Searching For Our Roots

Jig is to jiggle and gig is to giggle
  As wig is to wiggle and pig is to piggle

But is civ to civil
  As drive is to drivel

Scribe yields us scribble
But does nib give us nibble
  Or quib give us quibble
  Or drib give us dribble
     Or rib give us ribald

Dab yields us dabble
But does rab give us rabble
  Or scrab give us Scrabble

Does rid turn into riddle
  Or fid become fiddle

Mud becomes muddle
Bud does hud become huddle
  Or hub become Hubble

Alas, these are unsolved
Mysteries of the Universe

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 5/10/2019 1:02:00 PM
Just tried to read that and have managed to knot my tongue lol
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/10/2019 3:17:00 PM
Oh, Tom. That is KNOT funny.... LOL. Thanks for letting me know. The ambulance is on the way... ~ gw
Date: 5/10/2019 12:25:00 PM
I have posted a poem called mimicking fame Gershon, perhaps you'd enjoy reading it - made up words that are not words! Hugs, Jennifer.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/10/2019 12:53:00 PM
OK, thanks for the heads-up. I'll be on it within a minute. Appreciated. ~ gw
Date: 5/10/2019 12:25:00 PM
your playful wordgame is very appealing, gershon... love the mood!... huggs
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/10/2019 12:53:00 PM
The mood of this dude is a bit un-zooed. Smiles, gw
Date: 5/10/2019 12:17:00 PM
Gershon - this is such a clever poem - I thought I was reading to Dr. Seuss's work - my type of poetry - absolutely great. Hugs, Jennifer.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/10/2019 12:51:00 PM
You mean that you weren't (reading Dr. Seuss' work)?! LOL. I admit to being greatly and grandly influenced by the master rhymer...Others who have greatly influenced me are Emily Dickinson and Ogden Nash --- and Maureen McGreavy, of course!! ~ Seuss unloosed
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