General Poetry posted June 4, 2018 Chapters:  ...153 154 -155- 156... 


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A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

We shall fight...

by CD Richards

I believe it is far better to give out than to receive
I believe those punished without justice worthy of reprieve
I believe a man can be brought down by one small, wagging tongue
I believe the joys of youth are often wasted on the young
I believe that Churchill, though revered, could sometimes be quite trite
I believe of anaphora we have had our fill tonight



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Today's word: anaphora (n.) a figure of speech that repeats a sequence of words at the start of successive clauses.

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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