nantucket.</b></p><p><b>He was looking to add to his collection of Ducats.</b></p><p><b>&quot;What do you mean?&quot;</b></p><p><b>&quot;You only sell coins with green beans?&quot;</b></p><p><b>On the way home he cried buckets.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*****************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#12-green18</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There once was a man from Nantucket,</b></p><p><b>Who found two dimes and a nickel in a bucket,</b></p><p><b>With these, he said,</b></p><p><b>I can well buy some bread,</b></p><p><b>And so, not have to kick the bucket......</b></p><p><br /></p><p>**********************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#13-d.t.menace</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I really would like that nickel</b></p><p><b>But I&#039;m definitely of in a pickle</b></p><p><b>I can&#039;t think of a thing</b></p><p><b>To make my poetry sing</b></p><p><b>Now my hopes are down to a trickle</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>**************************************</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>#14-lucyray</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Mercury</u></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>With copper, of reeds, and of silver</b></p><p><b>What else am I able to give her?</b></p><p><b>Wings crowning her cap!</b></p><p><b>Said a very fine chap..</b></p><p><b>Thus, &#039;of thought, Liberty&#039; did deliver.</b></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>*******************************************</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>#15-1066merlin</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There one was a man from Killkenny</b></p><p><b>He&#039;d do anything to find a penny</b></p><p><b>His wife would say, &quot;you can&#039;t do that all day&quot;!</b></p><p><b>You Already have to Many!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>************************************************</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>#16-gviking</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>If your Morgan ain&#039;t looking too fine,</b></p><p><b>with a crusty 1899,</b></p><p><b>Scrub with polish and soap!</b></p><p><b>But don&#039;t start to mope</b></p><p><b>When its slab only says &quot;Genuine.&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*************************************************</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#17-fretboard</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There once was a witch from Alabama</b></p><p><b>She joined the Tea Party against Obama</b></p><p><b>She bought her some dimes</b></p><p><b>and worked with some mimes</b></p><p><b>but it just didn&#039;t help her with rhymes!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>****************************************************[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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