by Doug Westberg
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January 4, 2007

New Poem: Egostatic Fluffery by Doug Westberg Wednesday Writing Essential WWE Ain't In Dictionary

November 17, 2011 11:27 PM UTC (Updated: April 10, 2013 12:23 PM UTC)
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Egostatic Fluffery

The flustrated poetaster versified thus:

"I have used ev'ry word in th' vocabulary

I've used rhinovirus and rhinoceros,

Beleaguered, adroit, and constabulary.


I've said Solomonic and legerdemain,

Archetypal and paradigmatic,

I've used them again and again and again,

'Til I've got absotively fragmatic.


There's just nothing left but to make up some more,

Lest I run out of words alsoever.

What's cool is I don't rack my brain anyfor,

And the meaning is mine to assever.


I previsage I'm liable to peredignations

Of being a flibbertigific,

As I grabricate words from my magickination,

In order to wax more prolific.


But if I'm having trouble abstuting a rhyme

Or in getting a stanza to scanalyze,

I need but inscriptize a coinage sublime,

And rely on my readers to analyze."

 

 

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Wednesday's Prompt:

Create poetry, prose, a memoir, nonfiction, or an essay, and include at least one example of portmanteau in your post.  Also, make sure one example of portmanteau finds its way into to your title.

2. Post to Gather Writing Essential.

3. Tag your submission with WWE.

4. Include (Wednesday Writing Essential) as part of your title.

 

Comments: 19

Kasey Klein Nov 17, 2011, 11:33pm UTC
thanks for sharing
J. Reid Nov 18, 2011, 3:52pm UTC
Bravo! Smiles...

Thank you for submitting to: Not Gathering Dust!
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:31pm UTC
Thanks!
Kimberly Blackadar Nov 19, 2011, 8:54am UTC
Unbelievable, Doug. Written in the style of "Jabberwocky," this poem boasts so many portmanteaux. It's funny, though; I almost understood every word of it. Excellent rhyme and rhythm...a truly enjoyable read.

Thank you for the submission to the WWE prompt.
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:53pm UTC
Thanks, Kimberly! A funny thing about Jabberwocky, most people would be surprised at how many of the words are or were real. The neologisms predominate of course, but gyre, momes, rath, beamish, burble, etc. are actual words.
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:57pm UTC
One more note: not all of my coinages are portmanteaux strictly speaking, so don't get hung up on that... (Neither are Carroll's, as far as that goes, "uffish" for example. Carroll defines uffish as "a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish.") ;-D
CL Mareydt Nov 19, 2011, 10:46am UTC
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Thanks for sharing at MAY I MAKE A POINT? Have a good day!
Granny Janny Nov 19, 2011, 12:01pm UTC
Love this one, funny clever, and perfect for the Writing Essential Prompt. I"m off to feature it on Poet's Weekly Muse!
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:27pm UTC
Thanks, Jan!
Tracy Fabre Nov 19, 2011, 12:42pm UTC
That is MY kind of vocabulary! You did a fangrearvalastic job.
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:27pm UTC
Thanks, Tracy!
stephen berwaldt Nov 20, 2011, 2:05am UTC
This is really good...it bears resemblance to "Jabberwocky" in the light-hearted fun in coining words and phrases...

I love this...

Thank you submitting to the Gather’s Best Writers and Artists. Now Featured.
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 12:26pm UTC
Thank you!
Ann Marcaida Nov 20, 2011, 2:03pm UTC
Yep. You give Lewis Carroll a run for his money, and that's not easy. He was a genius.
Doug Westberg Nov 20, 2011, 2:25pm UTC
What a complement!
Atticus *. Nov 21, 2011, 3:26pm UTC
Excellent Doug! too funny. You must have access to the same archaic dictionary that I use sometimes. Really great fun.
Mustafa Demiri Nov 26, 2011, 10:25pm UTC
Marvelastic wordmeldings... I've thoroughletely enjoyed it.
William Dotani Dec 2, 2011, 2:19am UTC
Clever to start in third person then smoothly transition in first person. This shows that history and the present has a problem still constantly shared. Ain't that the truth?
Connie C. Apr 5, 2012, 5:41pm UTC
Doug,

I am just stopping by to let you know that this post is spotlighted in the What Is Happening Today On Gather ~ Thursday April 05, 2012 post.

Congratulations!

I do hope you will have time to check out the other spotlighted posts as well.

Have a wonderful Spring day!

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