[Provoked by a reading of two short stories in a recent magazine] She "greeted" and he "volunteered"; She "giggled"; he "asserted"; She "queried" and he "lightly veered"; She "drawled" and he "averted"; She "scoffed," she "laughed" and she "averred"; He "mumbled," "parried" and "demurred." She "languidly responded"; he "Incautiously assented"; Doretta "proffered lazily"; Will "speedily invented"; She "parried," "whispered," "bade" and "mused"; He "urged," "acknowledged" and "refused." She "softly added"; she "alleged"; He "cautiously invited"; She "then corrected"; William "hedged"; She "prettily recited"; She "nodded," "stormed" and "acquiesced"; He "promised," "hastened" and "confessed." He "waived," "believed," "explained" and "tried"; "Commented" she; he "muttered"; She "blushed," she "dimpled" and she "sighed"; He "ventured" and he "stuttered"; She "spoke," "suggested" and "pursued"; He "pleaded," "pouted," "called" and "viewed." * * * * * * * * O synonymble writers, ye Whose work is so high-pricey, Think ye not that variety May haply be too spicy? Meseems that in an elder day They had a thing or two to @3say@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GREEN RIVER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT LOVE NOT by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, 1718 by JONATHAN SWIFT JANUARY MORNING by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS PRAYER FOR A DREAM by JOHN C. ADLER SONNET: GHOSTS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |