These simulacrum rhymes: rhymes that sound like real words, behave like rhyme, but are themselves invented shadows of language. These are perfect for Lettrisme, glossolalia, or any poem that wants to hover between sense and pre‑sense.
Simulacrum Rhyme Sets
–ane / –ayne / –ein family
- brulane
- serayne
- mirein
- talane
- verayne
–or / –ore / –aur family
- trellor
- vessore
- miraur
- kellor
- draunor
–ique / –ik / –iq family
- selique
- varik
- tremiq
- halik
- zorique
–elle / –el / –elne family
- marrelle
- sovelle
- trinel
- vorrelne
- calelle
–us / –ous / –uss family
- ferus
- talous
- meruss
- galous
- serus
–ine / –yne / –aene family
- loryne
- tessine
- valyne
- morine
- selaene
–ar / –are / –arre family
- drellar
- solare
- mivarre
- tellar
- quarare
–um / –om / –uum family
- vellum
- trosum
- merom
- haluum
- serum
–eth / –ath / –aith family
- soreth
- valath
- treith
- morath
- zelith
–een / –ine / –yne family
- braleen
- soryne
- melene
- tralyne
- vereen
I used these in my simulcrum rhymes for a hint on nonsensical, leaning into an imagined Mythical langauge. I also composed a pure Litrisme poem from these.
Simulacrum Lettrisme
Mirein talane, brulane eth serayne vereen—
Verayne trellor vessore us miraur zelith—
kellor draunor selique tremiq loryne tralyne
tessine valyne morine quarare morath
braleen sovelle trinel tellar, ferus serus uum.
solare mivarre braleen verayne soryne tellar
Semele selique een treith ath valath serum.
talane, brulane Ferus talous ine melene mivarre
Brulane um meruss galous serus ous Loryne
tessine valyne ath morine serayne haluum,
O veraynemanioc Brulane mirein talane yne;
verayne tesselled vessore, talane soreth trosum
Verayne! Trellor or varik ein miraur ayne elne selique
serayne aur halik marrelle vessore ane sovelle tremiq
Trellor yne brulane uss miraur aith kellor vellum
Selique varik colour om draunor serayne quarare
Semele, tremiq el halik zorique ique ik merom
Marrelle solare sovelle ar trinel selaene drellar
Ik vorrelne ine calelle’s merom elle selaene
Drellar yne solare mivarre arre mirein serus
Euonymus tellar yne quarare ar trosum valyne
Soreth aene haluum um om valath are galous
Veraynemaniocine treith morath zelith meruss.
Braleen eth soryne ath melene saith, tessine.
Serayne el vereen een ine morine ore talous
Brulane elle tralyne mirein talane Loryne.
kellor iq brulane mirein ik ferus ine ous trinel
talane ique zorique draunor elle vorrelne calelle

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