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!
Problogger linkbaiting is amazing, is driving all the people crazy, I love to follow your blog, and also the tips that u give to us
A Haiku:
Problogger Darren
Puts money in my pocket
How ’bout an iPod?
this is meant to be sung to the tune “happy birthday” in a marilyn munroe voice
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear problogger
happy birthday to you
[grin]
these are amazing – thanks everyone – really enjoying this competition!
Ode to Problogger:
There once was a geezer called Rowse,
Who started a blog from his house,
The computer he hogged,
Whilst he slowly Problogged
And I can’t find anything else ending in “ouse”.
The End.
There was a young man called Darren,
Whose blogging life used to be barren,
Then Problogger took off,
Faster than he could cough,
but he’s still not driving that Maclaren
I have enjoyed writing this poem.
This is an ode to Problogger,
A great site that helps me – a budding blogger!
With SEO tips and blogging reviews,
Problogger is certainly worth a few views.
Sara from farmingfriends
Problogger Darren,
his knowledge he’s sharin’,
and lots of cool loot
from donors, to boot!
Problogger is really good.
You can learn more than eating wood.
If you want to make loads of dosh.
this is the place to come and say o Gosh.
Now, after my poem, I’m going to bury my face in the mud.
Problogger is surely bright,
among all those who shed light.
Depth, thoughts, details, style,
just name a few it does right.
There once was a rookie blog writer
Who found a site to delight her
ProBlogger is here
To help you, my dear
That made her life so much the brighter
Ugh, I suck at poems.
My haiku:
Nobody reading my blog
in comes Darren
now it’s click – clack – clock
problogger insight
trends revealed, success secrets shared there
improve your blog now
New Blogger. Where to turn?
Must be Darren Rowse.
World’s Problogger king.
Adnan – MOUSE! (or louse….)
I read your feeds,
when i touch mi feets.
They don’t smell like a rose,
just like you, Darren Rowse.
Looking for inspiration,
for writing a nice post,
i listen to Led Zeppelin,
and read ProBlogger’s tips.
brevity is the essence
of the problogger’s creed.
rarely a rant,
and never a screed.
to build conversation,
the problogger posts
the news of his world
on the blog he does host.
telling the tips
and techniques of the trade
the problogger prospers
with each passing day.
and when the lights dim
for rest for the weary
problogger at home
in his dreams he does scurry
from one blog to another
to help out his friends
to write one more post
to teach us again.
His blogging skills are second to none.
A better source, I haven’t found one.
His contests are a hit.
Problogger, you’re the Sh*t!
Cheers.
when i checked earlier today, there were just 26 comments and half of them were not interested in either the prizes or/and writing a poem. i thought this won’t take off. i will check later. was i wrong!
OK let’s enter the competition at 266:
There once was a blogger named Darren
Whose blog posts were never barren
For his problogger anniversary,
I have become a poet but I didn’t know it.
When/if I win, can I get the new Header design which was among the previous 24 prizes. Pleeeeeaze. Pua
without my friend darren
my reader would be barren
of tips, tricks and group projects
I spy his feed with great delight
at the start of day or end of night
I can’t wait to find new insight
It isn’t always about the money
or writing rhymes which aren’t funny
ProBlogger helps me see
the horizons of a larger community
I own the copyright on the frogger lager problogger rhyming scheme. If you are going to copy please give credit
A ProBlogger Haiku
Problogger does it
For me and for you while
Not asking for much
I blog
you blog
We all blog
for ProBlogger…………..Darren Rowse
An Ode to ProBlogger
Behind this liquid crystal display, there is a man who writes each day.
His name, which we so humble speak, is Darren Rowse, a true computer geek.
His knowledge is far greater than yours or mine, some might go as far as to say it’s quite divine.
And I, a foolish blogging noob, spend too much time looking for him on YouTube.
Yet what does this wondrous king of blogging do? On this day he offers prizes for me and you.
The humble, the undeserving readers, that thanks to ProBlogger have become infamous leaders.
Prizes that I pray I might win, instead of someone else who might throw them to the trash bin.
Oh ProBlogger, my ProBlogger, I want to win so much.
And if I might have a chance at owning an iPod Touch,
I would forever be grateul, “indebted” I’d say.
Yet even if I don’t win, I shall remember the day.
Problogger makes me into a pro
Not a clogger and not a shmoe
Three cheers we give to Darren today
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
” When I’m out of blogging luck,
And I feel blogging stuck,
Or simply just suck…
I check ProBlogger for tips and tricks tha keep me from going amuck! ”
How’s that for a poem?! :)
Questions
By Blogger Brennan
How oft shall I post?
How long should it be?
Full feed or just part?
ProBlogger, tell me!
What widgets work well?
Should I stay ad-free?
Do you read my blog?
