Tim Burton's film "Alice in Wonderland" is bedazzling audiences, so we saw it fitting to run not only a day of Alice trivia, but also an insanely great contest. Yes, further down the rabbit-hole we go…
In 1871, Lewis Carroll continued Alice's misadventures in the sequel "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice finds a nonsensical poem called "Jabberwocky" in which Carroll invented new words by blending old ones together—also known as a "portmanteau." (Hint, hint.)
So here's what we want you to do:
Write a nonsense poem about any Wonderland-related persons, places, or things. You can make up words or string them backwards and side-to-side. The more silly, the better. When you're finished, post your whimsical writings to our Facebook fan page and get your friends and family members to vote on them (ie. 'like' them). The person with the most votes at the beginning of Thursday's game at 8am PT (11am ET) wins a Ringorang T-shirt AND a $15 iTunes gift card! (We told you it was insanely great.)
How long does the poem have to be?
At least one stanza with 4 lines (that's a "quatrain" for you polymaths), but you can write more than that.
To help illustrate, we wrote a nonsense poem ourselves:
In 1871, Lewis Carroll continued Alice's misadventures in the sequel "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice finds a nonsensical poem called "Jabberwocky" in which Carroll invented new words by blending old ones together—also known as a "portmanteau." (Hint, hint.)
So here's what we want you to do:
Write a nonsense poem about any Wonderland-related persons, places, or things. You can make up words or string them backwards and side-to-side. The more silly, the better. When you're finished, post your whimsical writings to our Facebook fan page and get your friends and family members to vote on them (ie. 'like' them). The person with the most votes at the beginning of Thursday's game at 8am PT (11am ET) wins a Ringorang T-shirt AND a $15 iTunes gift card! (We told you it was insanely great.)
How long does the poem have to be?
At least one stanza with 4 lines (that's a "quatrain" for you polymaths), but you can write more than that.
To help illustrate, we wrote a nonsense poem ourselves:
'Gan ringading and ringadong,
once poppened up to spring.
And if thou guessed a question wrong,
Rang did you so, not Ring!
once poppened up to spring.
And if thou guessed a question wrong,
Rang did you so, not Ring!
We chose to rhyme with Ringorang lines, but you can write about anything, as long as it's related to Alice in Wonderland or our game. Easy, right? It literally took us 5 minutes to write that. Ok, ok, 6 minutes. But who's counting?
Now hurry along and don't be late. You may begin posting your poems to our Facebook wall at anytime. Hats off, good luck and a very merry unbirthday to you!
Let's see who's got the maddest skills.
Click here to submit your entry.
Team Ringorang
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