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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #200 on: June 15, 2007, 03:03:17 pm »
T is dad's cruel Teaching Ennis kept heeding

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #201 on: June 15, 2007, 03:14:46 pm »
U is Upstairs, to the del Mar apartment.
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #202 on: June 15, 2007, 03:45:30 pm »
V is Jack's Value to the Combine Department

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #203 on: June 15, 2007, 04:48:19 pm »
W is "Whooo-ee!" Jack was fond of exclaiming
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #204 on: June 15, 2007, 06:46:32 pm »
X is eXtreme joy of lost love reclaiming

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #205 on: June 15, 2007, 07:20:13 pm »
Y is the Yips of coyotes when Jack bellows
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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #206 on: June 15, 2007, 07:31:55 pm »
Z is all Jack's Zany antics to make Ennis mellow

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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #207 on: June 15, 2007, 07:34:35 pm »
RECAP:

A is the Adding machine Lureen favoured
B is for Bettermost Beans -- bacon flavoured?
C is the Croppie house down by the lake.
D is the Dancing that husbands forsake
E is for Ewe, a female that's ovine.
F is for Football -- L.D. was out of line.
G is for Grab on, or that bull will throw you
H is for handsome like Jack and Ennis  two
I is for "If I had three hands I could...."
J is for tire iron Justice which Ennis understood
K is the King of the Rodeo with his Queen
L is a Line hung with laundry scrubbed clean
M is a Motel with a vacant room.
N is the Night, by the light of full moon.
O is an Off-ramp on love's open highway
P is the Price they had to pay.
Q is the Quarrel 'bout going to work
R is the Rednecks at the fireworks.
S is the Saddle catalogue Ennis favored reading.
T is dad's cruel Teaching Ennis kept heeding
U is Upstairs, to the del Mar apartment.
V is Jack's Value to the Combine Department
W is "Whooo-ee!" Jack was fond of exclaiming
X is eXtreme joy of lost love reclaiming
Y is the Yips of coyotes when Jack bellows
Z is all Jack's Zany antics to make Ennis mellow



Rule Review:

Write the rhyme in present tense ("A is ...")

This is an "ABCdarium" constructed in ominous/portentious/even licentious 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.  ("X is eXchange...")

"Half-rhymes" are acceptable ( fence / sent)

Key words use in other cycles can be used again, but the couplet made with it must be different.

To keep us better on track note the following:

A rhymes with B
C rhymes with D
E rhymes with F
G rhymes with H
I rhymes with J
K rhymes with L
M rhymes with N
O rhymes with P
Q rhymes with R
S rhymes with T
U rhymes with V
W rhymes with X
Y rhymes with Z

26 letter of the alphabet = 13 pairs of couplets


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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #208 on: June 15, 2007, 08:53:21 pm »



          A is for August when the first snow came down



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Re: The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies...
« Reply #209 on: June 15, 2007, 10:25:36 pm »
B is Boneless blue, in which you could drown
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