Calling all wannabe (or professional) poets!!
This one closes out at noon (EST – New York, USA) on Friday, October 5.
Prizes at stake:
- iPod Nano (8GB) – Back in Skinny Jeans – won by Deb – Mom of 3 Girls
- iPod Touch (8GB) – Help Desk Geek – won by Tanner Christensen –
- iPod Shuffle (1GB) – I Hate Bad Service – won by Federico Bertolini
- iPod Nano (8GB) – It’s Write Now – won by Mike
- iPod Extreme Makeover (new LCD, front plate, rear plate & battery for iPod Nano or Video) – iPod Repair of Memphis – won by Kabitzin
How to Enter:
It’s “Ode to ProBlogger” time! All you have to do to have a qualifying entry to win one of the above 5 prizes is to leave a comment below with a poem about ProBlogger. It doesn’t have to be a “love poem” or written in any particular style (though yes, rhyming would be nice). You don’t have to link to anything or write anything on your own blog – you simply have to write a poem about ProBlogger the website or Darren, the man behind the site, right there in the comments section (of course if you really want to share your Ode with your readers you can post it on your blog – but we’d also ask you to share it here in comments so we’ve got them all in the one place).
Please include the word problogger or Darren in your Ode to help us catch all of these comments in Akismet.
There will be no judging, so please feel free to write BAD poetry!
The random number generator will choose 5 winners who will be notified by email.
Here comes the rub: If you have already won something, we’re sorry but you’re not eligible. If you win one of the iPods, you will then not be eligible to win anything else. Entering is not a guarantee of winning anything, and this whole thing is just for fun so if you think you’re a bad poet, write something anyway that somewhat resembles poetry. We seriously don’t care if it’s good or not!
Check out the full prize list (now updated to show which prizes have already been awarded or are in progress!) and if you’re not subscribed to the RSS feed by now, you’ve likely missed your chances to win a whole bunch of cool stuff already!
PS: If you’re looking for a little ‘inspiration’ – here’s an Ode that ProPoet Robert Bruce did for ProBlogger a while back:
Sorry, had to remove the video because it was acting all wonky… if you like, you can view it here.
Update
This giveaway is closed, and all winners have been selected and notified. Thanks for all the really fantastic stuff (yes, even the “bad” stuff) – You all amazed both Darren and myself with your creativity!
He is the king of bloggers,
He is the ultimate blogger,
He is Darren Rowse.
Problogger set me thinking on blogging all over again.
To keep in the theme of my anime blog, here is a haiku (that does count, right? it is technically a form of poem…):
Come Thy ProBlogger,
Thou shalt read thine blog posts here
And Make Much Muula
Oh, and if I did win anything from yesterday’s contests, then I’d like one of the four new ipods, as I don’t currently have one myself. I don’t particularly care which.
hmmm this is a hard one, I already have an ipod nano though and can’t wait to see what others write, or record :)
If I wanted to start a blog,
There is only one place I’d turn.
When I found myself stuck in the www fog,
I’d have to get on my computer and and go to problogger or I’d burn, burn, burn.
Darren is the true blogging man,
The one who knows it all.
He created problogger – not a ceiling fan,
Such a great website….Darren, he’s such a doll.
A Terrible Ode to Problogger
Problogger is the best
This blog beats the rest
Teaches you everything
In no time you’ll be expert in blogging
Wish I wrote a haiku now
The poem sucks hard
All for iPods and stuff. Yey.
Darren Darren he’s our man, If you haven’t read it on Problogger then it’s probably a scam.
no comments yet! strange :p
anyway here’s my ode to problogger
“bloggin everyday
yet my bank was barren (yea i kno u got the rhyme there :p)
but i held on
got better with your tips
and the money’s followed
thanks to you darren..”
:D :D :D …
Lara I hope you are serious about not bothering whether this is good or bad…hehe
Ode to Darren
Darren makes my world go ’round
What is lost, that will be found
at the ProBlogger Blog. This time
that fascinating job, will be mine!
