For five years in a row, OnMilwaukee.com hosted a Milwaukee Poetry Contest. Because we’re always moving on to fresh, new ideas, we haven’t hosted the contest for a couple of years. However, when we did have the contest, it was held during the month of September, in honor of back-to-school time.
Recently, I was thinking about the poetry contest and I dug up a bunch of old submissions. I read great work by many local writers, but I realized that even though the poems were about Milwaukee, not one writer rhymed the name of our fine city with something else.
So pundits, poets and word nerds, I have a challenge for you: Other than "Pewaukee" and "Ozaukee," what does "Milwaukee" rhyme with?
I already thought of "walkie-talkie," but submit your response via the Talkback feature and you might win a prize.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
