tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417413235346945244.post3364418541385218663..comments2010-02-01T22:55:53.853+01:00Comments on Bashful Blagger: Cryptic colourNEEDSerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08969082038597299707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417413235346945244.post-19733744122785419612009-04-30T15:00:00.000+02:002009-04-30T15:00:00.000+02:00there's the prodigal son, who spent his inheritanc...there's the prodigal son, who spent his inheritance <br /><br />on foreign jades and orange-aid, <br />and ended in a in foreign jail,<br />from drinking too much orange ale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417413235346945244.post-38313531749499088692009-04-30T14:36:00.000+02:002009-04-30T14:36:00.000+02:00A strategic understanding with one's Muse will cer...A strategic understanding with one's Muse will certainly do the trick. Failing that, how's about enjambment? e.g. Willard Espy's poem, "The Unrhymable Word: Orange"<br /><br />The four eng- <br />ineers <br />Wore orange <br />brassieres. <br /><br />Or perchances, Tom Lehrer's more strained attempt (relies on the New York-New Jersey accent's way of pronouncing orange as "ar-ange"):<br /><br />NEEDSerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969082038597299707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417413235346945244.post-5045117273888469952009-04-30T14:21:00.000+02:002009-04-30T14:21:00.000+02:00The trick is to compose lyrics strategically so th...The trick is to compose lyrics strategically so that you aren't faced with non-rhymability. One needs to have a certain understanding with one's muse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com