American Idol — My Guilty Pleasure
American Idol — My Guilty Pleasure By Madeleine Begun Kane American Idol’s a show I enjoy. Why? I really don’t know: Awful singing, odd judging, And, maybe, vote fudging. I’m missing it now. Gotta go!
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As regular readers know, watching American Idol is one of my guilty pleasures. But it sure wasn’t much of a pleasure last week, when mellifluous Melinda was sent packing and Blake wasn’t: Yet Another...
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I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line: An eccentric soprano named Brett… Here’s the limerick I wrote with that line. (It’s a three-verser, but a standard one-verse limerick...
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Operatic Acrostic Limerick By Madeleine Begun Kane Oh that tenor who’s playing the king Pierces eardrums while trying to sing. Easy notes he should reach Really readily screech, As we grab some bananas...
View ArticleLimerick Degree (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleTone Deaf Limerick
Tone Deaf Limerick By Madeleine Begun Kane A woman who crooned out of key Did it loudly with pleasure and glee. She believed she sang well, Like a beautiful bell. But “please stop,” was the usual plea....
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Miserable Singing
Many people were offended by Seth MacFarlane’s “Saw Your Boobs” at last night’s Oscars. But, at the risk of damaging my feminist cred, I’m not one of them. Of course, I do understand the negative...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Karaoke
Karaoke isn’t my thing because my singing voice is lousy. (Alas, there’s no connection between being able to play the oboe and having a dulcet singing voice.) But since it’s National Karaoke Week...
View ArticleMy Two Cents About The Voice (Limerick)
My Two Cents About The Voice By Madeleine Begun Kane On the Voice my fav entrants are out. It’s Sasha and Amber I’d tout. Danielle doesn’t phrase, Yet they keep heaping praise. I just hope it’s...
View ArticleLimerick High (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Roget’s Thesaurus
Limerick Ode To Roget’s Thesaurus By Madeleine Begun Kane Serenade, sing, belt out, croon in chorus: Happy Birthday to Roget’s Thesaurus, Sterling word-meister’s brew, Published Eighteen-Five-Two In...
View ArticleLimerick Beau (Limerick-Off Monday)
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook...
View ArticleNeighborly Blues (Limerick)
Neighborly Blues (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane A fellow was sweeping his leaves While belting some recitatives. “Quell that noise,” said a neighbor. “Your mis-Handeled labor Could well be jays...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: SCORE at the end of Line 1 or 2 or 5
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: NOTE at the end of any one line (Submission...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleOperatic Limerick
Happy “World Opera Day!” (October 25) “Sustaining high notes can be hard,” Said an opera singer who starred In Norma; she claims That it’s not fun and games, But a contest of wills, no holds barred.
View ArticleUnnoteworthy Limerick
“The soprano attempted a note That is out of her range,” went the quote From the Op’ra Review. “It was shrill, like a shrew.” — A critique that still sticks in her throat. (Opera Day is celebrated on...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: DRESS or adDRESS or reDRESS at the end of...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Keith Olbermann
I’ve been a fan of Keith Olbermann for as long as I can remember. And Mark and I have been enjoying his new podcast version of Countdown, ever since he launched it last August on iHeartMedia —...
View ArticleLimerick-Off Monday – Rhyme Word: BOARD or BORED at the end of any one line...
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a...
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