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Article: Quiblets (book review).(KICKSHAWS)(Just Dale)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Word Ways
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- May 1, 2008
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Poems by Edmund Conti, drawings by Jim Siergey (Doggerel Daze, a division of Poetic Vision Press, 2007, www.ddaze.com). A quiblet, Ed Conti shows us, is short, clever, and wordplay funny. His charming little book has plenty of these titbits in it. In fact, here's an example that inspired the previous sentence: TOPLESS BAR / repetitititititititititition. Each quiblet is accompanied by Mr. Q, a perfect visual foil for the words, who appeared in Limerickshaws (Kickshaws, Nov 2007). This book is a delight to light your day. Here are 3 more quiblets:
Embellishment Serendipity Your Money
To be Getting to the emergency room ...