The Poetry Contest


The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semi-finalists:

A Yale graduate, and an Irish hunter.

They were given a single word, then allowed two minutes to come

up with a poem that contained the word.
The word they were given was ' TIMBUKTU '.


The Yale graduate steps to the microphone and said:


'SLOWLY ACROSS THE DESERT SAND
TREKKED A LONELY CARAVAN.
MEN ON CAMELS, TWO BY TWO
DESTINATION - TIMBUKTU '.
The crowd went crazy! No way could the Irishman top that,

they thought.


The Irish hunter calmly made his way to the microphone and
recited his poem:

'ME AND TIM A HUNTIN' WENT,
MET T'REE ESCORTS IN A POP-UP TENT.
DEY WAS T'REE, AND WE WAS TWO,
SO I BUCKED ONE, AND TIMBUKTU '!
The Irishman won hands down.
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Nice.

SF
Brilliant!! (lol)

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  • Mokoa
  • 03-26-2011, 12:27 AM
Nikki...

I believe it is...