Poetry Prompt - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés

In honor of National Poetry Writing Month, I'm bringing back a Friday tradition.  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?

 

Image by rachhoyt (me) via Instagram

Part

Collage

Art

Garage

Front

Image

Blunt 

Scrimmage

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.

 

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Bunbury

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?

 

Here's a photo I took of a little shelled friend I visit sometimes when my thoughts need to bend.  Use it with your poem if you like or tell us of your 'friend' who causes creative spikes.

 

 

 

Bunbury

Imaginary

Fantasy

Audacity

Traveling

Unraveling

Memory

Trajectory

 

 

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

There will be no winner.  This is just for fun.
If you will, rhyme a smile here for everyone.

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés

Let's try my new game again...  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.  I think we need to bring back this hip historical habit, so I will post this game when I need a break from rhyming riddles and abstract photography.  I hope you enjoy the change of game!

(If you would like to use this photo of my cat Sammy with your poem and post it to your blog, please include a photo credit and link to my blog within your post.  Thank you.)

 

Clowder

Louder

Her

Armour

More

Ore
Fanatic
Antic
Ick

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

I'll pick a winner early next week.

Be sure to come back and take a peek.

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts-Rimés

Surprise!  Let's try a new game...  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.  I think we need to bring back this hip historical habit, so I will post this game when I need a break from rhyming riddles and abstract photography.  I hope you enjoy the change of game!

Trouble

Bubble

Wonders

Blunders

Pop

Stop

Now write me a rhyme!

It's your turn this time.

I'll pick a winner early next week.

Be sure to come back and take a peek.

Friday Photo Fun - Something Few Fret

Something Few Fret

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

Grime's worst enemy,

A germ's frenemy,

Rough and tough yet,

Something few humans fret.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -
they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon.

 

 

So what is this thing that few fret?

You all can guess this one I bet.

UPDATE:

The Slow Wit Poet has won again
and proved sponges are objects that ARE known to men.

 

 

Friday Photo Fun - Something Adorned

Something Adorned

by Rachel Hoyt

A symbol of life, hope and strength,

Something I've adorned at length,

A treasure trove with open air,

Filled with whips we women wear.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

 

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,
or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -
they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon.

M. James has solved this difficult riddle.
It's a jewelry tree. His brain is fit as a fiddle!

 

Friday Photo Fun - Something Pretty

Something Pretty

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

A work of art that's carefully plotted,

Shaded, colored, lined, and dotted,

An image to guide our journey,

These days, they're mostly just, "Pretty."

 

Technorati Tags: Game, Abstract Photo, Rhyme, Humor, Guess, Poetry

Friday Photo Fun is when I share a randomly captured moment,

or perhaps a photo experiment with more purposeful intent,
then pair it with a rhyming riddle to exercise your mind
and teach you more weird facts to which you once were blind.

After the answer is guessed, I will post a second, non-abstract photo...
and just in case you wanted to know,
the first is not a photoshopped version of the second -

they're shot using different techniques that to me beckon

 

 

Both Jody and Jeff unjumbled my riddle
and realized a map was the pretty thing that looked like diddle.