Rhyme Me A Smile

Friday, April 12, 2013

Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Puppy Jump

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?

This was my parents' puppy's first jump into the pool. ever. Let's write about this scene (or a similar one) together.

Puppy

Jump

Guppy

Rump

First

Splash

Burst

Flash

Above are the words.

Get writing rhyme nerds!

There will be no winner. This is just for fun.
If you will, rhyme a smile here for everyone.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Thursday Thoughts - On Feeling Young and Growing Old

Still At Her Sill

by Rachel Hoyt

image by happykanppy via freedigitalphotos.net

She said flowers just attract bees

And flung them "where they fly".

She told me running hurts your knees

As two grayed gents jogged by.

She said biking was for young things,

Not folks who lost their poise.

She told me throats hurt when one sings,

And yard work is for boys.

She said hiking is perilous -

One might roll down a hill.

She sat her whole life querulous

'Bout all seen from her sill.

A scientific study has stamped it's approving seal

on the thought that you are as old as you feel.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wacky Word Wednesday - Solipsistic

Solipsistic

(sol ip sis tic)

by Rachel Hoyt

image by kookkai_nak via freedigitalphotos.net

Someone solipsistic

Is beyond narcissistic,

Egocentrically opportunistic,

And selfishly simplistic -

The solipsistic....

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, Solipsistic, Poetry