Crambo Winner Announcement

Last week's Crambo games brought four fantastic entries.  I had a really hard time choosing a winner, but have chosen Jeffrey Scott.  Jeff writes more than just poetry on his blog.  He shares humorous rants about life, photos, and even throws in an occasional music critique or short story.  He has been a very enthusiastic reader and poetic game participant for several months now on Rhyme Me a Smile.  I do hope you will visit his blog and leave a comment to help brighten his day the way he does mine. 

I chose Jeffrey's poem as the winner because I could see myself imagining such a story while staring at my cat, Sammy (Samantha).  I've been reading a lot of fairy tales lately and these lines took my mind to a world where a clowder mined ore like the seven dwarfs did when Snow White happened upon them:

Silently formed a kitty clowder,
till suddenly they became much louder.

Rache the cat - don't mess with her.
Lo! She calls the clan for armour.

Equipped with weapons - even more.
That's why they mine the precious ore.

In her mind, such a fanatic.
But just a cat - so no such antic.
Kibble inspired dreams are ick!

Thank you for playing Crambo everyone!  I hope you'll come back and tell your friends about the fun.

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés

Let's try my new game again...  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.  I think we need to bring back this hip historical habit, so I will post this game when I need a break from rhyming riddles and abstract photography.  I hope you enjoy the change of game!

(If you would like to use this photo of my cat Sammy with your poem and post it to your blog, please include a photo credit and link to my blog within your post.  Thank you.)

 

Clowder

Louder

Her

Armour

More

Ore
Fanatic
Antic
Ick

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

I'll pick a winner early next week.

Be sure to come back and take a peek.