Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - After the Fire

Bouts Rimés means "rhymed ends" in French and is a game or challenge where one person (me) makes a list of rhymed words and others (you) write the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. It was known as Crambo in English and was quite popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Will you help me bring back this hip historical habit?

 

A tree stump burned in the White Fire this week.

 

Fire

Prior

Transpire

Bur

Confer

Saboteur

 

 

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

There will be no winner. This is just for fun

and the joy of rhyming a smile for everyone.

Thursday Thoughts - Walmart as a Corporate Example

The Corporate Concept

by Rachel Hoyt

image by janoon028 via freedigitalphotos.net

Business is a basic model

near any mortal could master.

but corporations you must coddle,

plan actions like a wise pastor.

You must know how long it will take

to run others into the ground.

You must take in a big enough rake

to pay fines in gold, by the pound.

You must make jobs seem like the perk,

the lone, precious means to an end.

You must lie every day at work

and (maybe) backstab your best friend.

Keep costs down. Let net worth augment.

Hide profits in loopholes you find.

Keep the money people content.

(They are the thread that could unwind.)

When they find out why things are cheap

and demand quick reparations,

just pay the price and don't say bleep,

hope that ends investigations.

If they tell you to change your ways,

be kinder to those 'down below',

increase how much your buyers pay,

remind them just who runs the show.

If you played all of your cards right,

no one will challenge your brute force,

your children will live rich and light

of duty, doldrums, and remorse.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Walmart got a big slap on the wrist recently,

for some charges to which they (finally) plead guilty.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Antapology

Antapology

(an ta PO lo gy)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by bigjom via freedigitalphotos.net

 

An antapology

is not an ant's apology

nor does it mean not sorry -

It's the reply to an apology,

sayings like, "Oh gee.

No need to cry for me."

 

That's an antapology.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.

Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.

And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

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Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Swirl

Bouts Rimés means "rhymed ends" in French and is a game or challenge where one person (me) makes a list of rhymed words and others (you) write the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. It was known as Crambo in English and was quite popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Will you help me bring back this hip historical habit?

 

 

Swirl

Twirl

Change

Strange

Bright

Kite

 

Thursday Thoughts - An Allegory for Reporting, Journalism, and Spying

A Fly On The Wall Allegory

by Rachel Hoyt

image by idea go via freedigitalphotos.net

Fireflies flew out of his mouth

and sparkled around the room.

Lucid eyes stared vacantly south,

hunting for things to consume.

Soft glowing lights made the eyes see

the shelf of sad, empty jars.

Pots growing hands grabbed them quickly,

like they were precious rocks from Mars.

Empty glass jars soon became full

of blinking lights held in jail.

Hands of sass screwed lids tight - heave, pull -

**boom** just turtles in sparkling hail?

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

It's not safe to be a fly on the wall

or possibly to know secrets at all.

Read here about reporting's fall.

Technorati Tags: Words, Journalism, Poem, Rhyme, Write, Poetry

Wacky Word Wednesday - Hebdomadally

Hebdomadally

(heb doh may doll ee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by arztsamui via freedigitalphotos.com

 

 

Hebdomadally

is indubitably

the best way to decree

something is weekly -

hebdomadally.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.

Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.

And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

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Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Heart

Bouts Rimés means "rhymed ends" in French and is a game or challenge where one person (me) makes a list of rhymed words and others (you) write the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. It was known as Crambo in English and was quite popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Will you help me bring back this hip historical habit?

 

 

Heart

Made

Part

Shade

Read

Brook

Need

Book

 

Thursday Thoughts - On Moving to Mars

Red Light, Red Planet

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Victor Habbick via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

I will not pay five dollars for

a roll in your next show,

To leave my planet evermore -

You should beg me to go.

 

Although force feeding vegan food

might help my health a bit,

Nothing can make the Mars dust good -

For tat we know no tit.

Crater hopping sure does sound fun,

but dodging asteroids?

