Don Mulford, In Pursuit of Pedantry</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=19.htm>Don Mulford</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>In Pursuit of Pedantry</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>I was getting bored with rhyme,<br>So I thought I’d spend some time<br>Seeking words that poets never put in verses,<br>But I soon found that this antic<br>Was an exercise pedantic,<br>And the effort sure provoked a lot of curses.<br>I thought, Hey! there’s Oxymoron,<br>That’s a word I’m sure to score on.<br>Then it struck me that I’d just about defined it!<br>So I did a lot more musing,<br>And some learned books perusing!<br>Thinking my idea should work if I refined it!<br>I thought, Let’s try Lemniscate,<br>That just means a figure eight,<br>Then I realized that choice was quite absurd,<br>For I saw that this rendition<br>Rhymed well with its definition,<br>So I just set out to seek another word.<br>I discovered Paradigm,<br>But I learned it rhymed with Time;<br>That’s the way the language scholar will pronounce it;<br>Then there’s Onomatopoeia,<br>But I think that rhymes with Beer,<br>So sadly I reluctantly denounce it.<br>Thought I’d use the word Elastic,<br>But it sounded like Bombastic,<br>So I stretched a point and tried another word;<br>Then my use of Obfuscation<br>Just confused the Situation,<br>And in any case, it’s very seldom heard!<br>Now it isn’t Meritorious<br>If considered Parsimonious,<br>And there are so many words from which to choose.<br>Let’s not live in Tenebrosity,<br>But speak with Generosity,<br>And if we keep it simple, we can’t lose!<br>I don’t need to wax Salacious,<br>Even when I get Loquacious,<br>And I’m very careful of the words I use,<br>So if I seem Hyperbolic<br>Please don’t think me Alcoholic,<br>Just attribute it to poetry, not booze.<br>I’ve discovered by this time<br>That it’s tricky not to rhyme,<br>For too many words have endings , all the same;<br>Whether well used or obscure<br>You can always be quite sure<br>That it’s never dull to play the rhyming game.<br>Note: When in doubt, consult Funk & Wagnall!</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk4.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk4.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>