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.

 

 

 

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.

Science says commenters create a fog,

cover up facts like an attention hog.

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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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