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    4.05.2008

    Bout- rimes

    Bout- Rimes is French for "rhymed ends." A bouts- rimes poem is created by one person's making up a list of rhymed words and giving it to another person, who in turn writes the lines that end with those rhymes, in the same order in which they were given. For example, one person writes down tanned, jump, fanned, bump, reading, lawn, misleading, yawn, yoyo, death, no-no, breath, France and pants for another person to use as rhymes, as in:

    Getting burnt, evaporated, bleached, or tanned
    By the sun ain't no way to jump.
    I'd rather plop in shadow, be fanned
    By some geisha girl, and lay around like a proverbial lump.

    I'm not that hot for so-called good reading;
    I just crave a cool drink on a bluegreen lawn.
    I mean, don't let me be misleading:
    Where I'm at is sorta like the center of a yawn.

    You now, excitement's like being a yoyo-
    I don't wanna beat the subject to death,
    And it isn't that repetition ain't no no-no,
    but the last thing I hope to be is out of breath.

    So let somebody else go lost-generate all over France,
    Or fly to the moon, discover Africa, some damn hotshot smartypants.

    ~Jack Collom

    Excerpted from The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms Edited by Ron Padgett

    Here are your words to write a Bout- Rimes:

    butterfly, steam, cry, dream
    hair, lake, mare, late
    test, create, mess, sedate
    scheme, wicker

    12 Poefusions:

    Michelle Johnson Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    Here's "Butterfly at a Spa" if you would like to stop by and take a look. Again, I want to apologize for the mishap in posting this prompt so late. I hope everyone is having a great National Poetry Month so far. Have a nice day. Happy Writing~

    lissa Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    here's mine, I didn't exactly use the word, test, I added a pro before it

    blue wing

    j.c. montgomery Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    Eeeeek!!

    I know the point of this was to stretch myself and try...so I did...although I am not comfortable with the result.

    So here goes:

    Fragmented Angst

    Marcia (MeeAugraphie) Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    I promise I will try to do this seriously another time, for I love the idea, but tonight I was in a silly mood. So, expect just a made up dream: Nightmare Poem

    Remiman Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    Here you go:

    http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/04/bout-rimes-comes-it-fleeting-like_05.html

    Thanks,
    rel

    Noah the Great Saturday, April 05, 2008  

    Wicker

    jimmmaaa Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    Here's a poem that I wrote from this prompt, called Secret Agent:

    http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2008/04/secret-agent-done-from-prompt.html

    Greyscale Territory Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    Here is my posting called:

    Life Can Be a Butterfly

    Gemma

    watermaid Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    I seem to be a day behind or is it Michelle that's too well organized?
    here's my bout rime. Not terribly happy with it but here goes:
    Reflections on the Nature of Life

    watermaid Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    I'll try again as that doesn't work.
    Reflections on the Nature of Life

    Leigh Lear Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    here's mine, it certainly turned out dard and dreary.
    late

    christine Sunday, April 06, 2008  

    Just noticed this one today. So many poefusionists! That's great.

    Poems, pills, and rhymes

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