With only eleven more days of the contest, I was bound to snap. I wasn't exactly being mean. I was frustrated. Since I'm beginning to think that no one was reading my entries, I thought I'd just send in a few to shake things up...just in case they weren't paying attention.
After 40 plus entries I doubt that you read
'Cause your winners are losers,
You must be on weed.
(Well, I DO attack both the decision panel for their bad taste and the winners. Maybe, I should put this one in the SOUR GRAPES file.)
Discovering castles, traipsing amongst vines
Pedaling Loire Valley, My, how it shines.
(Perhaps I stomped my sour grapes and got some rancid wine. This one lacks inspiration. What can I do, though? I'm running out!)
La Dolce Vita, an escape from the stress
A-Roma-Therapy, with olive oil breath!
(Maybe I still have a few up my sleeve.)
99 bottles of beer on the wall,
A Drinking song of yore,
Put me on a barge and I'm sure I'll find some more!)
(Here, again, I assume the Australians at Intrepid are big drinkers.)
Loire Valley, a sparkling gem, it's true
Intrepid Travel takes us there.
Yes, it could be you!!
(Maybe I felt a little bad about attacking Intrepid Travel...just enough to write a suck-up entry.)
Get my giggy up, fo'shizzle, fo sho!
Homie needs a break from dis, Italy's pesto!
(Here's my entry from da hood. I'm writing for the younger crowd. They sure like that rap stuff. I may have a future in this genre. What do you think?)
A Symphony of sights, harmonizing history!
The Bohemian Rhapsody
makes a Queen out of me!
(Now who doesn't love the music of Queen? This entry has so much to offer...alliteration and musical references.)
Now maybe as the days tick by and we're nearing single digits, I am becoming more desperate. Part of me thinks I am more rebellious and in your face!
It's almost as if I know that they'll never let me win and my editing device has been shut off. In a few days, I'll just be sending cryptic messages....monkey leaps to see elephant ears fly. We'll have to try that.
About Me
- Tracy
- Born in Lafayette, Louisiana and raised on the West Bank of New Orleans, Studied Classical Voice and Opera at Cal State Northridge and I've worked as a singer for many years. Recently I completed my first novel Faux Brick Exterior. I live in Los Angeles with my husband, Shannon, and daughter, Molly.
2 comments:
As much as I have enjoyed your entries, I suspect the contest judges don't have a sense of humor. The aroma therapy one has promise, try flowers or something instead of the olive oil.
Good luck.
Yes, that is very possible. I suspect, they aren't reading them all.
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