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!
Once blog was called web log
now turned to blog.
and One man called Darren, caring enough to start sharing.
Many have follow and most have fallen.
Darren continue to rise and with pride he reign over the blogging sphere.
ProBlogger Darren – now sharing to newbie blogging.
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Alright I know it is bad, but I tried ;-)
Oh problogger, oh problogger
When I read problogger…
I drink me a lager.
and think of your er… daughter
and other things that don’t motter?
uhh… oh problogger oh problogger
bring me a prize
oh that daughter, oh that… other… daughter
make me..hmmmmm… wise?
and drive away the flies
oh problogger oh problogger… ughhh!
(poet knifed in the back)
hey, hey, hey
Darren is the man
if you don’t known him
them you’re not a man
that writes on a blog
a too-cynical haiku about all us bloggers’ never-ending search for ways to make money, get attention, and win prizes:
a leaf flutters down
fifty bloggers grab for it
we’re a greedy bunch
Once there was a problogger named Darren,
Without whom my blog would be barren,
With his advise in mind,
My blog visitors did find,
Good content for readers local and foreign
An Ode to ProBlogger
The posts are information
The blogs are sometimes funny
But the biggest reason I’m reading ProBlogger
Is to try and win some money! :-)
I learnt to be a blogger
Cuz I read this pro-blogger
And I owe it all to Darren
Cuz mine’s not so barren
But the pro birthday bash
Beats me like a lash
Cuz I just can’t seem
To get a prize or some cash…
Haha!
You’ve read all the rest,
Now check out the best!
Problogger.net is so damn cool,
Every other blog will crash into the TechCrunch Dead Pool!
Oh Problogger,
You have helped me so.
With the wise words of Darren
You have kept my blog from being barren.
It was 2005
I remember so well,
my wife read ProBlogger
and it rang a bell
She got an idea
From some words Darren wrote
it paid for a car
and inspired this silly note
Problogger is great
Everyone should read it
54,000 dollars in prizes
Should make you believe it.
problogger has the tools
for those who can’t lose
in the blogging game
Darren is the number one name
Darren – are we gonna see you reading these on the weekly video? :)
this has been a lot of fun with a lot of laughs …
A site I’d never heard of
But now I am subscribed
ProBloggers promise of presents
Was enough to tantalize.
*wince*
How to make a blog?
Ask Darren he will know
He is the king of all bloggers
Problogger takes the show
He’s even taught Shoe a little lesson
and even gave tips to Chow
He is the wisest of all bloggers
He makes everybody say wow
He shows you how to make money
His blog is on point
Its mentioned all over google
and even on DigitalPoint
If you want to really blog
and you want to be the best
then follow Darren Rowse
because their is no contest.
I spelled their wrong if you can correct it. I meant to spell there.
ProBlogger is full
Of great tips day after day
I keep coming back
Darren, Darren he’s our man…
If he can’t blog it – no one can…
My problogger poem:
I just found this blog,
And think it’s really cool.
Looking forward to reading more
From this blogging “school.”
Off to find the PB feed
And add it to my list
So none of Darren’s nifty tips’ll
Mistakenly be missed.
Darren is red
Macs are blue
PCS are Green
And I love you all….
Yes that was super cheesy.. Do I win for being cheesy?
nice monetizing ideas
Anyone can start a blog
But if you wish to be a star
You can’t just write about your dog
You must instead set yourself apart.
If thoughts of this fill you with dismay
Do not despair, you have Darren
In word and video clips you play
He’ll guide you to profit, amen.
Problogger is the site for you
If making money is your goal
Be sure you have the patience to
Work hard with all your heart and soul.
Darren owns the no 1 blog…
No need to go to other sites and sob!!!
Problogger is really cool,
All the tips make me drool.
I come back every day,
There’s plenty here for me to stay.
For my addiction there’s no cure,
Problogger is the best… thats for sure!
It’s bad for my hat and makes my eyebrows grow red hot,
So blogging without Problogger I don’t do an awful lot.
Here’s my best, quickest shot at a really bad poem… ;)
I’m a new Problogger reader
And very glad to have found it.
I’ve added it to my blog feeder
and reading Darren’s tips is something I won’t quit!
Darren Blogs to Earn
All others can Link And Earn.
He may gag
But we only brag.
