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?
Tick
Tock
Brick
Block
Nick
Knock
Tick
Tock
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
Watch the hand upon the wall. - Tick
ReplyDeleteWatch the clock set in the hall. - Tock
An hour glass, sands of a brick.
Sun on dial, so do not block.
Quickly comes the time of nick.
When opportunity comes to knock.
Until then waiting patiently. - Tick
for the boiling of a kettle pot. - Tock
I love that you worked in watching water boil. :)
DeleteBitten by the tick,
ReplyDeleteTripped up by the tock,
My head hit a brick,
Burst right through a block -
The damage? A nick,
Bold proof of time's knock,
How the click of the tick,
Calms the shock of the tock.
© Rachel Hoyt - All Rights Reserved
(Wow, this poem really took me by surprise, flowing out of me quickly onto the page. I was laughing at the perceived difficulty of using tick-tock twice in a poem when I chose the words for this week's crambo game, but I am very pleased with the results.)
Wow, love the poem. Especially love the rhyming towards the end.
ReplyDeleteThank you!! It was really exciting to see the words flow out. :-)
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ReplyDeleteTock
i grab the Brick
toss it down the Block
Nick
a car, Knock
a can over, but hear no more---Tick
Tock
Hehehe. I love this! Tick-tock and beeping noises drive me nuts!! :)
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