Oh Darren, thank you for loving us
and all the advice your giving us!
Without you, the blogosphere would stop turning
and you would hear all the yearning
of all those lost in cyberspace
we would only see the real world and gaze!
So thank you Darren one more time
for caring about us all the time!
There once was a guy named Darren
Who had a thing for Brian McLaren
But the new kind of Christian
Left the blogger kind of itchin’
For that theology just wasn’t worth sharing.
“Every blink of an eye,
I dream greens on my mind,
When I wake up in the moring,
Problogger helps me to make my dreams come true:)”
Damn
Wer is the romantism !
hehe…
“Oh, and if I did win anything from yesterday’s contests, then I’d like one of the four new ipods”
Err…If i DIDN’T win anything. Obviously if I did win something yesterday, I’m not getting any ipods…
Ode to Darren’s Hair
Darren Rowse is just an online rockstar
He’ll help you make money online from afar
But if someone tells you his hair is gone
Check out his videos and you’ll see that they’re wrong
You see, I was inspired by Seth Godin and Darren
Shaved my hair all off, now my skull is barren
I figured I could be a better blogger if I did it
If not the lack of hair, then what’s their secret?
But woe hath befallen me when I learned Darren’s picture lies
Seeing hair on his head left me absolutely traumatized
But a blogger does not have time to cry or lament
To be a Problogger, I guess I’ve got to use an Australian accent!
//Inspired by Mountain Dew, Chipotle, and the not-completely-truthful picture of Darren at the bottom right of every page.
Problogger is red
Violets are blue
I’m schizophrenic
And so am I
My Haiku:
Helping Others Learn
Problogger’s Kind Soul, Leading
Directing Me, You
Haha mgroves, that cracked me up. Definitely the best one yet.
new to problogger
prizes made me come and post
gimme stuff, darren
Blogging is fun
Much like Drinking Rum
ProBlogger teaches me a lot
so that I can learn to not be a flop
Linkbait, Content, Hootah
Google is Loathed in Utah
I read Problogger in my RSS reader
Hopefully I am done being a bottom feeder
There once was a blogger named Darren
Blog tips he always was sharin’
His prize give-away
Brightened my day.
(Now an iPod (I hope) I’ll be wearin’!)
I got a blog called flogger, it’s no problogger
Im already out of rhymes, too bad Darren’s name isn’t Roger
When I don’t win an iPod my heart hurts
Problogger is awesome, each post is artwork
I never knew writing poems was such hard work
Darren Darren on the wall
he sits with me and had a great fall
in his fall, he thinks of blogs
and nothing else that does not blog.
Bloggers are blogging about blogs
Blogging is blogged from bloggers
Where they flock to Problogger
Bloggers are commenting on blogging
Problogger is read
By a guy named Fred
It filled his head
With the knowledge that was fed
Problogger Haiku
the bastion of hope
for those who wish their writing
would make a few bucks
Problogger makes money
yes this is true,
in fact it makes a lot of it
and so can you.
Just read Problogger everyday
and all of your “make money blogging” worries
will go away.
To be or not to be
Blogging for the money
That is the true question
That Darren asks thee.
Surf the high waves, school drop-out or intellectual
Work it the ProBlogger way, just make it professional.
:)))))
Problogger is so
Money and does not even
know it – Darren, thanks
Problogger and Darren have been my muse
inspiration for profits and posts that I use
to spice up my blogs and put a smile on my lips
I visit here daily for wisdom and tips
Build a better blog,
Adsense – yes or no.
Social media, SEO,
To learn all about it,
Problogger’s the way to go!
If your looking to make money on the net
ProBlogger is one of the best you’ll get
An Australian from Down Under
He’ll help your blog roll with thunder
I really hate doing poetry.:)
You can be a couch potato
Or be a jogger
You can still learn things
From the problogger.
