Wacky Word Wednesday - Clowder

Clowder

(CLOU dur)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Vlado via freedigitalphotos.net

 

If you had a clowder,

your life would be louder,

maybe you'd feel prouder...

but please don't feed them chowder.

On feeding dairy to cats, I'm no lauder

and a cluster of cats is a clowder.

No wise one feeds his clowder chowder.

 

© 2012 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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Thursday Thoughts - A Sonnet for Driverless Cars

Self-Driving Sonnet

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by digitalart via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

Shall I compare thee to a chauffeured ride?

Thou art more dicey and incognito.

Hast thou not a soul within as your guide?

The future is soon and then we will know.

Wilt thou shine radiant with metallic wit,

Overflowing with delicious dotings,

Making conga lines form in a mosh pit,

Mending the crippled and paralyzed wings,

Skipping stumbling lushes from bars to home,

Taking over boring tasks like parking,

Letting riders sit and enjoy the roam,

Quieting traffic's need for loud barking?

So long as you're nice we'll praise you 'round town,

But betray our trust and we'll shut you down.

 

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

 

 

Inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

and an article on driverless cars becoming legal in California.

 

Technorati Tags: Cars, California, Drive, Rhyme, Poetry

 

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Cacoepy

Cacoepy

(kuh KOH ih pee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Janaka Dharmasena via freedigitalphotos.net

 

To pronounce cacoepy

incorrectly would be

a verbal monstrosity -

habitually pronouncing words incorrectly

defines the essence of cacoepy.

 

© 2012 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.

 

Technorati Tags: Words, Vocabulary, Poem, Rhyme, Cacoepy, Poetry