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Use this random phrase generator to get a random two-word phrase. It's best to use the first one that comes up, but you may choose another. 
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*sleepyowlet with Keeping in touch with your inner child
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Now onto today's task.
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We first want to announce the winners of the Mother Nature contest! These were the entries that best represented the concept, with the creativity and visual impact to make an impression. Well done to the winners!
Congratulations! You will be contacted about your prizes within the next 24 hours.
For this week, we're reviewing our alphabet and testing out our poetry skills! Your task is to write a poem in ABC style revolving around a particular theme!
An ABC poem is when the first word of line 1 begins with an A, the first word of line 2 begins with a B etc. For example:
A large mammal once roamed the earth,
Bigger than a breadbox for certain,
Created for nothing but destruction
Dominating anything in its path.
Even the gods did
Fear the wrath of this beast
Growing more and more powerful
Heaving its burden on its weak owner
Injuring and mocking
Just in time for its mid-morning nap.
See how it works? It's simple and fun! If you don't feel comfortable writing a poem, you could write a story in ABC style, with each sentence beginning with the next letter of the alphabet.
Every good contest needs a theme, and your ABC poems/stories should be about:
Cats! 
Remember, your work could be more of a story. You don't have to use all of the letters of the alphabet, but you may! Just make sure that your entry contains a story or poem in which each line begins with the next letter of the alphabet. Bonus points to those who can describe cats without actually using the word "cat"! 
You could describe any kind of cat -- tiger, lion, domestic cat -- or any aspect of cathood. It's totally up to you!
We'll choose three winners who will receive 1000 Points each! All entries must be submitted as comments to this blog and must be posted by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 11:59 PM Los Angeles, CA, time. Winners will be judged based on creativity, inclusion of the theme, and accuracy to the ABC style.
Let's see those wordsmith skills shine! 
Between you and me, they're the ones who're crazy in the head.
Can you believe that? Me? A house pet?
Don't fret, I'll show them they're wrong and they'll apologize too!
Ellegance might be my signature,
Freedom, however, is my only reason of living.
Guts of a lion, all creature's king,
Hearing of a lynx, the prince of the entire winter,
I approach my prey, non suspecting.
Jinx me not, I ain't need luck, but I needn't bad luck either.
Keeping my belly flat on the earth,
Low, low, until I'm close enough and leap off bellowing.
My claws unsheathed, I pounce onto it.
No one would ever be fast enough to escape my trap.
One sole bite, and no more is the rat.
Practice, I know, makes perfect, and this is only the start.
Hmm wanted to try another xD
~ In The Life of a Cat ~ by [me] =CyberLogic
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A cat is nothing but a lion at heart.
Beginning its life as a kitten to start.
Cats love to explore, eat, sleep and play.
Destructive in nature when it comes to their prey.
Eaten in a second, devoured by wrath.
Foolish is the mouse that crosses its path.
Giving of affection only to its own.
Heartbroken its human who feels alone.
If only the dog, a cat's number one foe,
joined in alliance and friendship would grow.
Kittens it breeds for a new generation.
Lest it's a pet who knows only castration.
Before my eyes, a town,
Crowded, but mostly grim.
Dumb creatures! They should bow!
Eccentric, sadistic...
Father would kill them all,
Gash them all at the neck!
How shameful to be caught,
In this cage, lying down,
Just with hope to escape.
Keeping head low, I longed,
Longed for my chance to take.
My ears flicked at the sound of the latch;
None other than a girl with blue eyes,
Opened ever so slightly my path to freedom.
People took her, then scolded her for coming near,
Quoting a thousand and one morals.
Repressing my desire to try,
Some more time, I told myself. The time will soon come.
The tamer'll be busy tonight, and the path clear.
Unseen, I crept out once alone in the dark.
Vowing never to come back to such a place.
When I thought I was far enough, I looked back.
Xhosas, as they called themselves, were my worst foes.
Yet, those large blue eyes saw me, and the girl smiled.
Zest filled me at last, I would be a free king.
Okay, I tried making the first two parts kind of restrictive, by imposing more or less rigid rhyming and syllables (6 for the first stanza, 9/9/12/12 for the next) since the character was encaged. Then the last stanza was literally free of rhymes, though I still kept something in
But finding nothing to his likes.
Crawls further into the darkness.
Denying the light that get switched on by his owners
Each time he blinks when the lights get turned on.
Finally finding something nice and warm.
Getting closer to the object the closer he gets the more
He want to crawl into it and scratch his tiny paws on the fabric basket
In his cage
Joy comes when he carefully lift one little paw to touch the soft base.
Kindly he removes his paw to make space.
Letting his owner rearrange his basket
Meaningfully he purred when his owner strokes his soft head.
Now he gets exited purred harder to say thanks for everything.
Overjoyed of all the attention he curls into small ball and falls asleep.
Purring continued through the night,
Quiting wasn't on his mind, he dreamed a wonderful dream
Resting his small body in his basket
Smiling of the exited day that happened
Trust and loyalty are two things he lived for his owner were very kind.
Unique was the word humans would call them.
Very pleased with his current habitat where is living.
Wondering about the big planet what was behind the windows.
Xander was the little creatures name.
You would like to know why he has such a unique name.
Zillion of times his owners wondered what name they should give him.
answer
One night the owners had mentioned all names that came across their mind and when Xander came the little creature purred the loudest as if he wanted to say he liked that namewell this was fun. probably failed in keeping it at one sentence per letter. at some pointsBall - round, and smooth, a shape
Creeping under the covers
Dust-clogged, yet melting hearts
Energy, struggling playfully
For a feline, its sure reminds me
Gaily, daily, with a love for fine dairy
Huggles, it meows and scratches
I know it wants not to be held, but
Just loved, which stirs me.
Kittens, you
Listen, waiting for me to continue
Munching on the mice's cheese, spurring me
Nudging, purring
Only that you do not understand, but
Please, you ask, pray tell
Quietly, you watch me
Rightly, ever so sweetly
Surveying me through those wide-eyed glasses
Telling me, through a purr
Under which hides a motive
Wondering the location of my prey
X marks the spot, I woof back
Yellow and bright, you eyes were
Zero, zilch, nada, you will become when I catch you.
Babies placed into their cribs, these
Creatures open their bright eyes and roam the place. They’re worse then
Dogs, smaller, less appreciated, but powerful
Enough, able to defend themselves in the worst case scenario. Sharp
Fang like teeth, adorable eyes that stare into humans soul, breaking for them and
Give them all humans free time and praise them. They take over your
Home, claim everything as theirs. You hate them but somehow they always win
In crawling into your heart.
Jumping off their sleeping bed which is lower then you. You watch them,
Keep a close eye on them as they slowly approach where you are, up above, a higher
Level them then.
Moving their head, those
Neon eyes are staring right at you.
‘Oh no!’ you think, as the
People aren’t there to help you this time.
Quiet, that’s how sneaky they are. Their paws are scrambling
Rather quickly up towards you. However, you’re trapped. The
Silver bars that lock you here won’t budge even if you tried. The door
Tied with string gives you no chance to flee. A cry would be absolutely
Useless. Like in those
Video games people play, it’s game over.
Watching, ready to spring. Just hope it’s a quick death for you. Their
Xanthous pelt flashes and they spring. But alas, the cage protects you. With a loud
Yowl, the predator falls, hissing, they turn heel and go off, to think of a better plan. You’re safe for tonight,
Zoey
If no one got it, ‘Zoey’ is supposed to be a bird, explaining a household cat who every night is trying to eat him. That was my idea, OTL, don’t think I did very well