SOMETHING ABOUT YOU

Dedicated to Adewunmi Oladele on his Birthday

I see the stars bow for you
For you are reckoned in heaven
Many have come as role models
Your name in our lips stay at the top

Beyond the shore of life
You brought a treasure foretold
A good heart, a caring hand
A loving mind, a God fearing soul

In more than many ways
You have put a smile in our hearts
Contagious enough to last forever
Everything the world needs is deposited in you

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Today marks five years since India wiped out polio.

                                               Image credit: Unicef

Today marks five years since India wiped out polio. 👏👏 Just 12 years ago, India was responsible for almost 70% of all polio cases worldwide. To stop the virus, UNICEF and WHO worked with partners to deliver more than 13 billion doses of oral polio vaccine and conducted almost 200 nationwide campaigns across the region

Deadline April 1: Our Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)

Now in its 18th year, this contest seeks today's best humor poems. No fee to enter. Submit published or unpublished work. $2,250 in prizes.

Please submit once during August 15, 2018-April 1, 2019.

Prizes:

• First Prize: $1,000 plus a one-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $50 value)
• Second Prize: $250
• Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each
• Top 12 entries published online
• Enter via Submittable

No fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer Ledoux. Length limit: 250 lines maximum. No restrictions on age or country. Click the Submittable link below for full details. Read the winning poems from our 17th contest. The results of our 18th contest will be announced on August 15, 2019.

https://winningwriters.submittable.com/submit/58279/wergle-flomp-humor-poetry-contest-no-fee