Nonce Poems - Poems about Nonce

Dripples When many drops SPLASH in a puddle and mottles the reflection Mappelled When geolocation plots or PINGS you in the...

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I have invented a nonce nonsense form: the "dabble dactyl." A dabble dactyl starts out like a double dactyl, but forgets the rules and changes horses midstream. Anyone who prefers order to chaos should give the dabble dactyl a wide berth and also not sow any wild oats. Otherwise, “A little dabble’ll do ya.”...

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Each English-speaker knows that funner means more fun than fun, and weirder means more weird than weird. And yet nary a one of "proper" dictionaries has neologism words - the editors must think 'nonce words' are all words for the birds! There's googobs of new words you may not find in dictionaries ...

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The Tender Weight of Her Sighs by Michael R. Burch The tender weight of her sighs lies heavily upon my heart; apart from her, full of doubt, without her presence to revolve around, found wanting direction or course, cursed with the thought of her grief, believing true love is a myth, with hope as elusive as tears, hers and mine, unable to lie, I sigh ... NOTE:...

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I am feeling cumbrance for the nonce ease my temples settle me in fingerbreadths...

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