Do Certain Forms of Communication CauseYou to Stress Out?

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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.

 

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.

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 - 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.