Attention all poets and creative writers! It's time to write to win!
It's time to join in and write a little poem for your chance to win some STEEM or SBD! Round 4 of Season 11 of my WILD & STRANGE Contest has officially started! It’s time to out your pens to page and print your prose! The GRAND PRIZE for this round will be $50 worth of STEEM or SBD. Are you ready?
Here is the progression that this contest follows.
ROUND 1 = PHOTO – Take a photo to enter – COMPLETED
ROUND 2 = ART – Use winning photo from Round 1 to make a piece of art – COMPLETED
ROUND 3 = MEME – Use winning art from Round 2 to make a meme – COMPLETED
ROUND 4 = POETRY – Use winning meme from Round 3 to make a poem - STARTING NOW
ROUND 5 = SONG – Use winning poem from Round 4 to make an original song.
SEASON 11 SO FAR
In Round 1, @longsilver won the photo contest with the help of @fishyculture and a cow!
It was his winning photo that provided the inspiration for the artwork in Round 2, which lead to this winning artwork from @japhofin8or. This became the base for the MEME contest in Round 3.
THE ROUND 3 WINNER IS…
@karenmckersie FOR THE WIN!
NOW WHAT?
Now, it is your chance to write a poem based off of the winning meme from @karenmckersie. Use that amazing meme for inspiration and write your poem! There is no need to have participated in any of the previous rounds. Steemians can jump in on this one any time that they want! The "Official Rules" are below.
Here are the rules for Round 4:
- Create an original poem based on the winning meme from @karenmckersie.
- The poem must be at least 8 lines long.
- The poem must rhyme in some way.
- The poem will be used as lyrics for a song next round, so you may want to keep that in mind.
- Enter original work and provide your entry in a reply to this post.
- You can still make a post out of your entry, but your post does not count as an entry, only your reply.
- Keep everything kid-friendly and G rated.
- You must enter prior to the post payout from this post.
- By entering, you are giving me full permission to use your entry however I wish.
Until next time…
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Listen! Hear my tale of a man and his lady
Trying to run a farm but life was pretty crazy
Til they started blogging on steemit and then soon
They were milking a cash cow going to the moon!
Everyone on facebook is giving it away
While our steemit farmers get paid for what they say!
Tell your jokes and stories, share pictures, make some friends
Get an abundance mindset, giving is the trend!
So get yourself signed up, do secure your password keys!
Go read and comment, make some friends! (No spamming, PLEASE!)
Be genuine and generous, you, too will soon
Be milking the steem cash cow, headed for the moon!
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This is perfect!
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Aw, thank you! It has been an amazing ride for me. @papa-pepper sort of had front row seats to all the drama of my growing pains whether he was interested or not, but steemit has really become more of a vision than a website around here!
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This is awesome!
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Thank you, it truly amuses me to know I have amused some else lol!
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Give me liberty or give me death
Said the cow said the man said the deaf
The American Dream diluted
Out of the shadows we rise
A steem train to bring hope to the wise
There will be beauty where there were ashes
Give me liberty or give me death
Said the cow said the woman said the deaf...
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HAHA thanks guys!!
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how can i participate here??
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just write your poem.
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Hard to pass this opportunity up with such an inspiring picture. I especially like the "disembodied" hands on the back of the cow from the original picture. Classic!!! 🤣 Here's my entry:
The Cash Cow of Steem
I mean what I moo and I moo what I mean
This grass I am eating turns to cash in between
The hands on my back with no arms grab the green
That's the way that it works: RAGS TO RICHE$ on $teem.
I moo what I say and I say what I moo
Your photos and stories are the cud that I chew
Churning comments and blogs into dollars so true
RAG$ TO RICHE$ on $teemIt is what you can do.
Now if that's not enough, what it needs is a tune
And from what I have read that too's coming soon
It may not be pretty but I still like to croon
"I'm the cash cow of Steem. RAG$ TO RICHE$ then mooooooooooon!!!
Thank you very much! I'll be here all week.....
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Awesome Thanks For Sharing!
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No problem. Thanks for reading...
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You're welcome where are you from?
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Nice poetry you got there... Love the connection to the original pic
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Thank you. That's what it was supposed to be about, right? :-)
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Yes exactly Lolz... Good luck to all of us
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And please do follow back @dagger212
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Haha ! I love the way you turned my winning Meme into a fun poem !! Great job @dagger212 !👍👊✌💕
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My pleasure. As I said, it was a very inspirational meme to work off of. Good on you first! :-)
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Well played! Message, vibe, rhyme and rhythm-- all in time.
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Thank you. The first line seemed to click and then the rest just seemed to follow. I'm especially proud of the finishing Moooooooooon for the cow. :-) lol
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love it!
