Gauche

Mr. Gauche liked very much to poach,
Which was awkward and ungainly,
Because whenever he'd approach,
You could see his kills quite plainly.
A duck tail sticking out his shirt,
A rabbit bulking up his hat,
His trousers all marked up with dirt,
And a pair of antlers in his pants.
Mr. Gauche liked too much to poach,
But his poaching days were numbered.
Because the next time he tried to encroach,
He found himself much too encumbered.

Inimical

Suzie had an inimical nickel
That tended to get her into a pickle.
She found it lying next to a sickle,
And cut her hand to pick up the inimical nickel
Which infected her wound when blood started to trickle
And eventually landed her in the hospital.
But then she used it to purchase a purple popsicle...
Now someone else owns the inimical nickel.

Din

Dropping a pin
Does not cause a din--
No, a true din
Makes your head spin
And increases your need for aspirin.

Dissemble

One night while we were assembled,
A man in a trench coat sat and trembled.
And I thought I knew who he resembled--
Barney the dinosaur--but his name was Pemble.
I didn't want to offend, so I dissembled
About just who I thought he resembled.

Renege

I promised I would write a five-line poem,
But the project seems so big,
And the task is just too tiresome,
So I think I'll just renege.

Viscous

Mrs. Fiscus made a hibiscus
Out of thick pudding for the fair.
The judge said, "she's trying to trick us,
Pudding cannot make a flower fair!"
But when she touchted it, she found it viscous,
And a bit of pudding stuck in her hair.

Engender

The word "engender"
Is really easy to remember.
It gives a cause or a rise
To any situation you devise.
All you have to remember
Is to throw in the word "gender."
Oops--I meant "engender." Silly me.

Spurious

"I have me a spurious spur
That isn't what I thought it were,
'cuz when I use it, the horse don't stir--
He just turns his head and says, "Now what was that fer?"

Chicanery

Chicanery the chicken
Was a politician
Who tricked all the voters
To give him his position.

This sounds strangely familiar...

Harangue

I received a harangue about my lemon meringue,
The critic sang and licked his yellow fangs,
"Too much tang and not enough bang,
That is not the way to do lemon meringue..."
And on and on he went with his harangue,
Until his insults finally stang,
And my pie met his head with a clang.

Impugn

I'd like to challenge the pronunciation of "impugn."
How it's said and spelled are out of tune.
It ought to rhyme with "pug" and not with "lagoon"
Or maybe with "pun" instead of "baboon."
Perhaps the spelling is incorrect which it assumes.
We could spell it "impyoon" or maybe "impoon."
Except for that last one almost looks like "imp poo"
And I see how that could be problematic, I do.

Profligate

"Profligate" is a waste of syllables,
It takes three sounds to say.
It makes you sound smart and befuddles,
But then it causes a delay,
When you stop your speech to explain.

Eschew

Sally says she likes the gum,
Callie claims she doesn't.
Sally simply chews the gum,
Callie just eschews the gum,
And the problem now...what was it?