Friday, September 27, 2013

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Cigar

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?
 
 
Cigar
You are
Ego
You Go
Smoky
You see
 
 
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, September 26, 2013

Why Can't People See Facts When They're Right in Front of Their Face?

Face the Facts
by Rachel Hoyt
 
image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net
 
 
Facts slap your face,
Fill hidden space,
Upset the calm,
Itch fingers and palm,
Create comments,
Shake up one's sense,
Tear out the heart,
Make wisdom part,
Kick learning off track,
Brew up a dense fog,
Breed bumps on a log -
For facts to get through,
You should ignore you.
 
Copyright © 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


cover up facts like an attention hog.


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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Wacky Word Wednesday - Yen

Yen
by Rachel Hoyt

image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net


When you have a yen
you need, don't feel Zen.
Craving level ten?
That want is a yen.

Copyright © 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, September 20, 2013

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Pod

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?
 
 
 
 
Odd
Pod
Nod
Face
Place
Space
 
 
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, September 19, 2013

If You Grow Up In A Bubble, Be Cautious How You Burst

Bubble Life
by Rachel Hoyt



When you're inside looking out,
They don't hear you when you shout.
Opaque walls trap every sound,
From soaking into the ground.
Thoughts bounce around gaining strength,
Hoping to fly to great lengths.

When it pops and all falls down,
Spills into life's cracks and frowns,
Sounds begin to tap on ears,
Thoughts wig out and jump off piers,
The bubble ceases to be,
But that which it'd trapped lives to roam free.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Wacky Word Wednesday - Chary

Chary
by Rachel Hoyt
 
image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net
 
 
Chary, like wary,
is caution one carries -
wisdom to bury
thoughts some find scary.
Wary is chary.
 
Copyright © 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, September 13, 2013

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Tails

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?
 
 
Tails
Swing
Trip(s)
Slip(s)
Tales
Sing
 
 
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, September 12, 2013

Do Certain Forms of Communication CauseYou to Stress Out?


This video was discovered through Neatorama.
 
Ode to Communication
by Rachel Hoyt
 
Happy are the tongue and fingers
Which communicate with ease,
On which no clichés linger,
No abbreviations seize;

Which recognize all homonyms
And put them in their place,
Which know plentiful synonyms
To weave in like fine lace;

Which spin around with tone and tense
Dancing with each word,
Each line and letter full of sense,
Meaning fully heard.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
 

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wacky Word Monday - Bacchanal

Bacchanal
(BAK uh nal)

by Rachel Hoyt
 
image by JanPietruskzka via freedigitalphotos.net
 

At a bacchanal
it is hard to tell
who's ill and who's well
for alcohol's spell
dings the crowd's bell
at a boisterous bacchanal.
 
© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
 




Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
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And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.
 




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Friday, September 6, 2013

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Spicy

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?
 
 
Spicy
Dicey
Heat
Eat
Crave
Brave
 
 
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.
 
 
 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Can A Sharing Economy Fit With Democracy?

photo by imagerymajestic via freedigitalphotos.net
 
 
What's Yours Is Yours
by Rachel Hoyt
 
Sharing is daring.
Caring is baring
your plight with delight
though your pack be light -
No iPod or hot rod,
No survival pod,
No hot tub or back rubs,
No security hub,
No trap door or trick floor,
No free candy store,
Just what's yours, all yours,
No less and no more.
 
© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
 
 
Sharing
by Rachel Hoyt

Sharing is daring
To let your path collide,
Abide with caring,
Wear more trust than pride,
Alongside those faring,
Comparing their ride,
No guide, just a clearing,
Appearing like the tide.
 
© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 
It was not much of a surprise to me
to read that the sharing economy
is butting heads with democracy.

Wacky Word Wednesday - Apricate

Apricate
by Rachel Hoyt
 
image by Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee via freedigitalphotos.net
 
 
One who apricates
thinks sunshine bates
a basking state
and always rates
a day as great
when warmth infiltrates.

Sunshine is the first mate
of one who apricates.
 
© 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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