Crambo's word rhymes with "vice"

John Edwards, Spiro Agnew, and their kin
Might give a double sense to speak of "vice."
I'll give no rhymes away; so let's begin!

Mister Jinks ungrammaticality thinks,
"I hate those meeces to pieces!"

2 - Detesting vermin surely is no vice,
Though I admire those like Gandhi who
Respect the lowest creatures, even mice.

Not: mice

Some Vanilla dude and an Earthquake deejay:
"Frozen water, frozen water, babe-ay."

4 - Some ice might cool the ardor, through and through,
That makes some famous husbands sleep around:
Mark Sanford, Tiger Woods--to name just two.

Not: mice, ice

Alpha not: ice, mice

"Some say the world will end in fire,
and some: in ( 4-5).
From what Iʻve tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire
And yet Iʻve known enough of hate
to say that (4-5) is also great
And would __ __ __ __ __ __ __."
--Robert Frost (assuming that memory
__ __ __ __ __ __ __s, to get it right.)

6 - As Joey Chestnut gobbles like a hound,
Takeru Kobayashi asks for more;
No banquet would suffice, though foods abound.

Not: mice, ice, suffice

Alpha not: ice, mice, suffice

In a very short time, one could haul on the lines
rove through the sheaves two times or three times.

I would totally be up for doing this to the mainbrace but I have no rum.

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8a - A kind man, in a trice, would help the poor,
Yet Ivan Boesky wouldn't ("Greed is good!"),
Nor would Leona Helmsley, that's for sure.

8b, 9 - To splice a line, I'd do the best I could,
But, not a sailor, I might just get mad,
As Charlie Sheen or Sean Penn surely would.

8c, 8d - An independent church might not seem bad,
But check it twice or thrice, for old Jim Jones
And Dave Koresh some real charisma had.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice

Alpha not: ice, mice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

10 - It's good advice to flee to other zones
From Anders Breivik or from Seung-Hui Cho,
For they mean death, just like a skull and bones.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice

Alpha not: advice, ice, mice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

The Aztecs used a virgin,
Or sometimes an enemy,
For voodoo you need a chicken,
Let's hope no one needs me!

13 - As Kenneth Lay and Bernie Madoff know,
To sacrifice the truth for tons of cash
Can make a con from one who was a pro.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice

Alpha not: advice, ice, mice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

Confucius say...
Many small grains make stomach full

15 - Kim Philby and Bob Hanssen would abash
All others named above; as rats eat rice,
Their souls are gnawed by treachery so rash.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice

Alpha not: advice, ice, mice, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

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"__ __ __ __", in French, rhymes not with "vice" but
with "fleece" and is a place name. What
Else can I say of it? Well, some wish list
Items might be called "__ __ __ __ to have" but
Hardly something youʻd avidly search for: Tut!
Youʻve got to consider the question of finances
Whether buying histories, epics or romances.

17 - Our next stop: Juan Peron's not known for vice,
Nor Eamon de Valera, yet their fate
Was excommunication--not so nice.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice

Alpha not: advice, ice, mice, nice, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

I haven't yet guessed Crambo's word. I feel lousy.

19 - Their lies, like swarms of lice, so slowly ate
At Christian Spurling, who at death bared all,
And Charles Colson; both repented late.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice

Alpha not: advice, ice, lice, mice, nice, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

Franz Werfel was called by
Bertolt Brecht: "the Great Alea"*
( A colleague, not exactly a pal). Hey, a
Younger writerʻs likely to envy an older one;
So with the Latin for __ __ __ __ʻs singular he had fun.
(A pair of them would be "aleAE" in the old Roman tongue,
Whie Werfelʻs name meant a "cast"
or a "throw"); so the unsung
Writer called the sung one "the Great
Alea" (Staying unsung was not his fate.)

*pronounced: AH-lay-ah

21 - Some rolled the dice on greatness, but their gall
Was their undoing, such as Conrad Black
And Richard Nixon: pride precedes a fall.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice, dice

Alpha not: advice, dice, ice, lice, mice, nice, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

I love a big, calm, loyal dog like a Lab or Golden Retriever. What I can't stand is a beliigerent nervous yappy little mongrel.

That guy can pee on a plate and not splash.

24 - Still climbing, we hear Walter Winchell yak
With Hedda Hopper, carping on and on,
Precisely since they envy fame they lack.

