A wasp is circling your pate;
Sit very still; don’t gesticulate.
Better plan—Absquatulate!
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And now, just in time for the end of the school year, it's the OBSCURE WORD 7-9-7! Write a 7-9-7 poem that highlights, introduces, or just plain uses an OBSCURE word** in the English language! ;) :) There's no topic limitation except to say that you are to try to choose a little-known word that we all might like to use one day....so, it's your job to impress us into doing so! :) :) Make us laugh! Make us cry! But make us want to vote for (and, perhaps, utilize!) yours in one of our future offerings (prose or poetry)!
**BE SURE to include a definition of your word in your author notes! :) :)
A 7-9-7 is written such that:
first line is seven syllables
second line is nine syllables
third line is seven syllables
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Obscure Word 7-9-7
Contest Winner
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Author Notes
it means leave quickly
or
run like...
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