Rhymes with Fascinating
Aggravating, calculating, carbon dating,
figure skating,
in-line skating,
maid-in-waiting, nauseating, open dating,
operating, penetrating, suffocating, titillating.
Source: Merriam-Webster Online. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascinating Website accessed 12.15.12.
I am seeing poems all over these days. (Uh, oh.) Last week it was in a nonfiction YA book; today the poetry comes via the Merriam-Webster online dictionary entry on the word "fascinating." I cracked up when I read the above. It struck me as a delightfully weird collection of rhyming words. If someone were writing a poem, would she really like to rhyme "fascinating" with "carbon dating"?
Heck, yeah.
So, of course, I had to try my hand at it.
Rhymes with Fascinating II
Overrating, understating, mammal mating,
Silver plating, shark baiting, beagle crating,
Syncopating, procrastinating, cheese grating,
Enervating, table waiting, double dating,
Seven eighting, railroad freighting, irritating.
Other children's book bloggers are also talking about poetry on Friday. (I am posting a little early). See the Poetry Friday roundup tomorrow at Kate Coombs' blog, Book Aunt.
And go ahead. Take a shot at your own "Rhymes With Fascinating" in the comments.
I like your version better than the original! :-)
Posted by: Julie Hedlund | December 15, 2011 at 06:12 PM
Ha. Thanks, Julie. I got a kick out of that weird little conglomeration of words and had to make my own!
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | December 15, 2011 at 07:21 PM
Oh the rhythm of rhymes! Will have my daughter read your poem aloud. Quirky! :)
Posted by: Myra from GatheringBooks | December 16, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Yes, quirky! Glad you enjoyed this one, Myra.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | December 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Terrific! I wish I had time to give this a go! I'll have to come back to it.
Posted by: Tabatha | December 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Now this is poetry!
Posted by: Sherry | December 16, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Rhymes gone crazy, right, Sherry? :)
Posted by: Susan | December 16, 2011 at 03:51 PM
Raising Boys
manner training/flatulating
rumble abating/ball inflating
jeese that's irritating!
sublimating/frustrating
vaccinating/facilitating
celebrating/confiscating
oy they're fascinating!
Posted by: Andromeda Jazmon | December 17, 2011 at 07:17 AM
FUN! Have you checked out Julie Larios' index poem this week? I think someone needs to do a whole collection of poems like this -- inspired by/found in reference books and/or written in the form of one of the structures of nonfiction...
Posted by: Mary Lee | December 17, 2011 at 07:29 AM
Good one, Andi! Love the "celebrating/confiscating." I know both well.
Mary Lee, no, I must go read that one. Thank you. I actually laughed out loud at the Merriam-Webster entry because it struck me as so random.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | December 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM