Shock and Awe!!

In my previous post I mentioned the travel contest I have entered. Throughout March, everyday, there is a European trip given away. Upon further inspection, I noticed that they are only giving away the trip (i.e., accomodations) and not the actual flight. It's not exactly false advertising but sort of cheap. Regardless, I have decided to continue. As of today there have been four winners posted on their website.
http://www.intrepidtravel.com/landing/hiddensecretseurope/winners.php

I am not one to criticize (ok, maybe just a little) but from my 8 submissions, I think that at least one of them deserves a win...if I compare them with the others.

Here are my new submissions:

Montenegro, a spiritual retreat
Chanting Panis Angelicus, like it's something to eat.

This one is a little heady and would require some previous Latin knowledge to really get it. In Latin, Panis Angelicus means the "bread of the angels". Since I received no response to this one I re-submitted it with a different ending:

Chanting Panis Angelicus while I have something to eat.

I liked the idea of singing and eating at the same time.

Here's another one:
Though abundant with delicacies
Croatians sadly lack vowels,
Alert Vanna! Let's get them some now!

All that I know about Croatia is that many of the family names seem to be missing vowels. I knew a Croatian guy with the name Trcic (pronounced ter-sick)
I thought he needed some more vowels in his name. Not a winning submission, surely, but it amused me.

And another:
Planning trips, my hobby- yet I rarely go
Italy's my passion, not to mention to pesto.

Not exactly true, per se. I liked the image of someone dreaming about foreign places but never visiting. Bittersweet.

My general plea:
Doesn't matter where, I must Go, Go, Go!
Sunglasses ready, SPF 50, new underwear.

If they have a trip no one wants, they can tell I'm up for anything! I'm a fun flexible gal! And I have new underwear!

Another Italian submission:

Been practicing Italian since I don't when,
Need a native, some pesto, a friend.

After I sent this one I thought maybe it seemed a little pathetic, like I don't have any friends or that I might be needy and no fun on a trip. But still, they may find it attractive to have someone along that speaks the language. You can never tell what they're thinking. So, I say, cover all bases.

With these new submissions, I re-submitted my old ones again today. Shock and awe, they call it. Maybe on Friday they didn't like my Montenegro submission, but today they may see it in a new light.


They've only announced four winners. So I still have 27 more days. With the Shock and Awe method I am using, they're likely to just let me win to shut me up. If I go through the entire month without a win, I'll make a chapbook of my submissions and send it to them. It's the harassment that keeps on harassing.