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2005 Dairy Ode Competition
The Online Dairy Ode Contest was a light-hearted, web-based, sister competition to the
James McIntyre Poetry Contest. It was held at irregular intervals
from 2001 to 2005. The only criterion for entry was that the poems had to be Dairy Odes; ie about dairy
products, cows, or dairying. The winning poems were chosen by online voting. And yes, we did check IP
addresses of the voters and a couple of people did vote hundreds of times for their own poem.
The Online Dairy Ode Contest had its 15 minutes of fame. It’s all here.
What is a Dairy Ode? A Dairy Ode is a poem about dairy products or dairying; for example milk, yogurt, cheese, cows, goats, cheese making, dairy farming, or anything else to do with dairy products or dairying.
Ingersoll poet James McIntyre was the originator, over 100 years ago, of the dairy ode as a genre of poetry. As far as we are able to ascertain, he also coined the term "dairy ode" in his book, Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames, published in 1884.
Past Contests:
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