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A story about a hat, a thesaurus, and words that rhyme

1/15/2023

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Collage of brown hat with rolled edge and tassle top
We stopped to chAT
with the lady in the hAT.

She wAS, like us,
dressed foR the weaTHer ...
wHEther shE liked iT or nOT.

The weaTHer thAt is.

WinTER weaTHer.

WhETHer it'S brISK and brIght
or gray like tOdAY,
we bUTTON and bOOT it.

Then we snAP, zIP, and
tUCK it, tOO.

bUT we'D qUIVER and shiVer
if thAT was aLL thAT.

So wE pAUSe and we pONDer
for thAT which iS thAT ...

WhERe's my hAT?

This poem came together over the course of a few days with the help of a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary.

Both are helpful in similar and different ways. The rhyming dictionary does just what it sounds like, finds words that rhyme with one another ... in this case I was looking for words that rhyme with hat. Quiver and shiver came to me without the dictionary ... but maybe they were inspired by it?

The thesaurus is, I think, a sometimes overlooked tool for writing.

Word choice makes a difference.
2 Comments
Cathy
1/16/2023 04:26:32 am

LOVE my thesaurus! It was all I asked for one Christmas.

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Chrissy link
1/16/2023 07:13:22 am

I have a printed one, too! Sometimes I use an online version, but flipping through the pages of the print version can be interesting.

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