That space suit best be made to run

and locate nearby voids,

like the ones where your cameras

will be properly placed

to record gruesome last hurrahs

without being erased.

 

I'll save my dreams for the next flight,

planet, or galaxy -

The profit sharing seems not right,

I would rather stay free.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

 

Thousands have applied to die on Mars.
Do you think it's because they want spaceships, not cars?

Technorati Tags: Space, Mars, Explore, Poem, Rhyme, Poetry

Wacky Word Wednesday - Discursive

Discursive

(dis kur siv)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by SOMMAI via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

A story described as discursive,

Could be machine typed or in cursive,

It's plot line is defiantly dispersive,

Like a rambling tongue - discursive.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.

Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.

And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

 

 

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Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Seal

Bouts Rimés means "rhymed ends" in French and is a game or challenge where one person (me) makes a list of rhymed words and others (you) write the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. It was known as Crambo in English and was quite popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Will you help me bring back this hip historical habit?

 

A sunning seal in Spain.

 

Seal

Deal

Feel

Better

Wetter

Sun

Fun

One

 

 

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

There will be no winner. This is just for fun

and the joy of rhyming a smile for everyone.

Thursday Thoughts - On Fashion and Style

Style Seeker

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by posterize via freedigitalphotos.net

 

Style takes more than exclusivity

of price, place, and proportions -

Just as your clothes don't desire me,

I reject their required contortions.

I prefer upcycled, vintage, handmade,

(things rarer than your rustic khakis)

uniqueness no eyes can evade,

sophisticated sparkle at ease.

The thin 'rich' kids can keep you,

I've got my imagination -

Some may stick to your styles like glue,

but I'll make, mix, and match my own creation.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

Some stores don't make clothes for women my size,

but I think thinking that makes them special is a guise.

Technorati Tags: Style, Clothes, Fashion, Poem, Rhyme, Poetry

Wacky Word Wednesday - Steatopygous

Steatopygous

by Rachel Hoyt

(stee ah toe pi gus)

 

image by anankkml via freedigitalphotos.net

 

Someone steatopygous

has a rump worthy of a rumpus,

but it's rude to discuss

butts the size of a bus -

(shhh) steatopygous.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

Thank you, Mosk, for suggesting this word!

It was not one that I had previously heard.

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Steatopygous, Poetry

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Butterflies

Bouts Rimés means "rhymed ends" in French and is a game or challenge where one person (me) makes a list of rhymed words and others (you) write the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. It was known as Crambo in English and was quite popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Will you help me bring back this hip historical habit?

 

Monarchs hibernating at Coronado Butterfly Preserve.

 

Butterflies

Beauty Sleep

Thousand Tries

Dreaming Deep

Precious Peek

Creature Can't

Let it Leak

Jubilant

 

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

 

There will be no winner. This is just for fun

 

Thursday Thoughts - Raw vs GMO Foods

Raw vs GMO Foods

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Maggie Smith via freedigitalphotos.com

 

Raw is raunchy,

untainted nature,

staunchly risky,

makes bodies azure -

the harm is in the handling,

and safety is quite costly,

on germs you're gambling,

and they cheat mostly.

It's just never pure

unless processed promptly -

Resist the allure.

Raw is raunchy.

Unharmed by herbicide?

Naturally, because herbs

can't cause a suicide -

it's only weeds they perturb.

Politically proven to be

not really that different,

yet unique and patent worthy -

basic biology, bent.

Still basically pure,

certainly not suicide -

Hear the allure?

Unharmed by herbicide?

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved
 

 

Raw milk vendors are being criminalized while GMOs are allowed to thrive

although science can't justify either political drive.

 

Technorati Tags: Raw, GMO, Food, Poem, Rhyme, Poetry

Wacky Word Wednesday - Percipient

Percipient

(per SIP ee ant)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by smarnad via freedigitalphotos.net

 

Someone proudly percipient

Is an insight recipient,

Has wisdom not incipient,

And will ponder 'til omniscient -

The persistent percipient.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.

Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.

And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Percipient, Poetry