Friday Fun Day - Crambo aka Bouts Rimés - Reflection

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?

 

Abstract photo of a tree.

 

Mitigate

Deviate

Abbreviate

Reflection

Direction

Introspection

 

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.

Thursday Thoughts - The Proof is in the Pudding for Online Dating Research

Packaged Pudding Proof

by Rachel Hoyt

image by noomhh via freedigitalphotos.net

The pudding still provides the proof

although it's now made from a box -

sweet powder created to spoof

the flavors that often flummox.

Scientifically designed

to bring your taste buds lasting joy.

Scientifically refined

to linger like love being coy.

They made the mix, but you still stirred

and added the magic, the love.

Take a lick. The proof is not blurred.

It is just guided from above.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

Like many other companies these days,

eHarmony has proven the greatness of their ways

with scientific research for which they paid.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Saltire

Saltire

(sal tir)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by fotographic1980 via freedigitalphotos.net

 

A saltire

is an 'X' you don't hear

because it appears

to your eyes (not your ears) -

a cross symbol - saltire.

© 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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