A Contest!!

We would like to introduce our Gnome:




This little gnome

needs a name and a home

So send us a poem!


Contest rules: Send us a descriptive poem introducing this gnome. It can be elaborate, funny and/or imaginative as long as you give the gnome a name. The winner will become the proud parent of this little fellow and his bright red fungus, which both happen to be safe and sturdy rattles suitable for infants. You may also want to display them in your home (provided you have an affinity for gnomes)*. The deadline for this contest is July 10, 2011. Submissions must be made by email to norajeanwait@gmail.com. The winner will be announced on July 14, 2011 on this blog and will include the winning poem. Please provide your name and contact information (mailing address and email address, this information will not be shared) along with the poem.
* we accept no responsibility for any further gnome collecting after the acquisition of this gnome. Collect at your own risk.

5 comments:

  1. MaryJuly 2, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    There once was a Gnome who needed a home and a name ,
    So My friend Nora decided to play a game.
    This Gnome was so cute
    All he needed was a Flute.
    For I think he looks quite Like David,
    From a show,
    quite long ago,
    But now I am surely dated.

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  2. Amy MarieJuly 2, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    I remember that show... Wow- was one of my favs... Haven't thought about that in a LONG time! lol...

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  3. AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
    Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
    What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
    Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
    Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
    What's in a name? that which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet;
    So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
    Retain that dear perfection which he owes
    Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
    And for that name which is no part of thee
    Take all myself.
    - William Shakespeare
    What’s in a gname?
    That which we call a gnome
    By any other name
    Would feel as soft and cuddly
    Thou he lacketh Hearth and Home
    He lacketh Gnot love
    He gnoweth gno evil
    And seeketh Gno harm
    He only wants a gname
    Perhaps one
    With a silent G at the start
    Something like Gnat
    But not quite exactly that
    Something more Gnoble
    Something that doesn’t buzz or
    Agnoy (annoy)
    Something Gnobody would disparage
    And Gnobody would frown over
    A gname that would bring a smile and
    A gname that would be Gnoticed
    I can only think of one
    Gnorman. Rockwell

    --Eli's Grampa Cooper

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  4. AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    I should have called him "Gnomeo" and his Mushroom - Juliet
    -- Dad

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  5. Mrs. WaitJuly 6, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Hmmm, not sure Dad, but I think that one might be taken. :)

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