Words and rhyme - game

[NanaPat]

I generously passed on to my granddaughter
my complete inability to float

Everybody needs a tote
for their skates, shoes, or library books

 

[Diana Delafield]

Everybody needs a tote
for their skates, shoes, or library books

Some are fussy that their wheeled skate bag looks
expensive and fashionable; others just toss their gear in an old duffel bag.

 

[fliptzies]

Some are fussy that their wheeled skate bag looks
expensive and fashionable; others just toss their gear in an old duffel bag.

I fear that I look like a hunchbacked hag
sometimes with my heavy pack

 

[iluvtodd]

Listen to the duck quack
in the pond!

 

[fliptzies]

Listen to the duck quack
in the pond!

I am quite fond
Of ducks

 

[Diana Delafield]

I am quite fond
Of ducks

It's common to find stray hockey pucks
on the bench and floor of a practice rink

 

[fliptzies]

It's common to find stray hockey pucks
on the bench and floor of a practice rink

Once I had a bright pink
dress for the theme of rock n' roll

 

[iluvtodd]

What is your skating goal
for the new season?

 

[Diana Delafield]

What is your skating goal
for the new season?

When I choose new music, my main reason
is that the piece carries me over the ice like a current

 

[NanaPat]

When I choose new music, my main reason
is that the piece carries me over the ice like a current

Whether we were or weren't
That is the question (in the past tense)

 

[Diana Delafield]

Whether we were or weren't
That is the question (in the past tense)

Modern music doesn't always make sense.
That's why I prefer the classics.

 

[iluvtodd]

Many news graphics
are rather unsettling

 

[Diana Delafield]

Many news graphics
are rather unsettling

Police use the term "kettling"
for herding rioters into a narrow street and keeping them penned

 

[NanaPat]

Many news graphics
are rather unsettling

some posts require editing
due to incorrect skater names

 

[iluvtodd]

The next Olympic Winter games
will be in Italy!

 

[Diana Delafield]

The next Olympic Winter games
will be in Italy!

Will the gold medals go to those who skate prettily
or to those who just jump a lot, aggressively?

 

[iluvtodd]

Some people act very possessively,
why are they so jealous?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Some people act very possessively,
why are they so jealous?

And if you ask them why, and say "Tell us?",
they just silently fume

 

[NanaPat]

And if you ask them why, and say "Tell us?",
they just silently fume

IJS doesn't leave as much room
for creativity as the previous ordinal system
otherwise, I like it better

 

[Diana Delafield]

IJS doesn't leave as much room
for creativity as the previous ordinal system
otherwise, I like it better

In midsummer in an old rink, the ice stays wetter
for longer after a cleaning. Don't fall!

[I once tripped doing hand-in-hand crossovers during warmup, and my partner dragged me through a huge puddle making a wake like a boat. I drove home after midnight in leggings still sopping, so I had to leave a warning note for my sleeping husband: "I did NOT wet myself in the car while driving home!"]