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Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge

August 17–23, 2026

Words from August 17–23, 2026:

!, ,, ., ?, a, abatable, acherontic, actuary, again, always, am, amerindian, an, anasarca, and, animalize, anyplace, appositeness, are, arilus, arthroplasty, as, at, atrabilious, atrial, axiomatic, axiomatically, azederach, aztreonam, balustrade, barrelfish, bassinet, be, been, birthright, biyearly, blunted, brewing, bunny, burlington, but, by, caliculus, calisaya, can, cancer, careless, cassiterite, catechist, ceres, cezanne, cheeseboard, civics, cockamamy, communications, complain, could, credulously, crisis, crisply, cubist, cycadophyta, cyclopia, cypress, dasyure, defeasible, deflective, dejection, descriptive, distemper, doorstopper, downstream, ensile, episodic, evermore, firm, folklore, for, from, gelatinise, gnaw, gynecologist, he, hector, hemiplegic, hemisphere, her, his, hobnailed, honeydew, hypercalcemia, I, impious, in, indelicate, indwelling, internment, into, ionized, is, juneberry, kannada, ladyship, lending, lent, looping, lymphangitis, marumi, me, meaningfully, medial, meprin, merry, mistaking, mono, morristown, my, myriad, never, nonlexical, nonpareil, not, nyctaginia, of, olmsted, on, or, ossiculum, our, overdress, pap, peaceably, platypus, portable, prognosticator, psychoanalytic, ragi, recency, receptor, recordbook, reform, rhyme, ropedancer, sapiently, severalize, she, souse, stalwart, stewing, sunburn, taira, tamarix, telefax, that, the, their, thereabouts, these, they, this, those, through, to, translocation, trombiculiid, tryst, tuille, turmoil, tuscaloosa, tyramine, unairworthy, uncoated, unpasteurized, unvalued, unvariedness, ureteritis, vaticinate, was, we, were, will, wineberry, wineskin, with, woodcraft, would, you, your, zesty

This Is For You, Dr. Suess

zesty ropedancer meaningfully hobnailed honeydew folklore evermore
myriad sunburn translocation sapiently mistaking your platypus
impious prognosticator gnaw mono recordbook thereabouts


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 17–23, 2026)
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August 24, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Your poem is a whimsical and imaginative tribute that captures a playful essence. The choice of words creates a unique rhythm and evokes curiosity, almost like a puzzle waiting to be solved. It's both quirky and intriguing, reminiscent of Dr. Seuss's own style. Well-done Sara
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August 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
What gloriously Seussian wordplay, Sara! The cascading string of eccentric, vividly textured words has a magnetic, nonsense-song energy—complete with a platypus, honeydew, and a wonderfully foreboding prognosticator. It feels like a compact romp through a world where sound and surprise rule.
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