Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted May 25, 2018 Chapters:  ...143 144 -145- 146... 


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A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

The unexpected victory

by CD Richards

 
As she lay dying, few took time to mourn;
their thoughts were focused on quite other things.
She gasped for breath, forgotten and forlorn,
and longed to feel the peace that death would bring.

The Earth, a hapless victim to man's greed,
was ravaged to the point of no return;
we took from her far in excess of need,
and used her up with no thought or concern.

But Mother Earth has been around a while,
as countless forms of life have come and gone;
for giving in has never been her style—
she steeled herself, and vowed to carry on.

To raccommode the balance, mankind died;
the mother shrugged, and took it in her stride.
 

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Today's word: raccommode (v.) to restore, to put back into place.

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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