Author Topic: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...  (Read 380535 times)

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #70 on: June 09, 2007, 04:39:59 pm »
(To fix the rhyme...)

W is Worry, homophobia's a factor.
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #71 on: June 09, 2007, 04:45:54 pm »
X is eXpect, and that's just what Jack did.

Y is for Youth, Bobby Twist is Jack's kid.

Z is amaZing, both script and the book --
both do require much more than one look!

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #72 on: June 09, 2007, 04:47:37 pm »
Rule Recap:

This is an "ABCdarium" constructed in ominous rhymed couplets.  The letters X and Z are particularly challenging in this format and are allowed a "cheat."  The cheated word must contain the letter, the sound of the letter must be a major feature in how the word is pronounced, and it must be capitalized within the word. 

A rhymes with B

C rhymes with D

E rhymes with F

etc.

New rule tweak:  use present tense.  "A is ..."
« Last Edit: June 09, 2007, 11:01:04 pm by TOoP/Bruce »
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #73 on: June 09, 2007, 05:03:12 pm »
A is the Apartment that could be left at any time.
« Last Edit: June 09, 2007, 05:11:25 pm by Fran »

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #74 on: June 09, 2007, 05:08:02 pm »
B is the soup Box, that don't pack so fine.
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #75 on: June 09, 2007, 05:12:47 pm »
C is the purple Cloud crowding in from the west.

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #76 on: June 09, 2007, 05:15:15 pm »
D is Delmar, whom Jack loved the best.
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #77 on: June 09, 2007, 05:16:55 pm »
E is for Ennis, a taciturn fellow.
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #78 on: June 09, 2007, 05:34:31 pm »
F is for friendship, a feeling so mellow

(Thanks for the rule refresher, Bruce!)
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #79 on: June 09, 2007, 10:36:13 pm »
G is the Glass jars that broke when they fell.
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