@Jeter – this is Mig’s contest. I’m not running the show in any way, though I am a keen fan of the limerick contest. I’m also the ‘webmaster’ of this here site in the way that if something breaks, Mig goes into a quasi-Autistic doom spiral and has just enough wherewithal left to email me and point generally to the problem. I fix it. Sometimes I break it, too. But then I fix it. So that’s my role around here – no more than that. Also, Mig is my friend and I think he’s neat.

Although I had already arranged a secret judge for this contest, I feel obliged to take Teathorn’s input under consideration as well when calculating this year’s winners. Here is some of what Teathorn said:
“Perry is too clever not to win.
Dave and Schnitzi are too cool not to at least place.
Unfortunately, Dave hasn’t posted under the new rules.
The only poems not disqualified at this point are by Perry, Schnitzi and Muirsi Wursi.”
Judge Teathorn has a point. However, an innovation this year was the secret rule. This year’s secret rule was massive extra points for having the balls to enter first despite the arbitary rule changes that are a part of the contest, which I tried out because otherwise everyone would wait until the last day to enter, which would cut down on the entertainment value.

So, after consulting with the secret judge, and considering Teathorn’s input, the winners of the 2013 metamorphosism.com international St. Valentine’s Day Limerick Contest are as follows:
First Place goes to Perry
Second Place is a three-way tie between Muirsi Wuirsi, Dave and Schnitzi.

Thank you to everyone who entered, and those of you who stopped by to read. Sorry there were no big controversies this year, I’ll work harder in 2014. Happy Valentine’s Day!

The resignation of Pope Benedict
Reminds us of Malachy’s maledict
His prophecy unfurled
The end of the world
And tribulations it will inflict.

Saint Malachy in year 1139
Laid out his prediction divine
His list of the popes
Dashes our hopes…
We’re now at the end of the line!

Here is the gist of this tome:
It’s time for man’s final shalom
Because Petrus Romanus
Will soon be upon us
To reign over destruction of Rome.
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Charles Ulysses Feney