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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Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Pod

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?

 

 

 

 

Odd

Pod

Nod

Face

Place

Space

 

 

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.

 

 

If You Grow Up In A Bubble, Be Cautious How You Burst

Bubble Life

by Rachel Hoyt

When you're inside looking out,

They don't hear you when you shout.

Opaque walls trap every sound,

From soaking into the ground.

Thoughts bounce around gaining strength,

Hoping to fly to great lengths.

When it pops and all falls down,

Spills into life's cracks and frowns,

Sounds begin to tap on ears,

Thoughts wig out and jump off piers,

The bubble ceases to be,

But that which it'd trapped lives to roam free.

Copyright © 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

I read of the "first female Massai warrior"

and wondered what the Massai gals thought of her.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Chary

Chary

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

Chary, like wary,

is caution one carries -

wisdom to bury

thoughts some find scary.

Wary is chary.

 

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.

 

 

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Chary, Poetry

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Tails

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?

 

 

Tails

Swing

Trip(s)

Slip(s)

Tales

Sing

 

 

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.

 

 

Do Certain Forms of Communication CauseYou to Stress Out?

This video was discovered through Neatorama.

 

Ode to Communication

by Rachel Hoyt

 

Happy are the tongue and fingers

Which communicate with ease,

On which no clichés linger,

No abbreviations seize;

Which recognize all homonyms

And put them in their place,

Which know plentiful synonyms

To weave in like fine lace;

Which spin around with tone and tense

Dancing with each word,

Each line and letter full of sense,

Meaning fully heard.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

Wacky Word Monday - Bacchanal

Bacchanal

(BAK uh nal)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by JanPietruskzka via freedigitalphotos.net

 

At a bacchanal

it is hard to tell

who's ill and who's well

for alcohol's spell

dings the crowd's bell

at a boisterous bacchanal.

 

© 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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Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Spicy

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?

 

 

Spicy

Dicey

Heat

Eat

Crave

Brave

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Can A Sharing Economy Fit With Democracy?

photo by imagerymajestic via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

What's Yours Is Yours

by Rachel Hoyt

 

Sharing is daring.

Caring is baring

your plight with delight

though your pack be light -

No iPod or hot rod,

No survival pod,

No hot tub or back rubs,

No security hub,

No trap door or trick floor,

No free candy store,

Just what's yours, all yours,

No less and no more.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

 

Sharing

by Rachel Hoyt

Sharing is daring

To let your path collide,

Abide with caring,

Wear more trust than pride,

Alongside those faring,

Comparing their ride,

No guide, just a clearing,

Appearing like the tide.

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

 

It was not much of a surprise to me

to read that the sharing economy

is butting heads with democracy.

Wacky Word Wednesday - Apricate

Apricate

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

One who apricates

thinks sunshine bates

a basking state

and always rates

a day as great

when warmth infiltrates.

Sunshine is the first mate

of one who apricates.

 

© 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.

 

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Cachinnate, Poetry