To enter the contest, all you have to do is write a limerick, but you do have to post it here on the forum. You've got a week to compose your masterpiece. When it's no longer June 19, 2010 anywhere on earth, I'll toss the names of all entrants in a hat and pick a lucky winner to whom I will charity 10 points.

Include the name of your favourite BM Charity and I'll donate 5 points to the winner's charity.

Good luck!

Never again, said John Buckman
This forum work really does suck, man
It’s never quite right
There’s no end in sight
Please bring me more coffee starbuck, man.

---1--- Melinda, Joel, Angie, Gio, Cara,
---2--- Peter, Christina, Hope, Sarah,
---3--- Nikki, Rebecca,
---4--- Kathy, Dov, Peta,
---5--- Minerva and Martha Azara.

OK, now for my actual entry:

---1--- Gaiman's books never stick 'roun',
---2--- Classics are gone 'fore they're foun',
---3--- Romances pile thickly,
---4--- While Discworld goes quickly,
---5--- Good luck getting rid of Dan Brown.

My chosen charity (if I am fortunate enough to get my name drawn) is operationpaperback . Thanks for running the contest...What a fun idea!

I don't have a favourite charity, so if I'm lucky enough to win then please choose any charity.

Rob

~ There once was a great kangaroo
~ who felt most exceedingly blue
~ the book he lived in
~ had been put in the bin
~ because it was no longer new.
~~
~ In another book lived a baboon
~ who was singing a happier tune
~ when his book had grown old
~ Bookmooch members were told
~ and he would be read again soon. ~

I had forgotten how much fun it can be to string words together. Nowadays most of the writing I do is for work (scientific articles) and doesn't exactly stimulate my imagination. So thanks for that!

I don't have a favorite charity either. They all seem like good causes, so you may choose one at random. That is of course if I should be lucky enough to win. I'm crossing my fingers, because I'm in need of more points!

Aline

Here is my effort:

~I requested a good book today
~But then they replied just to say,
~"I won't send to your nation"
~I felt such frustration
~But an angel then sent it my way (Yay!)

If I'm lucky enough to win, my charity of choice is Chrysalis School (Madagascar). Good luck to everyone in the big contest. I've enjoyed reading your submissions.

I have got shelves of books==
And can not even stomach to look ==
I was told of this land==
And thought it was grand==
Tradin’ gets me off the book hook==

Here's mine:

There once was a moocher named Joan
She had too many books in her home
Then one day
She gave them away
On a wonderful site called Bookmooch

My charity would be the Prison Book Program, user id prisonbook

Joined bookmooch one day for fun,
No sooner than I had begun,
Stayed inside all day,
Just reading away,
Probably never again see the sun.

My charity of choice would be:
Books 4 Kids And Their Providers Project
user id: bks4kidsandtheirprovidersproject

- Eureka! A book I've been wanting!
- Rats! Lack of points is me taunting!
- I know! List some books!
- (To my shelves for a look)
- But now, my send list is daunting!

* My shelves are groaning from their load,
* It won't be long till they explode...
* But I must get just one more book,
* There's still somewhere a vacant nook.
* I know! I'll list 'Da Vinci Code'!

~ I've kept more than 500 romance books
~ They fill the house - all the crannies and nooks
~ I like their bright covers
~ of half-naked lovers
~ And I've only mooched two drawn by schnooks

~ But my favorite is one that I (sadly) don't own
~ A maiden whose long red tresses are blown
~ Holds the hand of a knight
~ she most surely gave fright
~ As her three hands are quite clearly shown

~ If I could find that book in some lucky mooch
~ I'd jump up and down and give out a smooch
~ The lady with three arms
~ and her dubious charms
~ Makes me giggle a little; I love BookMooch!