Daily Archives: April 18, 2017

Pristinity

Posted on April 18, 2017 by colonialist

g (The GloPoWriMo prompt for the 18th is to include neologisms —   invented or conjoined words.  So I have launched into something outrageously humorous, right? Wrong. For some reason this made me want to have a stab, for once, at true descriptive poetry.) … Continue reading →

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GloPo Ketchup Really Awfully Saucily

Posted on April 18, 2017 by colonialist

  I swear to you, I did not know That it is now GloPoWriMo, Where, so far, I have giv’n a go For four times in unbroken row.  Hmm. Thirty pomes in thirty days? But ‘one per day’ no rule … Continue reading →

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Really Awfully Featherbrained.

Posted on April 18, 2017 by colonialist

  For conversation that is wise There’s nothing that’s still finer Than, you will note with some surprise, The talkative Hill Myna.   They out-talk crows, and parrots too, And make a lot more sense than The politicians ever do … Continue reading →

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