My Six Uncles

My Uncle Billy

likes to eat chili.

My Uncle Drake

loves chocolate cake.

My Uncle Freddy

stuffs on spaghetti.

My Uncle Newt

eats grapefruit.

My Uncle Finn

is way too thin.

All he eats

is a vitamin.

My Uncle Matt

is way too fat.

He eats everything,

some of this 

and lots of that.

And my Aunt Dot

washes up the pot.

     It is fun rhyming foods with names.  You can do this with almost any list, rhyming names with the things on your list.  Do you want to give this a try?

I'm already thinking about a list of things I do in a day.

In the morning,
My Uncle Drake
gets up late.   (Oops, that's a slip rhyme or near rhyme--I'm going to have to work a little harder to find an exact rhyme.  Ah, My Aunt Kate!)

My Aunt Flower
takes a shower.

My Uncle Hawk,
takes a walk.

     OK, you try it.  Have fun.  Please share your ideas in the comments below.

My Cold

Doctor, Doctor

please come quick.

Dad is coughing.

He is sick.

     Ok, that verse had a TRUE rhyme.  See how the last word in the second and fourth lines end in ICK?

Doctor, Doctor

please come fast.

Granny has taken

her last gasp.

Doctor,  Doctor

Please come fast

Dad is in bed.

He's passing gas.

     These two verses have slip rhyme, near rhyme, off rhyme, or rhyme based on assonance.  See how both lines two and four have the same soft or short a sound, followed by the s, but don't end in the T to match fast?

Daddy, Daddy

please come now.

The dog is dead

and so is the cow.

Brother, Brother

phone Auntie Rose

Joy has a cold

and a runny nose.  

      In these verses, the lines are a little forced, The second line is there simply so I can have something to rhyme with the fourth.  But let's play with this a little more and see what we come up with.

Sister, Sister

what should we do?

Mama is throwing up

she has the flu.

Uncle, Uncle

bring a clothes peg.

Grandad has fallen

and broken his leg.  

        Now, this is a good example of forced rhyme.  A clothes pin has nothing to do with a broken leg.

Jeanne, Jeanne

get out of bed.

Linda has fallen

and bumped her head.

Doctor, Doctor

bring every pill.

Brother is sick,

he's very ill.

     This could be done as a circle game with children where each child's name is used for the first line and the person next to that child is used in the third line.  Then the child in the first line is moved to the third line in the next verse.  The key to this is figuring out what the last line will be.

Freddy, Freddy

stop doing sums.

Bridget is here

and chewing gum.

      Ah, this one has another near rhyme.  Let's see if I can do better.

Kenny, Kenny

get off your bum.

Freddy is here

and he's chewing gum.

Oh, I can hardly wait to get together with a group of friends to try this out.  Now it is your turn.  Can you add your own verse to this ramble?  Start with the last line of the poem and work your was backwards.  Have fun.
  I'm giggling already with crazy ideas.