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Fortified
I’ve posted an Adnomination before, where I take a morpheme (a root meaning that is shared by many words) and use it in multiple ways. Fun to do and, hopefully, fun to read. Here, as you’ll see I’ve use ‘for’ … Continue reading
Posted in castles, fortification, poem
Tagged fore, forecast, forest, humour, poem, strange happening
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Tired Language
Platitudes, clichés, banalities … they show up newspapers, magazine articles, and on the daily news, until I turn my hearing down and reach for strong words. Or just turn off altogether … TIRED LANGUAGE I deep-fry the alphabet in pure … Continue reading
On a bad day
So, it’s April 1st in a world that is very strange for all of us right now. I’m not that fond of practical jokes, too often someone’s feelings get hurt, and right now no one needs to be hurt beyond … Continue reading
Logomachy
An Adnomination is a poetic device in which you take a root meaning that is shared by many words and use it in many different, sometimes opposing, ways. Here’s one I worked out with ‘log’ … LOGOMACHY having logged on … Continue reading
The Literary Cat
Alice the cat has a mat on my desk. This so that she doesn’t sleep on my papers. She also likes to sit on the top deck of my stack of letter racks. As a kitten she used to sleep … Continue reading
Void Your Visa
School supplies, fall fashions, latest cars (or last year’s models), all marked down, so they say, for quick sale. I’ve reached the point where I don’t see the ads, my eyes just slide on by, though this might get my … Continue reading
Plain Sailing
People are out there sailing, big boats, small boats, anything that floats and can carry a sail. We watch them, admire them, would love to be out there on that wide blue ocean. It’s not always that easy, and here … Continue reading
FaceBook Frazzle
I don’t spend a lot of time of FaceBook though I like following what people are doing, admire the successes, and share the griefs. There are occasions, however, when it drives me nuts … FACEBOOK FRAZZLE there’s a pattern to … Continue reading
Posted in FaceBook, friends, friendship, poem
Tagged friends, humour, online, people, poem, relationships
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A Wet Day
Abecedarian poems are fun to write. In this one, the first line begins with ‘z’ and ends with ‘a’ and from there on it follows through the alphabet. I’m not entirely sure that it makes a great deal of sense, … Continue reading
Posted in poem, swimming, umbrella, water, weather
Tagged beach, boats, humour, imagination, poem, rain, strange happening, weather
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Tourist Senryu
One of the interesting things about travelling is watching other people, other tourists, how we/they behave in another country, how they/we re-act in crowded or rural situations … tourists . . . the cows turn to watch us ***** suitcases … Continue reading
Posted in people, photography, poem, tourist, travelling
Tagged camera, cows, holiday, humour, journey, poem, suitcase, travel
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