Wacky Word Wednesday - Bunbury

Bunbury

(BUN buh ree)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by sattva via freedigitalphotos.net

 

A bunbury

is your doppleganger, mini me,

that no one, I mean no one can see,

because he or she is imaginary.

Saving bad dates for multiple centuries:

the fearless, fictional bunburies.

 

© 2012 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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Thursday Thoughts - Amazon Kindle Content and Account Access

Pocket Garden

by Rachel Hoyt

image by Maggie Smith via freedigitalphotos.net

She lost the garden in her pocket -

One which she loved to explore.

She lost the garden in her pocket.

It was not forgotten on some floor.

She lost the garden in her pocket.

The groundskeeper said that she was banned.

She lost the garden in her pocket -

Now her library is a vacant book stand.

She lost the garden in her pocket -

Guts stolen, replaced with pocket lint.

She lost the garden in her pocket -

Canned contract speak her only hints.

She lost the garden in her pocket

But didn't enjoy life by herself.

She lost the garden in her pocket -

So she grew a forest on her shelf.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

This chant poem was inspired by news of a woman whose Kindle was wiped

and whom Amazon banned without explanation (because she griped?).

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Read more rhymes by Rachel at her new column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back

Wacky Word Wednesday - Flagitious

Flagitious

(fluh JISH uhs)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by digitalart via freedigitalphotos.net

Someone who's flagitious

might flash the religious

befriend the bibulous,

and compile fruits quite frivolous -

be wicked, criminal, ridiculous -

that's being flagitious.

 

© 2012 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, Flagitious, Poetry