Tuesday Reindeer Game
Posted by NR Davis on January 6, 2004
Time for today’s round of the game. Check out the Dictionary.com Word of the Day at right and share your own sentence using the word. It’s educational and it’s fun, so play along with us. And feel free to comment on other sentences.
OK, today’s word:
As usual, I’ll go first:
This year, I need to find a new way to move from penury to prosperity.
You’re next! Take a turn.
Rose said
A definition of penury follows: pen–·u–·ry n. Extreme want or poverty; destitution. Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.
I’ve lived in penury
for oh, so many years,
oh, so many years…
poverty of the mind, heart, and soul,
poverty of my mind, heart, and soul.
Natalie Davis said
How queerly creative… and beautiful… and sad … and familiar…
Thank you for this…
Rose said
Thanks…