[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...THE BLACK REGIMENT by GEORGE HENRY BOKER THE GALLOWS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS AMERICA by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD STANZAS TO HELEN M-- M-- by BERNARD BARTON WINTER BURIAL by HENRY BELLAMANN THE POWERFUL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET ADMONITION by FREDERIKA BLACKNER |