The Rules:

The Word of the Week is being brought back by popular demand!

The contest made its debut in summer 2007, with many staff members actively involved as participants.

Every Wednesday a new word will be made available. It's your job to use this word in a creative way. In 2007, the judges asked that the word be used in a sentence, but you library folk proved to be much more clever! We received poems, prose, letters - you name it!

The entries are judged based on originality and creativity. Entries must be submitted via email to smu.wow@gmail.com by 3pm on Tuesday.

The winning entry will revealed on this blog the following day (Wednesday), and the winner will be awarded a prize - including the much-coveted Word of the Week trophy. Serious bragging rights, people!

If you're looking for ideas, inspiration, or nostalgia, swing by Shannon's desk and take a peek at past entries in the Word of the Week binder.


We look forward to your submissions, and good luck!

Wednesday 22 June 2011

Garrulous - The Entries

garrulous, adj.
Given to much talking; fond of indulging in talk or chatter; loquacious, talkative.




Garrulous

Some say Sue’s chatty
Some will say she’s garrulous
Let’s talk about it

-Sue Cannon




Garrulous

here is how I feel about the word garrulous.


- Trish Grelot




Garrulous

Garry, now he was a talker.
No man could bend your ear
So far,
                so long,
                                  so intently.
They said he could charm
The birds out of the trees,
But he preferred  to try
His luck
                on birds
                                studying in the Library.
It might have been cute
His efforts to strike a date
With Sophia
                or  Michelle
                                or Zalentha
But Garry was a talker
At top volume, regardless
Of who was studying
                Or sleeping
                                Or reading nearby.
It got so bad that we had
A Garry patrol, that went around
Saying Garry, less
                                Garry, less
                                                Garry, less!

- Doug Vaisey



AND THE WINNING ENTRY IS....




Garrulous

ON AND ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON

Gabby,
Always had the most to say.
Reciting the most inconsequential
Rhetoric,
Usually of a personal or trivial nature.
Leading others to believe, after these displays
Of verbal diarrhea, that
Ultimately, sometimes a name really
Suits its owner.

-Nancy Wilson



Congratulations Nancy!!!

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