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Oh Wow ! @papa-pepper , What a nice way to wake up and find out that I won $10.00 Steem for the Meme Challenge in your awesome contest !! With so many awesome entries !! Thank You So Much , and Good Luck to everyone this week in poetry challenge !! Its going to be Cool to see the entries mqde from my meme !! upped and resteemed 😀👍👍👍💕💕💕
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The symbol of the brahma brings milk to the hard working,
Amidst the toil of farming the snow comes a tumbling.
Still we must eat, and four stomachs makes grass fling
quickly into compost. There's a constant grumbling
within the heart of those who need their own cash.
And so here we are together, wanting to make steem last.
A laugh from a friend is worth more than an upvote,
so we stick together til the end, then we raise goats.
Churning the milk into butter is like condensing our
thoughts into their purest form. High in the tower
of the long thought cryptosphere, we call essence
to come forward and bless us with luminescence.
@lonestarpoet
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Wonderful
I hope to be good as u
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Thank you very much :)
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Beautiful... love the words...
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Steem Cash Cow
Have you heard about Steem?
No!
Why not? I scream
I live under a rock, he says
Do you think good content pays?
He laughs and looks at his partner in crime,
They say together "That was a different time"
But I took them on a steem engine journey,
told them to never forget their key,
and now their farm is a citadel
Their blog is doing really well
If you ever ask them "How?",
They'll point at their Steem Cash Cow
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This is my participation I hope you like it!.....
From the window of my mansion
formal dress with my great love,
I see all my action
Green field and four leagues of cattle.
waiting for the great celebration
A MO... here another MO... there!
and a lot of Steem that I want to win
to celebrate with a song
my most beautiful inspiration.
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Thanks @papapepper for this great opportunity. More blessings!
Rag to riches,steem cash now.
It was an illusion in full expression that brought about depression and provocation when thinking about the present situation,thinking of promotion was never the mission due to the classification in the congregation. But despite the separation,those with worst condition are in full expression of a better situation. Better is the the ending than the beginning,you might be on rag in the morning due to lack of money,many might not want to company with you right now due to your suffering that brought about morning and grumbling.
But here was a man with many rags right before he find steemit,and here is a man with true riches due to cash inflow from steemit.
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So here is my own entry/poem @papa-pepper
Title: Steem the cash cow
In the dark of night, the clouds gave way for the fight
It was yet another day by the farmers side.
Comfort or steem he had to choose,
Clothes he wore like rag, he dared not brag
the cow he loved, he soon would lose.
Family pressure on him like nuke,
hunger was a friend called Luke.
Sell steem the cow, voices in his head whispered
Or don't sell me, steem the cow mooed.
I can give you milk, sell or maybe....
I can make you rich, ask your lady...
While I fed in the field, I saw her diamond.
Lost she knew not where, time she could not tell
I can give you milk, sell or maybe....
I can make you rich, ask your lady....
Am the steem cash cow, when you are ready.
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Up high in the hills
There lives a cow
Magical, like the lord
Unbelievable like a bird
He will give you goal, give you gold
kill you pain, when you are dold
In the cold, your story will be told
To the world if you urge
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Nice you're talented...
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Hope this poem receives some love~
Rags 2 Riches
"Crypto's a bubble, good luck!", they wished us,
Here we are, gone from Rags to Riches.
They came to us and then begged us, "How?!"
We told them, "You gotta feed the Steem Cash Cow!"
We used to live low, next to a small-time shepherd,
With zero hopes of growth or expansion.
Now we're featured by @papa-pepper,
Own fancy dresses and suits in a mansion!
All the whales respect, all the minnows dread,
As we take over Steemit, ciao ex-CEO @ned!
In every competition you see, we go 'Pow!'
Rags to Riches milking the Steem Cash Cow!
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Lol! Great job turning my Meme into a Poem !! good luck @yesaye !💕👌✌
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Haha I'm glad you liked it karen! Thanks a lot :)
Congrats on winning the previous round :D
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Your welcome ! and thanks ! lol! 👌✌👍👊
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Sitting in the quiet of my room
Thinking in the cool of the day
Wishing I could pay my dues
Waiting patiently for a clue
Grateful Steem cash cow came to my rescue
Thankful my thoughts were not mere wishes
Majestically moved from rags to riches
Eventually beaming with smiles like those in the winning meme
Actually I'm now living with a gleam
Presently I sleep with good dreams
Cheerful ,because of cash cow steam
Indeed from green grass to grace ,I'm amazed.
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Thank you for the content's, I'm gonna try.
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Sure Why Not Sounds Like Fun!
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That's very useful information for me. thank you
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I awoke in a cold sweat
And I lunged for my lorgnette
There was no time to waste
For I had been traced
I stopped and I shuddered as I stared at those udders
It appeared somehow, that black devil cash cow
Disembodied hands, crypto badlands
It's blue you scream, your brand new bloodstream
Rags to riches, riches to rags
There's no escape from the devils landscape
Here you go folks!
