I do enjoy writing ‘adnominations’, i.e. taking a morpheme (a root meaning that is shared by many words) and using it in multiple, often opposing, ways. Try it, it’s fun …
LEG-OF-MUTTON
photo by EJ Weston
if a roman legate
wrote a legend
as a legible act
to be legislated
for a legionnaire
without legerdemain
he’d become a legman
with legroom to spare
and could get legumes
for other legatees
to perform legwork
lacking legality
To Bethlehem: ‘This little book is delightful, full of … poems on this timeless subject. … the most fun is the little prose vignettes of the common people in the Christ-child story. The slave who looks after the wise men’s camels, or the overworked maid at the inn who has to fetch water for the birth, and many more. A lovely gift for the reader on your Christmas list!’ Rosalind Adams. Available from Amazon and Kindle.
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