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?
Heart
Made
Part
Shade
Read
Brook
Need
Book
Here is my attempt to figure out what this photo wanted me to say about it. :P
ReplyDeleteThat hidden heart
The pages made
Was a proud part
Of the tree's shade -
My eyes did read,
And ears heard the brook,
But I felt further need
For love from my book.
I've buried my heart
ReplyDeleteTo be one with the world from which it was made
The same, not a part
The truths lie in the shadows of the shade
With my heart in the ground, I'm givin' the world a calm read
Impressed by what the people will brook
Just feed 'em with what they want, and charge 'em for what they need
I can barely believe what I see, but maybe they'll buy my rhyme once I fill a book-
Love it. Thanks for playing. :-)
DeleteLove it. Thanks for playing. :-)
DeleteWhen I need to mend my heart,
ReplyDeletefrom each anguish newly made.
A tranquil place will play a part,
so I have to seek the shade.
Resting as I start to read,
under a tree and by the brook.
Imaginations all I need,
imagination and a book.
Wow! This may be my favorite crambo poem you have written so far. You've captured the love of reading well!! :)
DeleteReally? Wow, why thank you. Now I just need to think of a name for this poem.
DeleteI think you have some more sophisticated stuff elsewhere, but this is a great Crambo response. You captured the image, the love for reading, and used all the rhymes properly. I think it is a great poem for young kids magazine and/or adults like me who are young at heart.
DeleteA title, hmmmm... Healing World? Healing Space? Healing Read? Just spit balling for ya... :P
(btw, you need an apostrophe in the seventh line... imagination's or imagination is...)
That's the problem with typing out a quick reply. I sometimes forget to edit. Maybe I can pay you to do that?
DeleteSeriously though, thanks again.
[with a country twang]
ReplyDeleteThis broken heart
that your love made.
Just fell apart
in broken shade.
Your thoughts I read
down by the brook.
Are what I need
to write a book.
(okay I cheated with apart)
This was fun.
I like it! And, I totally wanted to use apart when I wrote my poem. That's what I get for planning the game with rhymes for which I have no lines in my head. :P
DeleteI hope you will come back to play again. We play every Friday. :)
import the heart
ReplyDeletewith blood yet unmade
and pry to depart
the unlighted shade
delight in your read
by crook and near brook
please take what you need
but leave me this book!
Very nicely rhymed! Thanks for playing. :-)
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