In honor of National Poetry Writing Month, I'm bringing back a Friday tradition. 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?
Wall
Drip
Gall
Slip
Fall
Lip
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.
I see a water stain on the wall.
ReplyDeleteSlowly it begins to drip.
My upstairs neighbour has the gall,
to let the seeping water slip.
Does he not hear the water fall?
Or just looking for a big fat lip?
* These words reminded me of a true story that happened several years ago. I woke one morning to the sound of water dripping, no trickling from... no, actually it was pouring from my ceiling light fixture.
Hehe. Bummer for you, but it makes a good poem! I'll try to write one later.
DeleteI built a wall between myself and god
ReplyDeleteBut then it commenced to drip
I had the gall to walk it insouciantly
Of course I began to slip
'After the Fall… LOL", read the text,
"next time, watch your lip"
Ha! Interesting poem. :)
DeleteMy back was against the wall,
ReplyDeleteMy scalp shivered from the drip,
My ears rang loud from the gall -
The chip click of each slick slip -
Until I saw his downfall
And bet all on a quivering lip.
Wallflower
ReplyDeleteLittle Drip
My Gall
Her Slip
Falling down
Lower Lip