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:
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~
here's mine, I didn't exactly use the word, test, I added a pro before it
blue wing
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
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
Here you go:
http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/04/bout-rimes-comes-it-fleeting-like_05.html
Thanks,
rel
Wicker
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
Here is my posting called:
Life Can Be a Butterfly
Gemma
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
I'll try again as that doesn't work.
Reflections on the Nature of Life
here's mine, it certainly turned out dard and dreary.
late
Just noticed this one today. So many poefusionists! That's great.
Poems, pills, and rhymes
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