If I’m writing from a cell
counting bars that’s not music
and I’m in for my human failings
Would you read me
If my life is rife with strife
as a wife with a tongue like a knife
Out of gendered kindness
Would you read me
If I can cajole you
with my Janus-faced act
as a smooth operator in fact
Would you read me
If it makes you happy
when words conjure worlds
with whos and whys and what ifs
Would you read me?
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Mindfills by s.s. for
Thesaurus game Foible (picked synonym Failings because its a word that is gentle, human, and deceptively excuseable)
Thesaurus game – duplicitous (picked synonym Janus-faced umm..because it didn’t come up as a synonym 😉
Cee’s FOTD & pick-me-up if it makes you happy
MindLoveMisery’s – Sade – smooth operator
MindLoveMisery’s rhymetime – life wife strife knife rife
FOWC cajole
JibberJabber’s kindness
Evocative questions indeed
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Lovely poetry.
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Thank you 🙂 for reading and writing in
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Wow! What a power pack of prompts you’ve combined ! Well done. Thanks for joining in the Saturday Mix 😊
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Thank you 🙂
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<smile> Love your reasoning for synonym picking. Failings … indeed life is best when we forgive, and are forgiven for them. And the whimsy of Janus-faced — when I’m stuck with the slight offerings many of the online thesauruses offer, I go to WordHippo.com which offers an explosion of possibilities. So many options can be a bit daunting. However, “Janus-faced” is among the synonyms offered for “duplicity”. 😉
And yes, I’d read you.
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Haha.. you know.. you’re the first to answer! So yay ☺️
I wanted to use peccaadillo for foible. Does that work as a synonym?
Btw.. I love the idea of the thesaurus Game..Kudos
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<smile> This post should earn more attention. 😉
As far as synonyms go in Thesaurus Game, you just need to find one in an actual thesaurus. Thesaurus.com and Merriam Webster Online don’t list it — which, honestly, seems a bit off, but … so many synonyms so little page.
However, WordHippo.com is rather more generous with its synonyms, and it does include peccadillo as a synonym for foible… if you click on the [more…] button several times, so there ya go.
And kudos graciously accepted. Thank you! Hopefully it’s an idea that can take off. 🙂
With that in mind, I responded to “Failings” with “Frailty” on my Pix to Words blog. Just to show that Thesaurus Game can be played by anyone, anywhere. 🙂
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Sounds good. I like the challenge that comes with thesaurus game…rummaging through words in my head for synonyms. Thanks for your response.
It’s now anyone anywhere’s turn to play 😊
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Mmmmm… and part of that pleasure is the journey the words take the players on over time. Especially true when both players are in emotional/intellectual sync, but sometimes even better when they aren’t, and pulling in opposite directions. 🙂
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I agree…..since we have our own journeys on how we got to know that one word… and how it has travelled with us… Nicely put
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