{Revised with winner's name below.}
As my partnership with Vicks VapoRub comes to an end {sniff sniff}, and in anticipation of upcoming National Poetry Month, I've decide to write a poem in keeping with the unofficial ending of the Cold and Flu Season. Make sure not to miss the FUN contest and giveaway details at the end!
An Ode to My Least Favorite Season
Winter and Spring and Summer and Fall
Four seasons, of course, but that isn't all–
A Fifth Season comes, the worst of the year
Cold and Flu is its name, spreading dread when it's here!
It often arrives when the weather turns cooler
(But can strike any time, just ask Ferris Bueller!)
It'll come without warning and no invitation
Nasty invasion, this germ infestation
Coughing and sneezing and fever and chills
The Cold doles out misery, cheap little thrills.
And meaner than Cold is his cousin the Flu
Who knows how to make you feel miserable, too.
Every bone in your body so tired and so achy
And when you get up sometimes you feel shakey.
Throat raw and itchy, nose sore and runny
There's nothing about being sick that is funny!
(Except maybe when I stuff into my nose
Lotion-soft Kleenex, damming snot when it flows!)
When your child has a cold, you turn into a nurse
(Grown men with the flu might be pitifully worse.)
Thankfully we have things that help us feel better
Like wrapped in your favorite, warm, woolen sweater?
Wait! Over the counter, what's that I see?
A miracle potion that begins with a "V"!
Vicks VapoRub, been around 'bout forever
Invented by someone incredibly clever.
Medicated vapors, inhale one and all–
Ecalyptus and camphor and icy menthol.
Rub in this ointment and soon you will see
You can breathe so much better, you're almost ache-free!
Slapmenakedandhidemyclothes, but that was FUN to write!
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Win a Medicine Cabinet Makeover valued at over $100!
Includes all VapoRub products (Vapo, Vapo Cream, Vapo Lemon Scented, BabyRub), NyQuil (liquid & caplets), DayQuil (liquid & caplets) and Nature Fusion (liquid & caplets), and a special Feel Better Friend get-well kit– a Vicks SNUGGIE, pillow, soup, candle, slippers and a Cool Moisture Humidifier.
Y'all, you'll be able to handle just about anything that comes your way!
TO ENTER: Visit Vicks' Facebook page and fill in the YOUR response to their posted question, "I know I'm getting better when I can finally smell ___________ (be sure to "Like" them while you're there).
THEN, come back and leave a comment here (with your answer or anything else) at least once to be registered.
Though I'll have to use a random drawing, will you try your hand at a short poem about Vicks VapoRub–a haiku, couplet, limerick–whatever your fancy? Vicks Bloggers will choose some of their favorites to post on Vicks' Facebook page for all the world to see! You'll be almost famous…. 😉 Deadline to enter is 3/21/12.
Easy additional ways to increase your chances (leave a separate comment for each one, and you're welcome to enter multiple formats):
- If you're on Pinterest and have a board for giveaways, Pin this post.
- Tweet about this giveaway; here's a sample:
Comment to win a $100 Medicine Cabinet Makeover from @vicksvaporub & @PensieveRobin #giveaway http://bit.ly/zRHSeW || Poems=brownie pts!
- Share this post on Facebook
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER ~ #58, Michelle Tucker!
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58
Timestamp: 2012-03-22 06:48:08 UTC
Thanks to Vicks for supplying the giveaway and for including me in this season's Blogger Brigade!!
Note: There was some earlier confusion about how I was supposed to host this giveaway, so my apologies to anyone who's seen a different version of the rules.
When a chill hits the air
I dread what comes next
The sniffles the sneezes
the stuffed inner plex.
My kids sound like seals
My breath comes in snorts
We’re hacking and coughing
and feel out of sorts.
Open the med drawer.
Salvation in sight!
Relief in a blue bottle
Vick’s Vapo-Rub tonight!
The humidifier get some
More rubbed on the chest.
My babies breathe easy
Thanks Vick. You’re the best!
Now, THAT’S the way to get things started, Karmyn!! I absolutely love it! 🙂
My sudden sore throat today is making me think I just might be needing this VICKS soon Robin! 🙂 I filled in the blank on their facebook page!
I also shared on facebook! 🙂
Robin, you definitely have talent to be able to write a poem about Vicks Vapor Rub! Love it! I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell coffee… 🙂
cough, sneeze, wheeze
i think i need some Vicks
please, please!
Yeah, obviously poetry isn’t my strong suit. ; )
Jennifer, well I’m NOT happy to hear about your sore throat but you made me smile to enter this giveaway. Since you need it!!!
Tiffany, that’s what I said when I filled in the blank on their page!! Great minds? (or noses? And thanks!)
christina, but cuteness and humor is 😉 :).
I do not write poetry, but my goodness, YOU DO! 🙂
Oh – and I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell my laundry detergent in my clothes. (Or, really, anything – allergies are currently robbing me of smelling much of anything!)
I know I’m getting better when I smell coffee!!! And I feel better when I can drink it too 🙂
Memories in a jar
Comforting Vicks
and Mama
I entered the giveaway. I know I am getting better when I can smell my perfume.