ProBlogger, tell me!
Oh, Great and Might Problogger!
You big audience hogger.
A little rant and rave
from a lowly knave –
I must loudly protest
at this silly contest
Offering so many prizes
Of all shapes and sizes
An Apple in a day?
Says this blogger’s dismay
How can I compete?
By foul trick or treat?
Oh, Great and Might Problogger!
You big audience hogger.
At the witching hour –
Your posts I devour!
I delay sweet sleep,
To bleat like a sheep
Alas, as wise wisdom goes
And futile rhymes shows –
If thou cannot beat them
Then thou should join ’em
My words I lay bare
for Darren to share…
Oh, Great and Might Problogger!
You big audience hogger.
Thanks for the fun,
I have to run.
With every great post
grows your reading host
I am one of these
So if it may please
with rhyme or treatise
On my bended knees
Oh hear my pleas
“Can I have an iPod – Please?”
Darren is a Blogger!
We are his readers!
Darren entertains!
While the readers go insane!
Over at ProBlogger there’s prizes a plenty to win
They’re celebrating their birthday
and that ain’t a sin
There’s $54,000 worth o’ loot
so get on over if you give a hoot,
and write an ode to Darren Rowse
to make a noise much louder than a mouse.
You created thy blog.
Traffic and money you need.
Search no longer.
Read Problogger and you’ll succeed!
God that was awful :).
Poem 1:
I wanted to enter this contest, but writers block,
I’m stuck.
Already 272 Comments?!
Holy f***!
Poem 2 (shoddy limerick):
Problogger once was little, it was hell
Little traffic, little pennies, lots of ale
Darren stayed up late
Discovered linkbait
Now he laughs as inbounds swell!
My Problogger
(To be sung to the tune of “My Bonnie”)
My Pro-Blo-gger lies over the internet,
My Pro-Blo-gger shoots around thru the air,
My Pro-Blo-gger helps me write my ar-ticles
by my pool sitting on a lounge chair.
Thank you, thank you…
No autographs please. =)
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I want to be a problogger
and thanks to Darren I might become one too!
Well this is my entry. I know its crap anyways
Problogger is the king of blogs
That leaves the rest far apart
I really Love Darren,
But Apart from his barren head,
There is nothing else that
Makes Me Laugh
Kudos to Darren,
for Helping me much more
MULLA
I don’t know what I’m doing
I really haven’t a clue
That’s why I’m visiting ProBlogger
Absorbing what Darren do.
If I study all of his tips
And following his blogging advice
Then maybe I’ll be a ProBlogger
Which would be really nice.
Problogger is the best
Other Blogs Are Just Part Of the rest on the net
Darren does the best chocollate chips
Thats Why hes such a blogging hit
Problogger problogger,
what´s more to say,
if you give me an ipod,
I´ll think of you everyday.
Darren made a blog.
Darren liked it.
Other people blogged.
Other people liked it.
Darren had a contest.
The contest was a rhyming blog.
This blogger can not rhyme.
So he talks about fog.
The blog is foggy.
The fog is blogged.
Darren Rowse
Wites us prose
Better than this
Because this stinks
Problogger is great,
And Darren is wise,
All these great poems,
Make me want to reprise.
So when you’re getting lonely,
Or when you’re feeling down,
Come visit Darren on problogger,
And you can blog without a frown.
Somtimes when I don’t know what to do
I use up my time to read in my taboo
ProBlogger is where it’s at
Tips and Tricks, I’d love to learn that
Haha. It’s just awful. Props to Darren for this awesome Birthday Bash! :)
Help me Problogger! Help Help me Problogger!
Help me Problogger! Help Help me Problogger!
Help me Problogger!
Yeah! Give me an ipod Nano!
It’s not good, but here you go.
‘A Darren Rowse by any other blog would not smell as sweet.
I lover Problogger so much I could kiss his feet’
ProBlogger is giving out gifts
For Darren Rowse should know
This will throw some into fits
But it will make his blog go go go
There’s this really cool blog on the ‘net
where newbies come to get their feet wet
they run with full ardor
to the awesome Problogger
great sites Problogger will abet
Problogger, better than 3 rounds of Frogger
Problogger, never trying to dog her
Problogger, chops wood better than a pro logger
Was walking like a crazy
Just looking for a daisy
I sounded very baisy*
And then I found a rose
Got lost for a semana **
My head in a bandana
Wondering who is ana ***
‘Til I met Darren Rowse
* Baisy = just to respect the rhythm, basically meant to be ‘busy’.
** Semana = ‘week’ in Spanish.
*** Ana = ‘me’ in Arabic.
I rockS in creativity. :D
Remember, remember
the 5th of October,
Darren the Problogger
gives a Pinoy blogger…a gift of “Touch”
:-)
im an awfully bad poet, I know.