Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés

I think I'll stick with this new game a while.  I've got lots of regular photos and rhymes but few abstract photos ans riddles (and I haven't heard any complaints about the switch).  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?

 

I took this photo while wandering the streets of Valencia.  Feel free to use it with your poems.

 

 

 

Tell

Quaintrelle

Swell

Brick

Psychic

Trick

Ton

Jargon

Run

 

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

 

Is Rhyming Smiling Happiness Overrated?

Image by nixxphotography via freedigitalphoto.net

Some scientists are saying "hedonic well-being" (like that found here)

is much less important than the pursuing the life goals you hold dear.

In fact, they feel despite less day-to day pleasure, fulfilling goals can

improve the late in life health of the average stressed out family man.

I certainly believe long term goals are important - I have quite a few -

yet I believe the little silly moments are quite important for us all too.

I think the study was frowning more on dreams of riches and fame

but technically, my rhymes bring extrinsic pleasure just the same.

New shoes or jewelry might entice some women to smile longer.

Some would grin more for that millionaire's house down yonder.

Others want to attend the swanky parties with the stars.

Many spend too much money buying crazy fancy cars.

  

I think my rhymes represent the beneficial kind of extrinsic.

To have no fleeting silly moments at all just seems sadistic.

Who doesn't need a happy boost to defeat day to day strife?

I do.  Rhyming smiling happiness propels me through my life.

© Rachel Hoyt 2011.  All rights reserved.

This rhyme was written in response to a verse challenge from Rhymes for Our Times.

Sharing this in the Poetry Potluck also makes me happy.
Come on over to read more beautiful poetry.

My NaPoWriMo poem #25

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