The word 1-dazzle was suggested by Iroquois Intermediate’s thinkers, readers, and writers.
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Here are the poems:
1-dazzle
Dawn Calling
By Victoria Warneck
Some days when I lie on the edge of awake
(before I am conscious of self-doubt and ache)
I glimpse myself moving with purposeful stride
unhampered by vanity, ego, or pride.
Then I gasp at the scope of the love I could bring
to a world sorely needing to laugh and to sing.
For when all the pretense is stripped away bare
the truths that remain dazzle and dare.
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16-diphthongs
Hound Dog’s Lament
By Julie Larios
I’m the Duke of Diphthongs – I know that it sounds nuts,
but when I howl the vowels glide around, unlike a normal mutt’s.
I howwww-owwww-owwwl my head off. I never bark, I mourn.
I have to play my diphthongs just like Louis Armstrong played his horn.
A dachshund is no Blues Man – his song consists of yips.
But I’m a hound, my sound is true to how-owwwwww-OWWWWWWWWWW a diphthong dips.
1-dazzle vs. 16-diphthongs
- 1-dazzle (Victoria Warneck) (52%, 126 Votes)
- 16-diphthongs (Julie Larios) (48%, 116 Votes)
Total Voters: 242

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