He’ll teach you this
He’ll teach you SEO.
He mixes it up sometimes
So to his site you should go.
Darren and problogger the words I need to get out of the way
To maybe possibly win an iPod and completely make my day
Here’s to hoping a random number generator
Picks my number because that would be cooler than a refrigerator
That’s set to a really cold setting
and My pants with joy I’ll be wetting
Hark, the rising sun
illuminates Darren’s true calling
a problogger bright and fair
from the Internet comes falling
It lights upon the screen so clear
with advice to make the soul ring
with inspiring elements of truth and dreams.
[cripes. I better not quit my day job.]
jejejeje. this is funny… good luck for everyone.. I already have the Ipod Touch ready to get shipped…
A blogger, a photographer, and Australian, oh my!
I see Darren’s face when I look to the sky.
He speaks to the masses, though he lives “down under”
But what happened to all of his hair, I wonder?
Darren,
Here is my entry:
Ode to The Problogger
What to say of Darren Rowse?
He knows his $hit and rocks the house.
I hope someday to quit my job,
And Darren will help me, with his blog.
He taught me how to make some dough,
Never writing ’bout stuff we already know.
His site, it has a job board, too.
You can find someone who’s looking for you.
For anyone needing some blogging skill,
No one can teach you like Darren will.
Sometimes he talks about tennis and jogging,
but listen up: it’s really about blogging!
Sara
(P.S. to Alexia – your haiku was awesome!)
Ode to Problogger
Each day I get up with my mind in a fog
I click on problogger and read this fantastic blog
A guy name Darren has posts from down under
He has a weird haircut that makes me wonder
But somehow I keep coming back, especially for a prize
The fact that he makes so much money makes him so wise.
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! your super birthday has begun;
The blog has weather’d every hack, the prize we seek is yet to win;
The end not near, the readers hear, its all so exciting,
While steady hands the keyboard, the posts bright and daring;
But O read! read! read!
O the multitude of posts,
Where the captain Darren mans the helm,
Many posts to be read.
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the FeedBurner count;
For you hits and readers galore and counting;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This contest on your blog;
It is some dream that on the web,
Will get your count up ahead.
haiku:
My quest for blog tips;
Problogger is teh rox0rz
Darren is a pimp.
If you want to learn to blog,
And stay home with your dog
Writing a dialog,
You should visit the Problog …ger.
Problogger
is a shocker.
Darren
is the man.
So read the best
and leave the rest.
Ode to Darren
There once was a blogger so cool
he could weed all the cheaters that fool
like they made just one entry
when they really made plenty
So I won ’cause I played by the rules
Darren, Darren, he’s our man
If he can’t make money, no one can!
If you want money
From your blogging hobby, then
you read Problogger
I hate writing poems that rhyme
Something so painful should be a crime
It’s okay if it’s crappy
As long as ProBlogger is happy
They’ll give me an iPod (p-please?) without spending a dime
De todos los blogs que visito
probloggers es el decano
y será mejor insisto
si me entrega el Ipod nano.
De todos los blogs que visito
problogger es el decano
y será mejor insisto
si me entrega el Ipod nano
Every day I sit,
Every day I await,
To see what next
You will cleverly create.
Words of wisdom,
Lists that actually matter,
Real knowledge
that drowns out the chatter.
Lost among the blogsphere,
Looking but I could not see,
And then I found Darren,
Problogger I salute thee.
Everyone
has something to say.
Everyone
has something that
one enjoys.
One’s dreams could cost much
or less.
A problogger blogs
to fulfill those
dreams.
Aah, a crappy poem.
ProBlogger is the
tree on which blogging fruit grows
for us to enjoy.
Darren’s check was what attracted
All the content then impacted
Me but then I got distracted
By the way my brain reacted
Soon I fixed myself and acted
Added RSS and tracked it
Now a blogging pro-I cracked it!
[final, corny line redacted]