LCJ thanks everyone who participated in our 2012 Limericks for Literacy Contest to benefit literacy initiatives in Jacksonville. Your support is appreciated.
***2012 WINNER***
Jacksonville is a city of leaders
Who know we must build better readers -
Commit money or time
To help reading rates climb -
It’s the foundation of all great achievers.
-Matthew Kelley, Senior Software Engineer, CSX Corporation
***2012 Honorable Mentions***
Folks in a town by the ocean
Came up with an uplifting notion;
Help a neighbor who’s needing
Some help with his reading
Put a literacy movement in motion.
-Heather Duncan, AT&T Area Director External Affairs North Florida
Our city has many great features,
From Jaguars to sandy beach creatures –
But that isn’t enough
We can’t sit on our duffs
We should all become volunteer teachers!
-Jeff Kissinger, Global Learning Solutions
A handsome young fellow named Brown
Said he’d like to be Mayor of town.
So he threw in his hat
And his friends went to bat,
To make Alvin the winner hands down.
-Linda Watkins, Women’s Center of Jacksonville
A Jacksonville man grew a tree –
“To inspire all readers”, claimed he.
Young and old it did lure,
Boredom, soon, it did cure.
It urged all, “Come and read here with me!”
-Barbara Banks, Jacksonville Public Library
Our St. John’s River - she flows
To the North, most everyone knows.
Through Jax and Mayport
History by the quart.
North Florida’s class ALWAYS shows!
-William Abdelnour, author of “Limerick-A-Day” 2012 calendar
There once was a cat named Mallory
She lived near the Cummer Gallery.
She preferred the beach
But it was beyond her reach
Because her owners didn't make the salary.
-Ann Farrell, Women’s Center of Jacksonville