Abracadabrian?
Zeal of the Scribe
Abracadabrian? Hmm, a style I’ve not known.
Borne from phonemic -- a class all its own.
Clash of the tongue, against lips, teeth, and gum.
Does one even care for this blithering song?
Enter the dragon, with its roaring vibrations; the
Fierceness of fricatives and wily ‘cantations.
Give ear, give song, pour full out libations.
Hoist up the cup and be drunken with mood.
If one nary besets it, ‘tis more than a prude -- as this piece is in
jest… a mere lit’ry cartoon.
Kinder in thoughts, childlike and free, a
linguistic circus to the Nth degree.
Mingle a jingle with poetic affair, the words of a
nerdling, constructed with care.
Oh, my dear Lord, this piece, I declare!
Please, someone stop it, it’s now run amuck.
Quacky and quirky – hey wait, what the phluck?
Reel it on back. Now,
steady she blows.
This ship’s gone off course, and near time to close.
Under swift tongue and cheek, by
verse, deprehend.
What, it’s now over, time’s up…I must end?
X-ercise your rights to write as you please.
Yield not to censure, to praise nor appease. For the
Zeal of the scribe is ever to tease.
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Vocal Challenges Made Me a Better Writer and Keep Me Writing
For new writers like myself, this article is meant to convey the things I’ve personally learned by participating in the various types of Vocal challenges; things that I think made me a better writer. I’m sure there are many more lessons than what I’ve listed, but these are the ones that brought me “aha!” moments.
By Sara Frederick2 days ago in Writers
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Congrats on Top Story!🥳
LOVED THIS
Absolutely LOVED this. Made me chuckle a few times as well. You have a way with words, and are extremely creative!
Fabulously creative!
Nice story! I loved
Super and innovative thoughts.
<3
I love this. I feel lots of trickster energy in this poem- but in a playful way. Ah and the zeal of the scribe IS to tease! 🙂👏
Congratulations on top story. This was so wonderful to read
Yes, yes! Enchanting and so well done! That last line also tasted like a great dessert that's full of antioxidants or something - it settled in harmoniously and was delicious.
I love this! What a fun read - it reads like a witch chanting a spell 🪄
Absolutely magical. Congrats! ☺️
Charming, RL, so well done! Congratulations on TS, too!
Brilliantly done. You made all 26 lines count. Good luck in the challenge and congrats on the TS
Wow! Best! Congratulations too on TS! :-)
Congratulations on your Top Story,
Excellent!! Both fun and technically on point! Good luck!
Wow! So deserving of Top Story! The humour, rhythm and rhyme were great… A perfect fit for me… “Kinder in thoughts, childlike and free, a linguistic circus to the Nth degree.”
Absolutely fabulous entry. I loved the rhyme. Congrats on the TS :)
Brilliant! I about choked laughing at this line: “Quacky and quirky – hey wait, what the phluck?” Really good entry RL!
Excellent piece 😘a possibility of placing in the challenge I believe 👌🥰🥰💕
That's such a good composition!
Incredible! What a fun read!
I really enjoyed this 😄 congrats on Top Story! My entry for this challenge was nowhere near as fun as this...
I have to follow now!