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Hi @papa-pepper ..
I see you always have a good idea for Stemians.
you are as an inspirator for us.
You always make a good post.
Thank you very much..
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An opportunity for folks to put their thoughts on paper using the most poetic construction. $50 worth of SBD in prize for the winner is a good deal. Thanks for putting up this contest @papa-pepper
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Nice to see familiar faces making it rich on Steemit!
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Yes I Agree!
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very innovative @papa-pepper making the steemians all the more excited
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congrats to all the winner till now. I liked this contest and will surely take part in it
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Love the creation from this round!
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Me too its awesome...kind of spooky.
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Wow it seem interesting, i'll post my first entry soon :)
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Cool! I'll look forward to it!
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Lol! If people only knew what that "cash cow" has cost us... Anyway, congrats Karen!
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What do you mean?
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She is a pet. I milked her for about 3 months the first time she calved, but I made a friend who sells me raw milk for less than I can justify milking my own cow! Her calves get her milk, I buy her hay. We joke that the few gallons of milk we actually used from her must come in about $2,000 a gallon. We will try to sell her calf this year, but we wanted to keep the first two, and that is where we are now. Sell a couple calves, it will help balance the books on her!
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We have a cat we call him "The Million Dollar Cat"Lol! Hes very lazy and has our female cat do all the work such as catching mice at my boyfriends in the country , yet we have taken him to the vetrinarian for various reasons over the years costing over a thousand dollars !!! He cost us so much money that we dont give him up now !! lol!! 👍👍👍😂😂😂
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good point, sunk costs though right? LOL.
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awesome, did you know water is more expensive than gas?
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Lol thanks !! 👍👍👍😂
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Heh, your meme is definitely a fun subject to write on, especially knowing the end product is going to be a song!
Did you end up trying your hand at a poem regarding it for fun?
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Good post @papa-pepper is very interesting this ..
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Rags to riches
From darkness to light
Money spent on wishes
Got rich overnight
Bring on the luxury
I'm eating money now
Hands over cutlery
While I dine off steem cash cow
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Now
The cow is dry
Abundant the proofs are
I guess I have a steak to fry
Being rich, I have no reasons to cry
A new cow is arriving just about now
With all this steem it’s hard to stay dry
I’ve gone from rags to riche$, so take a bow
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Oh man, I haven't written a poem in 20 years - and let me tell you writing poetry in 2nd language is pure torture ;)
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Can i take part now
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I think we're too late....
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You can join in, just write a poem based on the meme.
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DONE!
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Yes, people can enter in any/all rounds that they want. All you have to do is write a poem based on the meme, according to the rules. The winner will receive $50 worth of STEEM or SBD.
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how can i participate here??
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Very nice :) big Up :)
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The Ballad of Steem Cow
A farmer bought a cow one day and brought it to his farm
he took it from the trailer and he brought it to the barn
he grabbed a stool from the side to sit and get a stream
but when he grabbed ahold the teet the cow let out a 'STEEM'!
The farmer fell off of his seat and uttered 'holy cow'
he'd never ever heard that noise coming from a cow
He ran up to his house and he got on the internet
trying to find all the information he could get
while searching for a cause and cure for the cow's malady
he stumbled on a website that would change his destiny
the name was simply 'steemit' with the tagline 'post to earn'
the farmer clicked the link just to see what he could learn
He opened an account and wrote a post about the sound
within an hour of the post the upvotes did abound!
Now the farmer and his wife are posting everyday
everything from how to plant to how they like to play
they share and they are learning too from others of their ilk
to think all of this started from a simple pull for milk
The farmer and his wife still live on the family land
although accommodations there have become more grand.
The cow? Well he's a member of the farmers family now
they count their blessings everyday thanks to that Steem Cow.
https://steemit.com/contest/@japhofin8or/the-ballad-of-steem-cow-entry-to-wild-and-strange-contest-season-11-round-4-poetry
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Here is my entry. I am happy to partisipate again!
Just a few moments ago I was poor
but on steemit I found my cure
Now I am rich with my own estate
and my wealth will never fate
You want the same? - don´t worry
I will tell you my story!
I really can´t believe just now
it all started with my cow
She is beautiful and wise,
her sense for wealth is just nice
Berta is her name
she loves her steemit-fame!
One day - and this is true
She said: We have to go on steemit - muh!
I was not sure why
I was a little shy
But Berta was stubborn
she wanted to earn,
and she was right,
steemit is a real delight!
Berta is a steem cash cow
she is the richest on the planet now.
With Berta´s help I found my wife,
I will be thankful to her my whole life!
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