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!
a bit of entertainment is looking around on ProBlogger,
so is playing that old game frogger!
but opening a package with my very own ipod.. is what i call entertainment!
Happy Birthday Darren.
A young man called Darren started a blog,
‘Cause so many people found blogging a slog,
Now all the bewildered can visit and see,
That being a blogger is simple. Yippee!
Problogger gives us great hints
What Darren does look like a cinch
We’ve learned many things
With my iTunes I’ll sing…
And continue praising ProBlogger
I am an artist and I like to draw,
Hoping to be famous to someday buy a nice car,
Until that blissful day comes, off to Darren’s site I go,
To learn how to make money like all those regular Joe’s!
(off-topic) Sorry, I’m really bad at this. :
Ode to Darren
Darren Rowse the blogging king
Took rookie bloggers under his wing
He Taught them the ropes
And gave them great hopes
They they too could succeed with monetizing
ProBlogger dot net is the number one site
Where beginners learn blogging late at night
Ads and widgets, readers and posts
Though quite successful, he never boasts
Humble and wise, godfather of blogs
And now he rewards us with shiny iPods
Blogging, Jogging, Dogging
It’s all a game of life.
Read the Web,
Contribute or you’re dead.
There’s Rowse and Rowse of Prizes
to be had,
Just pick me Darren and I won’t be bad.
Darren and his laptop,
sitting down a tree,
B-L-O-G-G-I-N-G.
He’s helping people,
and after that, he said
“I feel so great, O-M-G”
Darren oh Darren
Darren oh Darren,
King of blogger that I respect,
Star of blogger that I wish to be.
Darren oh Darren,
Thousand of presents to give away,
But only one present he put in my pocket,
Hopefully it is the best Ipod Nano!
In my head I am a pro
And master of SEO
My adsense brings me income
And ProBlogger beings inspiration
Like Darren I will be
Successful, cool and free
To write while drinking coffee
And my local cafe shopp-y
At the top of Technorati
And Dugg till I am batty
I win the Blogging cup!
Oh dear… I just woke up
Good on you great monetizing site,
On google’s terms you make your fight;
Great feed of all the problogger race,
Above them now you take your place.
Digg, technorati and stumbleupon
Resound with pings and links thereon.
Comments we write to take a prize,
Enough to blur and damage eyes;
For earlier monitors we did not win,
And thinking that no little sin
We post again in comments rhyme,
And meter too with poor design.
Darren, Darren, he’s the man
(Whether or not my poem will scan)
Ask him for a blog-tip, he’ll know what to do
He’ll help you make money, no need to be blue.
Get him to feed you
A post every day
Your blog will get better, you know that its true.
iBlog for iMust
I met a guy from Oz
Tim Miller his name
Of SpyJournal fame
We have never met in person
But are friends all the same
See I was trying out
This fad call blogging
Tim said its more than a game
Blogging is not a fad
It’s here to stay
People make a living
In this digital world
Publishing their own word
Tim advise, “Check out problogger
A site by Darren Rowse.”
Problogger showed the way
Follow these rules
And you can make your pay
In the comfort of pajamas
Sitting at your computer all day
I have yet to make a dime
But Darren must be doing ok
For it’s Problogger’s birthday
And good ol’ Darren
Is giving $54,000 away
Two years I’ve journeyed
Wandering
Sometimes finding
Writing, surfing, writing, surfing
Monetizing
Whatever that means
Somewhere in the mist
A friend with wisdom waits
Patiently
Never forcefully
A beacon
ProBlogger
Darren is the problogger,
He teaches all the other bloggers,
we bloggers follow his line,
to make money online,
podcast podcast
where can you be
I’d love an ipod
yes please, for free!
to listen at leisure
to tuneful downloads,
my favourite web rants
and propoet blog-odes.
praise be to problogger
and Darren, as needs be,
for spectacular content
and occasional freebies!
Darren is a pro-blogger.
And that is true.
He helps us all blog well.
Yes that means me and you.
With down to earth blogging.
And advice we need to take.
We should all just follow him
Like a religion for Blog-ness sake.
So he helps all these bloggers.
Of all shapes and all sizes.
He even runs some great old games.
Where we can win loads of prizes.
So with all the good things.
On pro-blogger I shall plunder.
I shall listen to our man Darren.
Even if he is from the land down under.
So as this poem does near end.
Perhaps an Ipod I shall have won.
But if it doesnt come to pass.
Writing this ode was still some fun.
There once was a problogger site
Where a man named Darren would write
He made a success
Helped those in distress
And now we’re all doing all right
Want a blogging job?
Check ProBlogger’s tips ‘n lists
Great information
clever minds is darren,
he is so barren,
written by the man with the name,
Problogging is the game!
To blog is what he does,
What he does, he does best,
At Problogger is the blog,
This blog is the best.
this is a very bad, bad haiku:
Hey, you should know this
ProBlogger and Darren
Give you free iPods.
There once was a blogger from Down Under
He want to keep down the blunders
His wife said “try it”
He said people would buy it
And now he’s the king of ProBlogger
Oh, Darren, you blogging creature
you make me want to gossip
and make my lousy poems feature
on ProBlogger.
Instructional, Insightful, Inspiring?
ProBlogger
Make money from blogging?
ProBlogger
Attract more web traffic?
ProBlogger
Obtain helpful blogging tips?
ProBlogger
The blogger’s blog?
