Limericks, Illustrated!

Challenge #60 in the Language Of Light series. Hosted by OldArrow.

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Photographers are (or want to be regarded as) Artists, and artists usually tend to create in more than one field of expression. So let's connect our visual artistry to poetry. Create a LIMERICK - and use one of your pictures to illustrate it. Or do this the other way 'round, if it is easier for you. How to write a limerick? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_%28poetry%29 , also here http://freewebs.com/limericks/ . Once you have it composed, use the sample below to see how to form your Entry. FOR MORE INFORMATION - see the Rules!

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Announced:

Thursday, 14th February, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 21st February, 2013 – Wednesday, 27th February, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 28th February, 2013 – Wednesday, 6th March, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Digitally taken photos only.
Longer side of the photo MUST NOT be over 1600px.
No noticeable Post-Processing interventions.
Composite Photos are allowed as long as all components are yours.
Frames / Borders within the overall size limits are acceptable.
No time-stamps, watermarks, nor any other kind of author-identifying data.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Observe DPR Rules on decency. Entries which may offend the viewer in any sense will be disqualified.
Type your limerick in the Description Field. Use no other place for that.
Separate verse lines with slashes ( / ) and follow the proper limerick accentuation and rhyming (AAbbA). See the Sample for clarification.
Your Entry MUST have a proper Title. Titles containing camera or archive codes, which don't mean anything to the Viewers, will cause disqualification.
Sandbagging, vote soliciting or any other improper voting attempt puts the perpetrator on the Blacklist.
Entrants / Voters blacklisted and/or caught cheating in ANY DPR Challenge are NOT WELCOME in my Challenges, and will be removed on sight.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Homeless and Blind

by Steve Throndson

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There once was a snowman so bold / He knocked on the door and cajoled / "Please folks, be kind / I'm homeless and blind / And it's freezing out here in the cold!!"

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G12
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Submitted:	Monday, 25th February, 2013 17:02 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 24th December, 2012
Focal length:	6.1 mm
Shutter speed:	1/30 sec
Aperture:	F8
ISO:	80
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Views:	436
Galleries:	View this photo in Steve Throndson's gallery

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Congratulations Steve, this was my favourite - very cute shot and excellent limerick. Jen

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