Some of the folks in the Writer's Forum are talking about maybe doing a joint challenge with words and pictures... so I've got an idea. This is summer, and what is summer good for? Reading. Reading that long leisurely tome, or binging on an entire series. It is also good for frivolities. :) So... what about this as a 2-part challenge: First part is to take a work of literature and write a limerick (about as frivolous and flexible a verse form as ever invented). I've written bawdy limericks about Narnia and LOTR, so nothing is sacred... but we'll need to keep it clean enough for the TOS. Allow about a month, since many folks might want to read the book, or dip back into the series, and end up trapped inside the pages. This part of the challenge should be in the Writer's Forum, where everybody can get help... ie: "I need a rhyme for 'DaVinci', any ideas?" "Why is there only 5 lines to a limerick?" Judging ought to be on cleverness, wit, and capturing the spirit of the book... as well as its pictorial potential. THEN, once we have a winner, it comes back to this Forum, where anybody can illustrate it, using any software or technique. The art can add another layer of meaning to the experience, but should also be witty or fun, and should play off the limerick just like a football player will grab the ball, no matter how sticky, and take it to the endzone. This will need another month.... and then we vote again. Does this sound interesting? Any ideas for improving it? Is there another silly verse form which would be better? Is there another source other than literature we could mine? I want to stay away from movies with their pre-set visuals, but perhaps songs or vacation spots or ? I'm going to cross-post this in the Writer's Forum, so they can jump in with thoughts, too. Carolly the Catalyst