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The journey of a lifetime

A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

One amazing ride

by CD Richards


My ship set sail so long ago, it all seems just a blur;
this vessel's rarely let me down, I'm grateful for that fact.
At times I've ventured off the course, with this I will concur;
though, given opportunity, there's not much I'd retract.

I know that once my journey's done, my bones will worm-food make,
and I'm not one to speculate about "the other side";
but if into an afterlife, astonished, I should wake,
my periegesis will tell of a quite amazing ride!

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Periegesis (n.) an account of a journey.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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