23 - And like a fyce might bark to pad its brawn,
Some athletes vent their wrath, with no real harm:
John McEnroe or Zinedine Zidane.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice, dice, precise, fyce

Alpha not: advice, dice, fyce, ice, lice, mice, nice, precise, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

Large parts of the Outer Hebrides are made of this kind of rock.

26 - Is Kato Kaelin lazy? Bet the farm!
A slab of gneiss works hard compared to him
And Paris Hilton, coasting on her charm.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice, dice, precise, fyce, gneiss

Alpha not: advice, dice, fyce, gneiss, ice, lice, mice, nice, precise, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

In comparison to sonnets, your terze rime are admirably brief and to the point.

28 - Though Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch brim
With greed, they're not so bad, to be concise;
So they're on terrace five, beside the rim.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice, dice, precise, fyce, gneiss, concise

Alpha not: advice, concise, dice, fyce, gneiss, ice, lice, mice, nice, precise, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

Mr. William Guppy might just make a Dickensian slip when, obsessed and exhausted by the long-running case in the history of the Chancery Court, he tries to explain the medical condition which causes one's skin to become yellow.

He has been one accused of crafting schemes
He has aroused disgust and caused you pain
Like old machines, he serves to give great themes

30 - A jaundiced eye sees Marlon Brando's vice
Of gluttony, or Elvis growing fat;
But that's offset by great works, which suffice.

31- Though Heidi Fleiss has schemed, I doubt it's that;
Yet she and Larry Flynt are here, we see,
On terrace seven; lust put them thereat.

Except expositors, surprisingly,
This verse lacks people, yet we're very near
To Crambo's word. Here ends book two of three.

Not: mice, ice, suffice, trice, splice, twice, thrice, advice, sacrifice, rice, nice, lice, dice, precise, fyce, gneiss, concise, Jarndyce, jaundice, Fleiss

Alpha not: advice, concise, dice, Fleiss, fyce, gneiss, ice, Jarndyce, jaundice, lice, mice, nice, precise, rice, sacrifice, splice, suffice, thrice, trice, twice

//When I crafted that response, guess #31 said "she" rather than "he."//

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I wonder which terrace Miles Gloriosus is on (no guess, too busy to host, but I have to believe someone will get it now).

I have felt love, intrigue, and thought "How neat"
When Duke, a legend, played this Jazzy song
With other artists who all sounded sweet

34 - We've barely stepped inside the lowest sphere
When angels sing: we've reached our journey's end
And Crambo's word, for paradise is here.

This round was based on Dante's Divine Comedy, as hinted by the use of terza rima. Each tercet corresponded, in order, to one of the thirty main divisions of the poem, ten each for Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Our journey, like Dante's, therefore begins with "vice" and ends at "paradise."

Congratulations, poorima, and over to you. Having done a back-to-back, I'm going to sit out for the next round or two.

Inferno:
1. Introduction
2. First Circle (Limbo - virtuous non-Christians): Mahatma Gandhi
3. Second Circle (lust): Mark Sanford, Tiger Woods
4. Third Circle (gluttony): Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi
5. Fourth Circle (avarice): Ivan Boesky, Leona Helmsley
6. Fifth Circle (wrath): Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn
7. Sixth Circle (heresy): Jim Jones, David Koresh
8. Seventh Circle (violence): Anders Breivik, Seung-Hui Cho
9. Eighth Circle (fraud): Kenneth Lay, Bernie Madoff
10. Ninth Circle (treachery): Kim Philby, Robert Hanssen

Purgatory:
1. Ante-Purgatory I (the excommunicated): Juan Peron, Eamon de Valera
2. Ante-Purgatory II (late repenters): Christian Spurling, Charles Colson
3. First Terrace (pride): Richard Nixon, Conrad Black
4. Second Terrace (envy): Walter Winchell, Hedda Hopper
5. Third Terrace (wrath): John McEnroe, Zinedine Zidane
6. Fourth Terrace (sloth): Kato Kaelin, Paris Hilton
7. Fifth Terrace (avarice): Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch
8. Sixth Terrace (gluttony): Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley
9. Seventh Terrace (lust): Heidi Fleiss, Larry Flynt
10. Garden of Eden: no souls

Paradise:
1. First Sphere (moon): end of game

Reserving this spot.

No! I got nothin!

I like to follow, you already knew
Will someone else please kindly take my spot?
Disaster might ensue if I guide you

Be brave, Poorima. We'll be gentle.