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Roast of Rhyme - Rhyme Schema

I am trying to relate to the strategy of rhyme, Using words to titillate from the droll to the sublime. Do I write "a rime that scintillates" to describe a ghost Of frost? I consult the information highway hosts Who assimilate rhyme-chimes on internet dot coms, Those prime verse doctors granting aid so poems do not bomb. I'll create a word-dance show to equate a tango's flow, So solitude and fortitude and quietude must glow! These multitudes of disciplines provost my attitude; Will you, for faulty demeanor, please grant me latitude? My aptitude to mutilate (a crime I must not boast.) Is like a marmalade of brine upon my morning toast. I ventilate and, then, deflate my inmost certitude; This grime will grow in plenitude, a naughty turpitude. I'd rather ev'ry word I post would jubilate the coasts, Mime the scent of thyme about each lyrical outpost. This roast of rhyme will blow ego and have me eating crow If I don't quickly disappear, you know, vamoose and go. © Faye Lanham Gibson, June 10, 2014

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Date: 7/22/2014 6:18:00 AM
WOW...I DONT HAVE A SPECTACULAR VERNACKULAR... OR EVEN SPELL GREAT. I WROTE TWO POEMS...BOTH RYME...AFTER READING THIS I MAY NEVER TRY TO WRITE ONE AGAIN. thx
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Date: 7/14/2014 1:21:00 AM
Faye, Congratulations, on your awesome win. Love Linda
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Date: 7/11/2014 12:09:00 PM
Congrats on a great win with this brilliant write, Faye! I did not dare tackle this one! Hats off to you my friend! Hugs.. Arlene
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Date: 7/10/2014 7:13:00 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed your winning poem.
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Date: 7/10/2014 6:51:00 AM
Fantastic take on rhyme schema Faye! Congrats on top win!
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Date: 7/10/2014 4:56:00 AM
Faye...well done. I like how your rhymes were spread around...nice take... Congrats Tim
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Date: 7/10/2014 3:06:00 AM
wow well done Faye, I didnt even attempt this form. Congrats ...Seren
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Date: 7/9/2014 11:18:00 PM
Wonderful write Faye... Enjoy your high marks. You did very well. Verlena
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Date: 6/11/2014 8:44:00 PM
This is an awesome write and the rules were many and very restrictive but you pulled it of brilliantly and beautifully too!! BBBBRAVOOOOO
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Faye Gibson
Date: 6/11/2014 8:47:00 PM
Ha ha! thanks. I think I may have overdone it...I wanted it to be kind of tongue in cheek, but I may have bit my tongue. Lol!
Date: 6/10/2014 5:59:00 PM
oh my goodness. what an elaborate poem. I am almost afraid to look this challenge over. Seems so complicated but it sure looks like you pulled it off. WOw.
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Faye Gibson
Date: 6/10/2014 6:38:00 PM
It was complicated. I thought I had the thing written and checked her guidelines and found I had only included half of the words I was supposed to. I wanted this to be a spoof, but I may have gone overboard. Lol!

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