Wow, we used our site name Link And Earn quite well. We are professional braggers.
Hey Darren He’s our man…
if he can’t help us make money, NOBODY can!!
Go Problogger.net!
yo, night after night
i puruse pure profitable insight
flowin’ free from Problogger
smilin’ as i drink mo’ lager
’cause Rowse is in my house
& his ideas are fallin’ like rain
borin’ through my brain
like an icy snow auger
only on Problogger
ProBlogger Haiku
Viewing Problogger
Surfing posts current and old
Subscribing to RSS
There was a bald dude called Pro Blogger
Whose post gave us oodles of fodder
He helped us make money
And his jokes were quite funny
But Darren he never plays Frogger
PS Please don’t win me the extreme makeover cos I don’t have anything to make over.
Is it possible
That someone like you,problogger
Could complete me?
You’re the only one I want
The only one I think about
The only one I truly love
You’ve treated me wrong sometimes
As I’ve done the same
But everyone makes mistakes
And your not one of mine
Be with me for the rest of time
I’ll give you my heart
And you give me your mind
Friends that watch your back
Friends that play with your heart
All act the same from the start
Before you know it some disappear
Others stay beside you for life
Those are the problogger
The best friends
I am jealous of Darren
I admit, I can’t stop starrin
At the blog empire he grew,
Since back in 2002
How did he do it?
He saw right through it.
The money potential of blogging!
Thank goodness for Problogger’s insight
Every blogger’s Delight!
Thanks Darren!
I never heard about problogger before
now I’m addicted, I can’t resist anymore
Darren? Who’s that man?
I’m a geek as much as I can.
This poem seems to be senseless and ridiculous?
Of course, it is.
Darren aint no Australian jocker
givin away Ipods as his everyday fodder
with readers to please
he does it with ease
its what makes him the #1 problogger
A ProBlogger Haiku
Darren’s site is cool
Talks about making money
And I kid you not!
AnitoKid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com
A Haiku for You!
Darren’s site is cool
Talks about making money
And I kid you not!
Anitokid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com
Searching for an Ode to Poetry
I stumble upon a man named darren
born a peasant of chaferty
he was lacking wealth and women
I informed him of a wizard, wise
and of he set upon his quest
to search for a wizard, wise
through the woods he went
stopping only to log wood for fire
fifty years later still no wizard, wise
yet he was now a problogger
Even down in Sri Lanka,
The island paradise of Lanka (check it out)
We still hear of Problogger
The best of internet web loggers
But oh, he’s not that haughty and proud
Dispenses his blog Karate by the pound
Gives us advice that is quite sound
May the help he gives come around
He helps us amateurs on our feet
he helps us beginners design our sheets
Darren is a most incredible guy
He’s also cute too; He’s my kind of guy!
There once was a man named Darren
at his website I just can’t stop starin
problogger belongs, in lymeric and songs
for he is THE bloggers baron
After reading these poems
I know where Darren’s going
a clever man, with a clever plan
up the seo river he’s rowing
Another ProBlogger Haiku:
Problogger is great,
Darren is an expert on,
Making dosh from blogs.
problogger give us tips, tricks and all for free!
There once was a guy named Darren,
Whose blog started out quite barren,
But daily it grew,
With tips old and new,
Proving he was no Aussie larrikin.
Here’s my pathetic attempt at a poem :D
It’s already been three years
Darren had worked on problogger
But even on this occasion he is a giver
Giving readers prizes to make them happier
:D
The screen within a frame within a frame
Doesn’t seem social at all;
And are text and still images to blame
For why I want to stare at a wall?
Finding good people online
Happens when they want to find you
Thanks to Problogger and Darren
This screen has found another use.
I know nothing about a blog
I know nothing about Darren Rowse
but the prices on this log
would be nice so now i browse
and read what’s here to see
problogger is the place to be!
(o god i’m no poet)
Problogger
the internet logger
his ideas will rock ya
till your isp blocks ya
p to the r to the ob logger
Darren rowse is the pee ro blogger
Problogger shares the gift of knowledge
for not at fault, they drop out of college.
follow the dreams to own their life,
students of blog soon to enrage a wife.
If you are a new blogger
about blogging you just want to learn
You must visit a site named ProBlogger
Darren will soon teach you how to earn