Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Reflection

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?

 

 

 

Reflection

Intention

Gazing

Amazing

Beauty

Greenery

 

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.

 

Are California's High Speed Trains Just a Dream?

Dream Train

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

 

We chug along, dreaming our dreams -

at least to some they're dreams it seems -

Dreams of not driving everywhere,

Dreams of a reasonable fare,

Dreams of a route from A to B

that's environmentally friendly,

Dreams of flight speeds without the height,

Dreams with not a single red light,

Dreams of feeling connected to

these pathways which can lead us through

to places we find and build dreams,

where dreams are life's supportive beams.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

They say the high speed train is not a cause which should succeed.

I say it is a dream which oil kings wish to squash with greed.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Cachinnate

Cachinnate

(kak eh naht)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Tina Phillips via freedigitalphotos.net

To cachinnate

is to laugh great,

spill pure elate,

jiggle joy's gate -

cachinnate.

 

© 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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