Hey! I left a comment on FB: when I can smell cookies baking in the oven. I liked them too!
I shared this post on FB.
I love the poem sweetheart. How talented you must be to write a poem about Vicks;-)
Love you, my southern friend. Vanessa
I know I’m getting better when I can smell oranges! Love the poem, by the way!
blue65829 at aol dot com
You are the awesome sauce, Robin. And then some!
We really do use Vicks around here ~ their humidifier works great in the kids’ rooms!
I commented “I know I feel better when I can smell my husband’s cologne”
abfantom at yahoo dot com
Fresh baked cinnamon rolls!
You are hilarious. xo
You are quite the talented poet—I cannot compete! I said when I can smell the Vicks, of course!
I facebooked you!
Tweet, tweet! https://twitter.com/#!/DawnMHSH/statuses/180329893907795969
I even created a giveaway board on Pinterest, just for you!
lol….I posted on facebook about being able to smell Max’s farts. They are so bad, but you know you need Vicks when you can not smell them!
“I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell the lilacs
https://twitter.com/#!/mkjmc/status/180370155564576768
I entered the giveaway. I know I am getting better when I can smell lemons and grapefruits.
I know I’m getting better when I can smell my lotion!
monk5 at charter dot net
I said my coffee! It’s heartbreaking to not be able to smell it…in fact, if I can’t smell it, I don’t want to drink it!
https://twitter.com/#!/mkjmc/status/180599766567235584
I answered “flowers” on the Vicks page
https://twitter.com/#!/mkjmc/status/180973749938569216
https://twitter.com/#!/mkjmc/status/181334162077253634
I know I’m getting better when I smell dinner
A Memory
My nose was stopped up
my fever ran high
the cough in my chest
was making me cry
I sniffled, I snorted
I sneezed and I blew
till Momma was worried
crying out, “What to do?”
The quickly she gathered up
things that would fix
her arms full of chicken soup
aspirin and Vicks
The Vicks on my chest
on my back, near my nose
It’s fragrance can still
make me feel love, I suppose
So here’s to my Momma
my cold and her fix
I alwasy got better
when she brought out the Vicks!
Haha! Sadly, I am really horrible at poetry. But I did leave a comment on their Facebook page: I know I feel better when I can smell that sweet, unique, “baby” smell after my babies have their evening bath. :}
I stumbled the post: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/irishmarmalade
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/irishmarmalade/status/181786167237292033
I shared on Delicious too! http://delicious.com/stacks/view/Tddt0y
Last one. 😉 I DUGG it here: http://digg.com/irishmarmalade/diggs
I wrote my comment as Tam Sweeps:
“the roses. And the chicken in my apartment hallway.”
🙂
fb fan them and posted: danielle b
https://twitter.com/#!/xferriza2/status/182007279644717056 @xferriza2
I commented on Vicks FB post as rebecca shockley and I liked them
tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/mngirlinssp/status/182339479661576192
shared on FB
https://www.facebook.com/#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=376784305676875&id=1849884229
shared on Google +
https://plus.google.com/116854655843982449402#116854655843982449402/posts/Bk3tgKEuaHD
i said sears
over the river and thru the weeds
to house of mucous & allergies we go
Inhaled the vick’s
now my tissues are freed
Oh happy days
I’ll see!
Vicks is a part of life for us from my son who gets vapo-rubbed frequently to my hubby who can’t live without nyquil and dayquil when he’s sick to me… who applies all of the above… 🙂
V ery useful
A ll over your chest
P erfect for colds
O pens your nose
R ub it on
U nder the blanket
B e better soon
I posted on their fb page as norleans louisiana.
Thanks for the chance to win
nolagirl727 at yahoo dot com
tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/nola727/status/182536988564520960
nolagirl727 at yahoo dot com
I also google +1’d this giveaway as nolagirl
nolagirl727 at yahoo dot com
I stumbled this giveaway as nolagirl727
nolagirl727 at yahoo dot com
I wrote that I know I am getting better when I can smell my morning coffee
Maybe I can get lucky on this one. Sounds like a great give-away!
Posted on their thread…I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell baked bread! Okay, really really bad poet.
Oh gosh, an awful poet I am.
Hit with a cold, then bam!
Vick’s Vapo Rub rides in.
And there I go smelling again.
michedt at yahoo . com
Pinned! http://pinterest.com/pin/69031806758342763/
Michelle tucker (michedt)
michedt at yahoo dot com
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/michedt/status/182565919636193281
@michedt
michedt at yahoo . com
I commented with I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell my perfume.
cweller75@gmail.com
Christy Weller
I know I’m getting better when I can finally smell vicks that i place in my chest ^^
Thanks,
riadeliza823(at)ymail(dot)com
Pin!:
http://pinterest.com/pin/127086020704936988/
Thanks,
riadeliza823(at)ymail(dot)com
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/riadeliza823/status/182613815425380352
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fb Share:
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I like your poem 🙂
I said chicken noodle soup. Fan of VicksVaporub on facebook. 🙂
Love your Vicks poem! I commented on Vicks facebook page, too. Thanks for the contest!