ProBlogger
A Poet
I Have Never Been.
But A Problogger
I Yearn To Be.
If I Could Write Like Darren
That Would Be Keen.
I Better End This Poem Now
So I Can Go Pee.
I wish to be a blogger.
I try to be a blogger.
I learn to be a blogger.
I am to be a blogger.
Darren has a site
Problogger is its name
I love Birthday Bash Giveaways
An Ipod for me would be Insane!
break it down…
About Problogger and Darren Rowse?
so here goes my prose…
He’s not evil
He’s not brutual
He makes money online
So do we make money online
By reading his Problogger Blog everyday
We get inspired that we’ll reach the top someday
I wish I could have written a essay long Ode.But Hey!
I’m not Percy Bysshe Shelley! :)
Like an ocean of reason in a maelstrom of noise,
Is Darren Rowse from Oz,
But Darren, Oh Darren, how I long for your toys,
But it’s really just because…
I long for an iPod,
I yearn for an iPod,
I hunger for an iPod.
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Oh boy, good job I’m a blogger, not a pro poet!
I’m new to ProBlogger it’s true
My knowledge of blogging is few
There’s so much to learn
My brain feels burned
Can this old dog learn anything new?
I started my blog as a way to not have to send a ton of postcards and end up leaving people out. I picked the easiest platform I could find and am now wanting to try to make some money from it. That’s my story.
Ode to Problogger
O, sleek shiny internet
the money maker’s pet
with all of your glorious ebb and flow
please tell me more about the techniques of SEO
For who has become your master
none more fairer and faster
, Darren and Problogger the knights of the money making machine
Definitely, no others are as keen.
October is fine on its own
with crimson leaves and pumpkins sown
but then you find
when you’re all alone
a Problogger contest that awakens your mind
it’s hard for a writer to write some clips
it’s easier to read Darren’s fantastic tips
you image your poem will rise the ranks
and Darren will post to give you thanks
a shiny new Ipod will find a home
in that worn back pocket that once held a comb
Oops this is the correct version!
October is fine on its own
with crimson leaves and pumpkins sown
but then you find
when you’re all alone
a Problogger contest that awakens your mind
it’s hard for a writer to write some clips
it’s easier to read Darren’s fantastic tips
you imagine your poem will rise the ranks
and Darren will post to give you thanks
a shiny new Ipod will find a home
in that worn back pocket that once held a comb
Blogging is no easy game
ProBlogger is the biggest name
If it wasn’t for the birthday bash
You wouldn’t see such a comment back lash
I don’t mind unless I get the iPod
Celebrating the birthday bash with a nod
This was pretty fun to write… who doesn’t like a good Limerick?
When I need fresh blogging advise
problogger dot com is quite nice
The posts are very friendly
My problems they remedy
And you can’t go wrong with the price
just under 3 hours to go!
Problogger rocks
I hope new readers flock,
Darren is the man
I’m his biggest fan.
Short, simple, and the best I can come up with.
While to some its just seems extreme,
Darren’s living the Problogger dream,
He works from noon till night,
Writing content to put us all right.
Darren you are watched in awe,
As you write content without flaw,
Helping those who need help the most,
Even telling us how frequently to post.
From early morning til time to write,
Darren browses his favourite websites,
Finding topics that help and inspire,
It won’t be long before he retires.
This ode is not witty,
Nor is it very pretty,
But its made its point quite well,
We all think you are kinda swell.
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Cheers
Dave
Poerty-Smoetry.
Problogger you are the blog for me
without you I’d never make money.
Problogger you are the blog for me
I couldn’t sell this poem for free.
I’m much better at prose, but for an iPod…
I give you
my haiku
I started to blog
I was floundering out there
Problogger saved me
Smoozing through the net,
blabbing all around,
doing nothing special,
is what we’re all about.
They know not of our secret,
probloggers of the guild,
we shall rejoice together,
oneday, they will all just yield.
–
:D
ProBlogger is the best
It helps us pass the test
In our ever-changing cyber world
We all love Darren Rowse!
Problogger
MInd Jogger
Thought Toggler
Feed Slogger
But by his looks, not a lens fogger
Sorry, not offense meant, Mr. Problogger
Darren, Darren
Without thou, Problogger would be barren
Your blogging tips and tricks,
Really gives me the kicks
Today, if I win a prize
that would be really nice
Even if I don’t Mr. Rowse,
Problogger is one site that I would ever browse!
Oh, my favorite blogger is Darren,
He doles out the blog tips with much carin’
He knows a lot
He gives it all he’s got
And he doesn’t give a hoot what I’m wearin’
Pro Blogger
What Darren does for Bloggers
he blogs about blogging
every week he blogs
and blogs
and blogs again
into infinity
with fun and ease
he writes stories for us to read
as he sits in his home office or a bar
teaching us the tricks of the trade
wouldn’t we all like to be like Darren
and have one of the top blogs
niches, advertising, how to write tips,
those are the topics Darren writes about
you, Darren, are one of the top bloggers, blogging for – Pro – Bloggers!
everybody checks problogger,
day after day new tips appear there,
darren’s even better than some vlogger,
he can bring you into the new money sphere!
everybody checks problogger,
day after day new tips appear there.
darren’s even better than some vlogger,
he can bring you into the new money sphere!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love Problogger
and Darren too…
Problogger was a pastor,
a pastor was he,
now he makes money,
like it were on a tree.